Kim Ji Young, Rees John
Division of Medical Education, King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Korean J Med Educ. 2010 Mar;22(1):1-5. doi: 10.3946/kjme.2010.22.1.1. Epub 2010 Mar 31.
In the United Kingdom, 4-year graduate-only medical education programmes (Graduate Entry Programme, GEP) started in 2000, and are running in 16 medical schools with over 800 students annually. This study presents the grounds for introduction of the GEP, and explores its benefits in increasing the medical workforce and widening participation in medical education. An increase in medical student numbers was proposed to cope with the pressing shortage of British doctors and the growing demand for doctors, and the GEP was introduced as a flexible and cost-effective way to meet this demand. It has contributed to increasing the diversity of students in medical schools and widening access to students from more varied social and educational backgrounds. In the United Kingdom, the GEP was established as a supplementary means of providing medical education, and it is unlikely to totally replace traditional 5- or 6-year programmes.
在英国，仅面向研究生的4年制医学教育项目（研究生入学项目，GEP）始于2000年，目前在16所医学院校开展，每年有800多名学生。本研究阐述了引入GEP的理由，并探讨了其在增加医学劳动力以及扩大医学教育参与度方面的益处。为应对英国医生的紧迫短缺以及对医生日益增长的需求，有人提议增加医学生数量，而GEP作为一种灵活且具成本效益的方式被引入以满足这一需求。它有助于增加医学院校学生的多样性，并使来自更多样化社会和教育背景的学生有更多机会接受医学教育。在英国，GEP被确立为提供医学教育的一种补充方式，不太可能完全取代传统的5年制或6年制项目。
