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
Appendix 1 - Primary Care in the New Medical Schools
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
Medical student numbers have grown steadily during the life of the NHS. Apart from the creation of the new schools of the 1960s (Leicester, Nottingham and Southampton), the increase in places has been achieved by opportunistic distribution throughout the long-established medical schools. However, between 1998 and 2005, the government created seven further medical schools to accommodate its most recent plans to increase student numbers. The notes that follow describe how this has been achieved.
John Campbell
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has two parent universities, the University of Sussex (part of the first wave of 1960s universities) and the University of Brighton (founded in the 1990s with a strong professional focus).
General practice lives within the division of primary care and public health, one of three departments within the medical school, the others being clinical medicine and clinical and laboratory investigation. BSMS trades on its smallness (680 students), its integrated course, strong student support and innovative anatomy teaching (that does include dissection). After three cohorts of graduates, it has progressed from being a ‘new’ to a ‘young’ school, and delights in being amongst the top three most popular medical schools with students.
Helen Smith was appointed to the foundation chair of primary care in 2003, six months ahead of the first cohort of students arriving. The task of curriculum development in such a tight window was facilitated by the purchase of the Southampton curriculum. This was significantly modified to reflect BSMS's own ideology and to incorporate best current
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- Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948-2000A Short History, pp. 123 - 130Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2011