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Are We Learning Enough Pathology in Medical School to Prepare Us for Postgraduate Training and Examinations?
Joint Authors
Source
Journal of Biomedical Education
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Medical schools responded to the first publication of Tomorrow’s Doctors with an abbreviated syllabus and a reduction in didactic teaching hours.
Prescribing errors, however, have increased, and there is a perception amongst clinicians that junior doctors know less about the pathological basis of disease.
We asked junior doctors how useful they thought their undergraduate teaching in pathology had been in their postgraduate training.
We had 70 questionnaire responses from junior doctors within a single deanery and found that although almost every doctor, n=61 (96%), thought that pathology formed a major component of their postgraduate exams, most, n=47 (67%), thought that their undergraduate teaching left them unprepared for their postgraduate careers, and they had to learn basic principles, as they revised for postgraduate exams.
Few used a pathology text for learning, most doctors, n=64 (91%), relying on question and answer revision resources for exam preparation.
Perhaps, as revision materials are used so widely, they might be adapted for long-term deep learning, alongside clinical work.
This presents an opportunity for pathologists, deaneries, royal colleges, and publishing houses to work together in the preparation of quality written and online material readily accessible to junior doctors in their workplace.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Marsdin, Emma& Biswas, Seema. 2013. Are We Learning Enough Pathology in Medical School to Prepare Us for Postgraduate Training and Examinations?. Journal of Biomedical Education،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451135
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Marsdin, Emma& Biswas, Seema. Are We Learning Enough Pathology in Medical School to Prepare Us for Postgraduate Training and Examinations?. Journal of Biomedical Education No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451135
American Medical Association (AMA)
Marsdin, Emma& Biswas, Seema. Are We Learning Enough Pathology in Medical School to Prepare Us for Postgraduate Training and Examinations?. Journal of Biomedical Education. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451135
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451135