Improving the quality of psychiatry teaching within the UK undergraduate medical curriculum
Sunila J Prasad, Pooja Nair, Karishma Gadhvi, Ishani Barai, Mariam LamiFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKWe read with great interest the article by Shah,1 which outlines various approaches to increase the exposure of undergraduate medical students to specialties such as psychia...
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| description | Sunila J Prasad, Pooja Nair, Karishma Gadhvi, Ishani Barai, Mariam LamiFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKWe read with great interest the article by Shah,1 which outlines various approaches to increase the exposure of undergraduate medical students to specialties such as psychiatry. While Shah1 makes valid suggestions to tackle this issue without altering the undergraduate medical school curriculum, we believe that there is scope for significant improvements within the curriculum for psychiatry in particular.View original paper by Shah. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-544da6af72644afe84414bc51a11aea02022-12-22T01:32:30ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582016-03-012016Issue 116316425957Improving the quality of psychiatry teaching within the UK undergraduate medical curriculumPrasad SJNair PGadhvi KBarai ILami MSunila J Prasad, Pooja Nair, Karishma Gadhvi, Ishani Barai, Mariam LamiFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKWe read with great interest the article by Shah,1 which outlines various approaches to increase the exposure of undergraduate medical students to specialties such as psychiatry. While Shah1 makes valid suggestions to tackle this issue without altering the undergraduate medical school curriculum, we believe that there is scope for significant improvements within the curriculum for psychiatry in particular.View original paper by Shah.https://www.dovepress.com/letter-are-curriculum-changes-the-ideal-method-for-increasing-und-peer-reviewed-article-AMEPPsychiatryUndergraduateMedicalEducationCurriculumTeaching |
| spellingShingle | Prasad SJ Nair P Gadhvi K Barai I Lami M Improving the quality of psychiatry teaching within the UK undergraduate medical curriculum Advances in Medical Education and Practice Psychiatry Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Teaching |
| title | Improving the quality of psychiatry teaching within the UK undergraduate medical curriculum |
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