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The Case for Brutalist Honesty in Medical Education
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Advances in Medical Education and Practice
|February 17, 2025
Summary
Medical schools can build trust and improve student outcomes by embracing transparency. A new academic counseling approach using honest data analytics led to a 96.2% satisfaction rate and improved Step 1 scores.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Academic Counseling
- Student Trust
Background:
- Traditional medical education relies on outdated trust assumptions, causing student anxiety and hidden curricula.
- Lack of institutional transparency regarding student success metrics hinders student decision-making.
- Students increasingly use external data, but institutions lag in providing internal performance data.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the impact of a transparent, data-driven academic counseling approach on student trust and outcomes.
- To foster a trusting relationship between students and academic support services.
- To provide objective, individualized performance data to medical students.
Main Methods:
- Implemented a novel academic counseling model based on "brutalist honesty."
- Provided truthful answers to all curriculum-related questions.
- Utilized individualized data analytics for objective student performance feedback.
Main Results:
- The 2023 graduating class reported a 96.2% satisfaction rate with the academic counseling office.
- This satisfaction rate significantly exceeds the national average of 88.1%.
- The cohort scored 9 points higher on the Step 1 exam compared to the institution's three-year average.
Conclusions:
- A transparent and data-informed academic counseling strategy can significantly enhance student satisfaction and academic performance.
- Sustained implementation is needed to confirm long-term effects of "brutalist honesty."
- Further research is warranted on student trust perceptions and their link to academic success in medical education.
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