Involvement of general practice (family medicine) in undergraduate medical education in the United Kingdom. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We describe the changes in the development and delivery of undergraduate medical education in the United Kingdom as it moved from being exclusively hospital based to one that is increasingly led and delivered by academic departments of general practice (GP), GP teachers, and hospitalists guided by the General Medical Council. We describe the impact of this change on GP teachers, medical students, and patients. The Kings Medical Firm in the Community and The Cambridge Community-based clinical course have been examples of innovation in undergraduate GP teaching and illustrate some of the strengths and challenges of delivering undergraduate medical teaching in the community.

publication date

  • January 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Community Medicine
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate
  • Family Practice
  • Teaching

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 51449120999

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/01.JAC.0000324672.36896.82

PubMed ID

  • 18574385

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 31

issue

  • 3