Chapter 33 Evidence-based medicine C. Heneghan and P. Glasziou Introduction The process of lifelong, self-directed learning includes recognition of clinically important questions about diagnosis, therapy, prognosis and other aspects of…
Chapter 30 Clinical communication J.R. Skelton Introduction The importance of clinical communication is now taken for granted. It is routinely taught and tested at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, often…
Chapter 4 Postgraduate training D. Wall and N.G. Patil This chapter is about postgraduate medical education and training, once the doctor has already qualified after a variable number of years…
Chapter 50 How to manage a medical college H. Hamdy Introduction Medical colleges and health profession education institutions are complex organizations interacting with different systems at the micro college level…
Chapter 20 Problem-based learning A.E. Sefton and M. Frommer Introduction Problem-based learning (PBL), now widely adopted in medical programmes internationally, was developed at McMaster University Medical School over 40 years…
Chapter 13 In the community P.S. Worley and I.D. Couper Introduction Patient care is increasingly moving from hospital wards to community clinics. This contributes to the widening gap between the…
Chapter 47 Publishing J. Bligh and J. Browne Publishing in medical education: Joining the conversation As a clinical teacher, you belong to a huge and diverse international community of medical…
Chapter 3 The undergraduate curriculum and clinical teaching in the early years S. Leinster Introduction The aim of the undergraduate medical curriculum according to the General Medical Council is to…
