Medical Student Mental Health: the Root Cause is the Grading System

For two years, I served as a representative to my medical school's Student Affairs committee.  My job was to convey medical student concerns and problems.  As part of that role, I had a lot of time to think about how and why many medical students experience depression and stress, which is an incredibly large problem.  At one school, prior to intervention, 27% of students had depression and over 55% had anxiety. Two recent articles have led me to write about the issue now.