Talk:Mayo Medical School

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Thanks for taking out that picture, it seemed to display fine earlier; I'm looking to add more pictures to this page as well as increase its length. Gtadoc 17:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Affiliation

Can anyone confirm the affiliation with university of wisconsin mentioned in the article? I've heard the PA programs are, but wasn't aware of one with the medical school.

[edit] Ranking

"places Mayo among the top one or two institutions in the nation." This needs a citation, I cannot find anything that supports this.

Citation added 00:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

US News and World reports places it rather highly, especially if you factor in nonNIH funding; add that to their algorithm and Mayo is just past number 5. The reports and their procedure for compiling ranks is part of their copyrighted subscription so I am not sure how to site it, though I could site it and rely on the user to get the subscription and know how to read it. I'll change it a little to make it more npov. Gtadoc 20:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, in reading the section you mention, it refers to the clincal facilities available to the students of the Mayo Clinic, which is a seperate issue from the school rankings. I've added the reference from the Mayo Clinic main pages.

The non-NIH funding added in wouldn't make sense as such, because other schools receive major non-NIH funding as well. You should mention it that the hospital is ranked in top two, and the school is top 25.

I think the point being made is that the MAJORITY of Mayo's funding is nonNIH, a noted concession in the US News and World reports. As it is it looks fine to me as the sentence is commenting on the clinical facility in addition to the school. Gtadoc 19:20, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

It's still misleading because you are the one placing them among the top one or two institutions, not USNews. USNews ranks them the 23rd best research medical school in the nation. Does this mean that MMS is the 23rd best med school in the nation? Probably not, it's probably much higher, but I don't think it's okay to just factor in the non-NIH funding and re-rank research medical schools.

Please sign your posts so I can know when they are left/ also, if you follow the citation you will notice that it is not "me" placing anyone anywhere. The citations and the text both talk about the Mayo Clinic, there is a seperate place in the text talking about the medical school itself with its own citation. Please point out to me where I place anyone anywhere; if you feel a citation is needed somewhere feel free to add it or the 'citation needed' tag, otherwise please read the ones already in the article first before commenting... Thanks. Gtadoc 00:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Made yet another change; its about as clear as I think it can be... Gtadoc 00:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I think it's clear now. --75.72.180.94 16:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)