One cannot do an entire medical program online. We're talking basic science here people. That's not the entire medical education.

One can argue that one cannot learn basic science online. However, this is just what people think. There are plenty of medical school that are starting to use online programs and PBL to revolutionize medical education. Many school have done away with cadaver use and turned to online and cross sectional anatomy. At some school attendence to lectures are not mandatory and students can download lecture notes online or through powerpoint. How do I know? Students from SDN have said so. And, Harvard University and McMaster in Canada are doing it now.

What will determine if one can learn basic science online is the USMLE. I know people who has passed their USMLE step 1 after finishing Basic science online. I know students from my school who have passed USMLE step 2. And, I know students who are in Residency now from my school. Until I start to see people who have done online programs fail the USMLE, then I'll say that one can't learn basic science online. Until then, what people say is just what they think. That's ok. We are all allowed to think and feel as we may.

However, please stop saying that one can do their entire medical education online because one can't. If one does, then it is not a true medical school because most countries that I know about require you do some form of clinical experience which one cannot do online.

For those that say you can't do basic science online, prove me wrong. Show me some USMLE scores of those who have done their basic science online and failed and I will consider what you say as being fact.