The Association of American Medical Colleges recommends students seeking to enter medical school complete courses in the social sciences. Despite calls to teach social science—including anthropology—in pre-medical curriculum, little is known about what is taught in undergraduate medical anthropology courses and if concepts taught in those courses addresses topics tested in the MCAT exam. Given the growing number of anthropology students in baccalaureate allied health fields, there is a growing need to examine if anthropological coursework addresses relevant MCAT topics. Using a mixed methods content analysis, this study examined syllabi from forty U.S.-based medical anthropology courses to assess if MCAT concepts are taught in Medical Anthropology courses. Survey data was examined using descriptive statistics; syllabi were analyzed with NVivo using a binary coding scheme and modified grounded theory. Overall, only 8.69% of 155 possible concepts and terms from the Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior section of the MCAT were present in the syllabi. We close with considerations for future course design of medical anthropology courses.

美国医学院联合会建议希望入读医学院的社会科学完整课程的学生。尽管有人呼吁在医学预科课程中教授社会科学（包括人类学），但对于本科医学人类学课程所教的内容知之甚少，而且这些课程中讲授的概念是否涉及MCAT考试中测试的主题。鉴于学士学位相关健康领域的人类学学生人数不断增加，因此越来越需要研究人类学课程是否解决了相关的MCAT主题。使用混合方法内容分析，本研究检查了来自四十个美国医学人类学课程的教学大纲，以评估医学人类学课程中是否教授了MCAT概念。调查数据使用描述性统计数据进行了检验；使用二进制编码方案和改进的扎根理论，使用NVivo分析了音节。总体而言，课程大纲中“行为的心理学，社会和生物学基础”部分的155个可能的概念和术语中，只有8.69％。在结束时，我们将考虑医学人类学课程的未来课程设计。