Wakefield, RJ orcid.org/0000-0001-5352-8683, Weerasinghe, A, Tung, P et al. (13 more authors) (2018) The development of a pragmatic, clinically driven ultrasound curriculum in a UK medical school. Medical Teacher, 40 (6). pp. 600-606. ISSN 0142-159X
Abstract
Whether ultrasound (US) should be incorporated into a medical undergraduate curriculum remains a matter of debate within the medical education arena. There are clear potential benefits to its early introduction particularly with respect to the study of living anatomy and physiology in addition to the learning of clinical skills and procedures required for the graduate clinical practice. However, this needs to be balanced against what is perceived as an added value in addition to financial and time constraints which may potentially lead to the sacrifice of other aspects of the curriculum. Several medical schools have already reported their experiences of teaching US either as a standalone course or as a fully integrated vertical curriculum. This article describes and discusses the initial experience of a UK medical school that has taken the steps to develop its own pragmatic vertical US curriculum based on clinical endpoints with the intent of using US to enhance the learning experience of students and equipping them with the skills required for the safe practice as a junior doctor.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Teacher on 28 February 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1439579. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Education > Division of Anatomy (LIME) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2018 14:42 |
Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1439579 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131710 |