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
16 - The University of Nottingham
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
The beginnings
The University of Nottingham received its Charter in 1948, but it was some time before it had a medical school. By the late 1960s agreement was reached between the then Sheffield Regional Hospital Board and the university that there should be a university teaching hospital in Nottingham which allowed the university to proceed with the founding of a medical school. The first forty-eight students were admitted in September 1970 and the faculty was officially inaugurated in October 1970 by Sir Keith Joseph, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services. Responsibility for general practice teaching was placed in the department of community health led by its Professor Maurice Backett.
The development
There was no general practice teaching until the first students entered the clinical part of their courses in May 1973. By this time five part-time general practice lecturers had been recruited each with an honorarium to acknowledge their contribution. They included Alan Murphy, John Skinner, Tom Venables, Peter Sprackling and Harold Lee. David Metcalfe was appointed senior lecturer in 1972. He had experience of British general practice in Yorkshire and had been teaching and practising family medicine in Rochester, USA.
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- Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948-2000A Short History, pp. 75 - 77Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2011