After Harvard Medical School announced it would not participate, other institutions are following suit.
Several major medical schools have now indicated that they will not participate in the popular US News and World Report rankings.
Harvard Medical School made this announcement for the first time Earlier in January, many other schools made similar decisions.
Medical schools at Columbia University, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania, among others, have said in recent days that they will no longer participate in US news rankings. Duke University and the University of Chicago have joined the ranks Friday.
Many students and families use the reports in making decisions about medical schools, law schools, and four-year colleges and universities. US News has defended its ratings as a valuable tool in helping readers decide where to pursue their education. Many medical schools and hospitals tout their lofty place in US news reports.
But the rankings have gained increasing scrutiny in recent years, with critics saying the focus on standardized tests favors affluent students and does not reward schools for seeking diverse enrollment and promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Colombia
The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University announced on January 20, three days after Harvard Medical School. Katrina Armstrong, Dean of the College at A statment that “the ratings perpetuate a narrow and elitist perspective in medical education”.
“Their focus is on self-reinforcing criteria such as institutional reputation and wealth,” Armstrong said, “rather than measuring a school’s success in educating a diverse, well-trained group of clinicians who are able to change medicine for the better and meet the needs of society.”
University of Pennsylvania
c said Larry Jameson, dean of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, at the University of Pennsylvania Message For the school community that the Foundation has been contemplating this move for some time.
“We came to the decision to end our participation not because of concerns that these ratings are sometimes based on data that may be inaccurate or misleading, but because the ratings measure the wrong things,” Jameson said.
Mount Sinai
the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai It announced its decision to withdraw from US News’ rankings on January 24, saying, “The medical school rankings have a detrimental effect on medical education.”
“The ratings present a flawed and misleading assessment of medical schools; lack accuracy, validity, and relevance; and undermine the school’s core commitments to compassionate care, unparalleled education, cutting-edge research, commitment to combating racism, and outreach to diverse communities,” the school said.
Stanford
Lloyd Minor, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, said in a statement statment On January 23, it was pulled from the US news ratings after “extensive deliberation”. Minor said US News can continue to rank the school using publicly available data. Stanford said it would independently provide data on the medical school’s performance.
“We believe our decision, along with those of a growing number of peer institutions, is essential to spearheading a long overdue examination of how we assess the quality of medical education and its delivery to ambitious students,” Minor stated.
Washington University in St. Louis
the University of Washington School of Medicine She said on January 26 that she will no longer participate in the US news ratings. “It is time to stop participating in a system that does not serve our students or their future patients,” said David H. Perlmutter, the university’s executive vice president for medical affairs.
Although the University of Washington School of Medicine did well, Perlmutter said, “There comes a point at which participation in such a system can get in the way of achieving our most important goals. The information on which these ratings are based is easily subject to manipulation and distortion.”
University of Washington School of Medicine
While it has already provided data for this year, the University of Washington School of Medicine She said on January 26 that she would stop contributing to US News Ratings. “It is important to join other medical schools” in ending the engagement, said Timothy H. Delett, interim CEO of UW Medicine and interim dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine.
“Focusing on prestige and reputation without any objective assessment of the quality of education runs counter to our vision for the future of medicine,” Dillett said in the statement. Likewise, the sole focus on grades and standardized scores does not reflect the holistic admissions process and the importance of diverse life experiences. Instead, this focus perpetuates ingrained bias.”
Duke University
Duke University School of Medicine said Friday that it will no longer provide the data to US News rankings. in statmentMedical school leaders said they had “longstanding reservations” about the ratings.
“While the rating system may have been intended to provide students with useful information to help them decide if a school is a good fit for them, it is now clear that the scales used have little connection to the values or quality of education in the program,” the school said.
University of Chicago
the Pritzker School of Medicine She announced her move to stop participating in the classification, citing “the impact of the classification system on fair medical education.” The school announced its decision Friday, January 27.
Vineet Arora, dean of medical education at the Pritzker School, said a major concern in the decision is reducing inequalities in medical education. “This is essential as our nation continues to struggle with severe health disparities and would benefit greatly from a more diverse physician workforce,” Arora said in a statement.
Defending order
Eric Gertler, CEO and CEO of US News, said earlier this month that the ratings offer valuable guidance to students and families in making decisions about where to go to school.
Gertler said in a message statment.
“The truth is, annually, millions of prospective students visit our US News medical school rankings because we provide students with valuable data and solutions to help in the process.”
In recent months, many top law schools, incl Yale Law SchoolAnd Harvard Law SchoolAnd Berkeley Lawsaid they are withdrawing from the US News ratings.