Showing papers by "General Medical Council published in 2002"

New edition of Tomorrow's Doctors.

Abstract: The GMC's publication, Tomorrow's Doctors, sets out the framework for undergraduate medical education in the UK. The original version was published in 1993, and had a profound effect on encouraging UK medical schools to develop new and innovative curricula. The GMC has now revised this guidance to take account of developments in educational theory and research since 1993; and to address issues identified during two rounds of visits to all UK medical schools to monitor the implementation of its guidance between 1995 and 2001. The revised document places the principles of professional practice at the heart of undergraduate medical education, and identifies the outcomes required of all medical graduates.

The implementation of Tomorrow's Doctors.

Abstract: Background In 1993 the General Medical Council published its recommendations on undergraduate medical education. Aim To study the implementation of these recommendations in UK medical schools by means of informal visitations. Methods Teams consisting of 3–5 members visited the 25 UK medical schools in a 3-year period commencing in early 1995. Results Substantial changes have occurred in undergraduate medical education since the publication of Tomorrow's Doctors. Of the 13 principal recommendations, 3 had been implemented in most medical schools and a further 8 substantially implemented by the majority. However, progress in health promotion and the development of appropriate assessment schemes has been slower. Conclusions Informal visits have served a useful purpose in monitoring the implementation of the General Medical Council's recommendations on undergraduate medical education. In addition, they have encouraged dialogue with the medical schools and allowed the identification of examples of good practice including the establishment by most schools of medical education units.

A small earthquake

Abstract: In recent years, concerns about health and healthcare have been expressed by the public, the profession, patients and politicians. These are neither new nor confined to the UK. Doctors were not always held in high public esteem; that had been earned over the last 150 years through scientific discoveries such as anaesthesia which revolutionised patient care. The turbulence of the last few years has a number of causes, including increasing patient expectations. Perhaps inevitably it has again called into question the relationship between government, the public and the profession. The resulting debate has been more widespread and better informed than previous episodes of dissent, perhaps indicating a greater willingness on the part of all three parties to assess their relationship anew. Any such assessment would no doubt have to accept the current workforce difficulties experienced by many doctors and other healthcare professionals practising in unsatisfactory circumstances.