Teaching and Learning Clinical Medicine at King’s College London School of Medicine / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

1）King’s College London School of Medicine is the largest medical school in UK with 470 students for each year in their 5 year course with variation of a fast track 4 year for graduate students and extended 6 year for some entrants. The current curriculum endeavours to meet the requirements addressed in “Tomorrow’s Doctors （2009）” prepared by General Medical Council.<br>2）An integrated curriculum has been implemented and students’ encounter with patients will start from the first year of medical school. During the 1st and 2nd year, students learn basic medical science through issues raised in case–based scenarios, which include discussion of clinical ethics and involves inter professional education （IPE）.<br>3）During the 3rd and 4th years, hospital clinical rotations are provided and seminars and bedside teaching are main components of the weekly schedule. Clinical clerkship is provided for final year students who are expected to become ready as junior doctors; 8weeks in medicine, 8 weeks in surgery and 8 weeks in General Practice.<br>4）Eighteen ％ of clinical rotation component is conducted in community where General Practitioners （GPs） take active roles in teaching. King’s longitudinal health education programmes have been provided to enable students to understand community and to take initiative roles in advancing health and well being of their future patients, populations and communities.<br>5）Although hospital rotation programmes may vary among hospitals, logbooks are utilised to insure students have undertaken standard clinical opportunities and activities, while OSCEs and written examination are utilised to assess students’ achievement.