University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Med Teach. 2009 Nov;31(11):1024-9. doi: 10.3109/01421590802520907.
Individual medical schools currently decide on the content and delivery of their undergraduate psychiatry curriculum, so there is probably significant variation in the students' experience of the speciality during the medical course and in the extent to which they develop the appropriate skills and knowledge base.
To ascertain how the teaching of undergraduate psychiatry differs across UK and Irish medical schools.
The educational lead for psychiatry at each medical school in the United Kingdom and Ireland completed a questionnaire providing factual information on the teaching structure, contents and assessment methods in their current psychiatry curriculum.
Some aspects of the curriculum were consistent across the medical schools with other areas showing great variability. The course content was broadly similar but the assessment, length of experience and course structure differed.
There are significant differences in how psychiatry is taught to undergraduate students in the United Kingdom and Ireland and although all the curricula are evaluated by the General Medical Council, further study is required to see if this has any effect on the levels of competency achieved.
目前，各个医学院校自行决定其本科精神病学课程的内容和教学方式，因此学生在医学课程中接触该专业的情况以及他们发展适当技能和知识基础的程度可能存在显著差异。
确定英国和爱尔兰各医学院校本科精神病学教学的差异。
英国和爱尔兰各医学院的精神病学教学负责人完成了一份问卷，提供了当前精神病学课程教学结构、内容和评估方法的具体信息。
课程的某些方面在医学院校之间是一致的，而其他方面则存在很大的差异。课程内容大致相似，但评估、经验长度和课程结构不同。
英国和爱尔兰向本科医学生教授精神病学的方式存在显著差异，尽管所有课程都经过了医学总会的评估，但仍需要进一步研究，以了解这是否对学生的能力水平产生影响。
