Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Dedication
- 1 The University of Aberdeen
- 2 The University of Dundee
- 3 The University of Edinburgh
- 4 The University of Glasgow
- 5 The Cardiff University School of Medicine
- 6 Academic General Practice in Ireland
- 7 The University of Birmingham
- 8 The University of Bristol
- 9 The University of Cambridge
- 10 The University of Exeter
- 11 The University of Leeds
- 12 The University of Leicester
- 13 The University of Liverpool
- 14 The University of Manchester
- 15 The University of Newcastle
- 16 The University of Nottingham
- 17 The University of Oxford
- 18 The University of Sheffield
- 19 The University of Southampton
- 20 The London Medical Schools
- 21 The University of St Andrews
- Appendix 1 Primary Care in the New Medical Schools
- Appendix 2 The SIFT/ACT Negotiations
- Appendix 3 An Overview
- Appendix 4 And Finally…
- Index
2 - The University of Dundee
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Dedication
- 1 The University of Aberdeen
- 2 The University of Dundee
- 3 The University of Edinburgh
- 4 The University of Glasgow
- 5 The Cardiff University School of Medicine
- 6 Academic General Practice in Ireland
- 7 The University of Birmingham
- 8 The University of Bristol
- 9 The University of Cambridge
- 10 The University of Exeter
- 11 The University of Leeds
- 12 The University of Leicester
- 13 The University of Liverpool
- 14 The University of Manchester
- 15 The University of Newcastle
- 16 The University of Nottingham
- 17 The University of Oxford
- 18 The University of Sheffield
- 19 The University of Southampton
- 20 The London Medical Schools
- 21 The University of St Andrews
- Appendix 1 Primary Care in the New Medical Schools
- Appendix 2 The SIFT/ACT Negotiations
- Appendix 3 An Overview
- Appendix 4 And Finally…
- Index
Summary
Dundee is a small Scottish city with one of the smaller medical schools in the UK. Academic general practice has played an important role in its contribution to medical education and, increasingly, research.
The early years: 1970–1992
The University of Dundee began as a college of the University of St Andrews and became an independent institution in 1967. The senior faculty of its medical school soon realised it needed a department of general practice. On 1 April 1970, Dr James Knox left his practice in Edinburgh to become the inaugural professor of general practice.
Originally based near the main university campus in the centre of the city, but remote from the medical school at Ninewells Hospital, the department was without a clinical base. Early priorities included identifying a cadre of general practitioner contributors to the undergraduate teaching programme, working on content, teaching and assessment methods in a programme of problem-based learning, and helping the new tutors to acquire the necessary skills to fulfil their tasks. Contrary to expectations in some quarters within the university, the department's teaching was not ‘more of the same’, but was breaking new ground. Throughout the ensuing years, a feature of the department's activities was arranging frequent meetings with general practitioners in many different (usually informal) settings.
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- Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948-2000A Short History, pp. 5 - 8Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2011