Learning from the Curriculum of the University of Glasgow
10.11307/mededjapan.42.371
- Author:
Hideki Wakabayashi
;
Yasuyuki Suzuki
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
general practice;
primary care;
community-based curriculum;
medical education;
tutorial training
- From:Medical Education
2011;42(6):371-374
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
1)In medical education in the United Kingdom, departments of general practice organize the basic training in clinical skills and specialty training in primary care.
2)A clinical clerkship in primary care is a compulsory 5–week subject, as are clerkships in internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry.
3)As a tutorial training system has been established, general practitioners are contributing to medical education as clinical instructors.