Education Report - Medical School in Three Years Instead of Four

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VOA Learning English, this is your news about Education Special English. Medical schools in the United States traditionally four years of study. Now, a small number of are offering three-year programs. Finishing medical school in three means new doctors could begin their careers sooner. The of a year could also save up to 25 of the cost. That would decrease heavy student-loan debts some students who borrow money to pay for their . Schools offering three-year programs include the Texas Tech University Sciences Center and Mercer University in Georgia. New York in Manhattan is also testing a three-year program. At , 10 percent of the nearly 200 students who entered School of Medicine last fall were chosen for the program. Students can change to the four-year program if faster one is too difficult or too much pressure. Caplan is a bioethicist. He leads the Division of Ethics at NYU. He says the current system of medical education dates back to the early 20th century. American doctor named Simon Flexner studied the German model medical education. The Germans divided it into two years science and two years of supervised clinical work with . American medical schools copied the model. But Arthur Caplan today, medical students should be spending less time in classroom and more time gaining experience in modern medicine. medical school, most new doctors spend at least three working in residencies in hospitals. Further training for specialty can take much longer. For VOA Learning English, I'm Villarreal (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 24Jan2013)

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