Medical education and the GCSE generation—a transferable activity-skills programme in medical sociology
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Teacher
- Vol. 13 (2) , 185-192
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01421599109029029
Abstract
The first major intake of medical students who studied the new GCSE occurred in Autumn 1990. These students have experienced a range of student-centred educational approaches to learning, but medical education in the UK remains committed to teacher-centred approaches. This mismatch of expectations is discussed. An innovative course in medical sociology at the University of Sheffield is reported, which illustrates student-centred learning approaches including transferable activity-skills development and self-assessment profiling. An innovative approach to course evaluation is discussed.Keywords
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