Simulation-Based Medical Education: What the Evidence Supports, and What It Doesn’t

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Simulation-based learning in medical education reliably improves clinical skills, but the evidence for replacing lecture with it is thinner than the case for adding it. Compared with no training, effects are large; compared with other instruction, small to moderate. Here is what the research supports, what it doesn’t, and how to build a budget case that survives scrutiny.

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MCAT Study Schedule: 3, 4 and 6 Month Plans For A Spring 2027 Test

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Plan on three to six months to study for the MCAT, and pick your MCAT study schedule from your starting point, not from a magic number. A student with strong science coursework fresh in memory and a decent baseline can often be ready in about three months. If you’re rusty, working full time or in class, plan for four to six. The hours below are our recommendations, not an AAMC requirement.

NCLEX Pass Rates Fell in 2025: What Nursing Programs Should Examine Next

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First-time NCLEX-RN pass rates hit a decade high in 2024, then fell in 2025, even though the passing standard didn’t change. National data can’t explain why, but the trend raises a useful question for programs: is clinical judgment instruction a sustained system or a one-time transition effort? Here’s a practical roadmap for building the former.

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, FACP, FCCP

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, FACP, FCCP is a visiting scholar at Stanford University and founder of Academic Health, a health policy and strategy consultancy advising health systems, academic medical centers, diagnostics and digital health companies, and AI-enabled education companies on the future of clinical practice and physician training. A general internist and health services researcher, […]

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