Pathology in Irish medical education
Autor: | Grace Callagy, Desmond Leddin, R. William G. Watson, Hilary Humphreys, Louise Burke, Mary Toner, Niall T. Stevens |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Medical curriculum
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors 020205 medical informatics education Graduate entry 02 engineering and technology Disease Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Irish Surveys and Questionnaires 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Schools Medical Medical education Education Medical Subject (documents) General Medicine language.human_language language Curriculum Psychology Ireland |
Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Pathology. 73:47-50 |
ISSN: | 1472-4146 0021-9746 |
DOI: | 10.1136/jclinpath-2019-206033 |
Popis: | Pathology is the study of disease and is an important component in medical education. However, with medical curriculum reform, its role and contribution to medical courses is under potential threat. We surveyed the status of pathology in all six Irish medical schools. Information was received from five direct undergraduate and four graduate entry programmes. Pathology was recognisable as a core subject in all but one of the medical schools, was generally taught in years two or three, and the greatest contact hours were for histopathology (44–102 hours). Lectures were the most common teaching modality, and all used single best or extended matching answer multiple-choice questions as part of assessments. Currently, pathology is very visible in Irish medical education but needs to remain relevant with the move to theme and case-based teaching. There is heavy reliance on lectures and on non-academic/full-time hospital staff to deliver teaching, which may not be sustainable. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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