Back in 2012, several colleagues and I published a letter in Science on adding ecology to the pre-med curriculum. (Beck, et al. 2012. Add Ecology to the Pre-Medical Curriculum. Science: 1301. Science: 1301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.335.6074.1301-a.) As a part of that article, we developed an ecology-based competency for pre-med students and provided some resources. You can check it out at http://www.esa.org/esa/education-and-diversity/issues/ecology-in-the-pre-medical-curriculum/.
Also, with the change in the MCAT in 2015, there is an increased emphasis on statistical literacy, something that could be taught in the context of ecology. Students who have taken my ecology course and then the MCATs have told me that learning basic statistical literacy and data interpretation skills in my ecology course helped them on the MCATs. Chris Dr. Christopher Beck Department of Biology Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 [email protected] 404-712-9012 FAX 404-727-2880 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).
