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The University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine, Caribbean Medical... valuemd.com |
Glasgow Medical School is the medical school of the University of Glasgow, and offers a 5 year MBChB degree course.
[edit] HistoryRobert Mayne MA was appointed the Professor of Medicine in 1637 and held this post until 1645. After a lapse of almost 70 years, John Johnstoun MD was appointed in 1714. However, the modern medical school did not come into being until 1751, when William Cullen was appointed Professor of Medicine. The Faculty of Medicine (and the rest of the University) moved from its original location in High Street, to Gilmorehill in the city's west end in 1870. In 1996, the medical school introduced a new curriculum. In response to the GMC document 'Tomorrow's Doctors', the new course was integrated and delivered by Problem-based learning. In 2002, the medical school moved into the purpose built Wolfson Medical School Building located at the bottom of University Avenue, designed by Reiach and Hall[2]. In 2005, it was included in the Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings rankings. [edit] Course Structure[edit] The Core (Years 1-3)This is an integrated programme of clinical and scientific topics. The material covered has been selected to provide a comprehensive overview of medical and scientific principles. The knowledge component of the curriculum relies largely on Problem-based learning. It is seen as a preparation for a professional career based on lifelong learning. The programme has been developed by NHS and academic clinical staff working with scientists from the Faculties of Medicine and Biomedical & Life Sciences at the University. Each year is split into 5 week blocks in which the PBL sessions, labs and plenaries all relate to a specific system or theme: [edit] Year 1
[edit] Years 4 & 5Years 4 and 5 form the final part of the core and take the form of a series of clinical attachments through Medicine, Surgery, Psychological Medicine, Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and General Practice. A series of Academic Days during the clinical attachments continues the process of integrating the biological and clinical sciences. Continuing training is given in both communication skills and clinical skills. All students are required to undertake one week of shadowing a junior doctor after their final exams before they can graduate.[3] [edit] Student Selected ModulesStudent selected modules (SSM) constitute approximately 20% of the structured course time and are designed to allow the selection and in depth study of special sexual subjects. A wide variety of topics for study are available. Increasingly, students are proposing their own SSMs and in addition there is the facility for an SSM to be linked to an elective, allowing for projects to be carried out overseas or a small research project to be completed. [edit] Clinical Skills and Vocational StudiesMedical students have contact with patients from early on in the medical degree programme. Training in communication and clinical skills starts in Year 1, while Vocational Studies assists students in the acquisition of professional skills and attributes, standards and behaviour. The learning objectives are defined as follows:
[edit] Wolfson Medical School BuildingThe purpose-built Wolfson Medical School Building opened in September 2002, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects at a cost of £9m.[4] As well as three small lecture rooms (with capacity for around eighty people) and ten PBL Rooms, facilities include: [edit] Study LandscapeThe Walton Foundation Library and Resource Area (also known as the Study Landscape) occupies three levels of the building and is open to medical students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As well as 120 study carrels (booths) with flat-screen computers, students have access video recorders and DVD players for watching Clinical Skills materials, over 3000 books (including multiple copies of core texts), CD-ROMs and Computer-Aided Learning packages. There are six project rooms[5]. [edit] Clinical SkillsClinical Skills is made up from a fully equipped ward and side rooms complete with audio visual equipment, allowing students to document, analyse and improve their performance. This area also contains Harvey (a cardiology patient simulator which can help students to diagnose cardiac abnormalities) and Sim-man (a life support patient simulator). [edit] The Vocational Studies SuiteIn Vocational Studies, students acquire professional skills and attributes. In our Vocational Studies Suite medical students can practise consulting in a realistic environment, interacting with actors in the roles of patients. The suite comprises 10 small group learning rooms equipped with audiovisual technology as well as two soft seating pre-consultation ‘waiting’ areas for the simulated patients. In addition, there is a resource room with teaching materials and videos. Consulting rooms are positioned adjacent to small group learning rooms, where their classmates and tutors can observe their simulated consultations on a TV monitor. These rooms also provide the opportunity for student-tutor encounters over a period of time that are essential to professional development. As well as communication skills, the Vocational Studies Suite is a base from which ethics, professional development and other aspects of doctors’ behaviour and attitudes are explored. [edit] The AtriumThe central triangle of the medical school, covered by a glass roof and with its own café and seating area.[6] [edit] Associated HospitalsHospitals that are associated with the Medical School include:[7]
[edit] Famous alumniPast students of the University of Glasgow Medical School include:
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