The Edinburgh Medical Curriculum A Personal View

Abstract

Students who are now studying Medicine in Edinburgh are obviously unable to compare the current curricular arrangements with those that preceded the changes which took place in 1977. It may therefore be useful to recall the major defects of the previous medical course as they were identified in the Fourth Report of the Review Committee set up by Faculty in 1973. The purpose in doing so is not so much to indulge in nostalgia but more to try to assess the extent to which the present curriculum has succeeded in remedying the flaws that were then seen. It may also help the new generation of students to see the direction in which future changes may be desirable.