IQ scores are rising. But are we really smarter than our grandparents? What can the Flynn Effect teach us about identifying merit in medical school admissions and residency selection?

NOTES:
This video is based on the post of the same name from The Sheriff of Sodium, and additional links are embedded in the text there.

https://thesheriffofsodium.com/2022/0...

Some notable references by section:
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1. The Flynn Effect (0:33)

One of Professor Flynn's first papers on this topic:
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?do...

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2. The Bell Curve (1:56)

The book and the controversies surrounding it are covered on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bel...

Stephen Jay Gould's review (3:29)
"Curveball," The New Yorker, 1994
https://chance.dartmouth.edu/course/t...

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3. USMLE Step 2 score creep (5:48)

Some recent discussion from my Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/jbcarmody/status/...

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4. Norman Wang's paper (7:10)

The original paper, retraction notice, and editor's comment are all available here:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.11...

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5. What's causing the Flynn effect? (9:01)

Flynn JR, Massive IQ gains in 14 nations: what IQ tests really measure. Psychol Bull 1987; 101: 17191.
http://www.jugendsozialarbeit.de/medi...

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6. Wang v. University of Pittsburgh (10:40)

News coverage of the lawsuit:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special...

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7. Are we really smarter than our grandparents? (11:47)

Professor Flynn's TED talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_flynn...

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8. Challenging Wang (13:22)

Correlation between MCAT scores and medical school performance: Busche K, et al. Acad Med 2020; 95: 38795.
https://journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

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9. Flynn vs. Jensen (16:25)

Biography of Arthur Jensen, from Southern Poverty Law Center:
https://www.splcenter.org/fightingha...

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10. The best way to understand the Flynn effect (18:34)

Graphic from Our World in Data:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/th...

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MUSIC CREDITS:
"Clutch", by Nicolas Major.