Newbegin R M, Rhodes J C, Flood L M, Richardson H C
Medical School, University of Newcastle, Middlesbrough, UK.
J Laryngol Otol. 2007 Aug;121(8):783-5. doi: 10.1017/S0022215106004191. Epub 2006 Nov 2.
Exposure to otolaryngology is currently minimal in the UK undergraduate medical curriculum. This may lead to difficulties in attracting graduates into higher ENT surgical training and in ensuring a reasonable standard of ENT knowledge amongst primary care practitioners. A recent innovation, of which many ENT units may be unaware, is the introduction to the undergraduate curriculum of 'student-selected components'. Like the traditional elective, this allows students to undertake an attachment to a speciality and department of their choice. Units which do not regularly teach medical students but which have a welcoming and enthusiastic approach to undergraduate training may well be ideal hosts. This paper introduces the concepts underlying student-selected components, outlines the preparation required and offers a template for such an attachment, for which ENT is ideally suited.
目前，英国本科医学课程中接触耳鼻喉科的机会极少。这可能导致在吸引毕业生参加更高水平的耳鼻喉外科培训以及确保初级保健从业者具备合理的耳鼻喉科知识水平方面存在困难。最近有一项创新举措，许多耳鼻喉科单位可能并不知晓，即本科课程中引入了“学生自主选择的课程内容”。与传统选修课一样，这使学生能够到他们选择的专科和科室进行实习。那些不经常教授医学生，但对本科培训持欢迎和热情态度的单位很可能是理想的实习接待单位。本文介绍了学生自主选择的课程内容背后的理念，概述了所需的准备工作，并提供了一份此类实习的模板，而耳鼻喉科非常适合采用这种模板。
