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EXPERIENCE WITH A GENERAL PRACTICE ELECTIVE IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
Author(s) -
Webster Ross
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb100706.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , variety (cybernetics) , medical education , general practice , context (archaeology) , psychology , medicine , period (music) , pediatrics , family medicine , pedagogy , history , computer science , physics , archaeology , artificial intelligence , acoustics
The eight‐week general practice elective at the University of Melbourne, after the introduction of a half‐year of electives fnto the sixth year of the medical course, is here described. Seventy students and 50 clinical instructors recorded their opinions, which were generally strongly in favour of the semistructured course. Students were undoubtedly impressed by the skill of the general practitioner in diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of illnesses. The majority of students found the period to be an interesting and rewarding educational experience, and many stated that it altered favourably their view of general practice. The impact of this course is discussed in the context of future changes in medical education.