Exercises:

1. Match these activities to the stages of medical education in the UK given in A.

1. dissecting cadavers

2. keeping a log of surgical procedures observed and performed

3. working for four months in Accident and Emergency to experience this specialty

4. taking a four-week attachment in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

5. taking an online course on recent developments in cardiovascular disease

2. Complete the sentences. Look at В and С to help you. Choose from the words:

seminar, elective, lectures, cadavers, clinical attachments, college, consultant, medical school, student selected modules, problem-based learning

1.Just before their final year, students have the chance to take an in a hospital of their choice anywhere in the world.

2. - contrasts with an approach where each subject is

taught separately.

3.These days are often interactive, with regular opportunities for the students to

ask questions.

4.In….. students learn how to treat and manage patients.

5. can be a topic from outside medicine, such as a foreign language.

6.Dissection of is an important part of the anatomy component.

7.The…. at the University of Edinburgh is one of the oldest in the UK.

8.She's a at the Royal; one of the leading paediatric heart specialists in the country.

9.The Royal of Surgeons in Edinburgh dates from 1505.

10.We have a each week where we discuss topics in a small group with our lecturer.

3 Match each of these activities to one of the components of the undergraduate course described in В and С.

1. .Julie spends six weeks working in a small hospital in the Himalayas.

2. .A group of students discuss together the possible reasons for abdominal pain after meals in a 44-year-old male.

3. .A small group of students trace the pulmonary artery in a cadaver.

4. .Otto spends a month working in the paediatric ward of the local hospital.

5. .Anne learns how to take blood from an elderly patient.

6. .Jane chooses to study Sports Medicine in her fourth year.

L esson 2

The Foundation Programme

The Foundation Programme is a two-year training programme which forms the bridge between university-level study at medical school, and specialist or general practice training. It consists of a series of placements, each lasting four months, which allow the junior doctor, known as a trainee, to sample different specialties, for example paediatrics. A year one trainee corresponds to pre-registration house officer posts and a year two trainee to senior house officer posts. Each trainee has an educational supervisor. Trainees have to demonstrate a range of clinical competencies which are assessed through observation in their workplace.

People in medical education

tutor	An academic, or in some cases a postgraduate student, who leads tutorials.
demonstrator	In anatomy teaching, someone who demonstrates how to dissect. Demonstrators are often postgraduate students.
lecturer/senior lecturer	An academic with teaching and research responsibilities who contributes to the teaching of a particular discipline.
professor	A senior academic with teaching and research responsibilities for a particular discipline. Usually a leading figure in their discipline.
college tutor	A consultant responsible for delivering a college training programme.
clinical trainer	A consultant assigned to a trainee who provides training during periods of direct clinical care.
educational supervisor	A consultant who supervises a trainee's period of training.

Medical qualifications

BMSc BMed Sci	Bachelor of Medical Sciences. A degree often taken after three years of medical studies by students who may wish to follow a career in medical research.
MBChB, MBBS BMBCh, BMBS	Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Bachelor degrees are undergraduate degrees. This is the first degree for UK doctors.
MD, DM	Doctor of Medicine
DRCOG	Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
MRCP MRCS	Member of the Royal College of Physicians or Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Doctors become Members by successfully completing the assessment procedures in their college.
FRCS FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Glas) FRCSI	Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Other colleges are indicated by the letters which follow, for example Edinburgh, Glasgow or Ireland. How doctors become a Fellow depends on their college. For the FRCS, further examinations must be passed. For other colleges it is by nomination or work assessment.