Medicine: Med School, Heal Thyself

New studies prescribe better ways of training doctors

On your mark! High school is the easy part. Just be sure of getting A's in science and good SAT scores, and maybe do some volunteer work in a hospital (it looks nice on your record). Get set! The pressure is on in college. Nothing less than an A will do for all pre-med courses. Choose a major in one of the sciences and fill out the rest of the schedule with "Mickey Mouse" subjects, lest your cumulative average slip below Aminus. Go! You are in. At...

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