Comments on: BehSci BRS BS

By: enrico

enrico — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:01:57 +0000

I wish we had shelf exams here. As with any med school, any indiviudal professor can skew the questions on the university exam to their liking/research interest, etc. but shelf exams provide a high-level, objective target to aim for. I agree completely that the class is way too broad and not nearly focused enough on clinical application. It should really be two courses: behavioral science proper, which covers the basics, stats, etc. and something more of a “basic psychiatry” which would go into the pathophysiology of various known mental dz and their medical treatments. I guess they figure you’ll learn the latter on a psych rotation when/if the time comes you pick one.

By: Punchberry

Punchberry — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:10:17 +0000

I’ll be taking the beh sci shelf exam, so thanks for the review! I will be sure to memorize these and the rest of the mix of offensive and irrelevant comments in the BRS. The thing is, this class just tries to do too much. To master the material (learning theory, cognitive, psychiatric disorders, development, etc) you would have to have a degree in psychology. (And this doesn’t even account for the medical skills this class is supposed to cover, such as the dr-pt relationship, ethics, epidemiology, interviewing, screening for abuse, etc, etc, etc.)

By: Gold Star M.S.

Gold Star M.S. — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:15:27 +0000

It’s ok, i’m currently whining about my finals period here in Israel. I’ve got the 2000 brs, I’ll let you know if I remember if there are any changes to it. My final for bs is in July. Mazel Tov = Congrats on the kid.