Weller R O
Med Educ. 1985 May;19(3):189-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1985.tb01307.x.
Southampton University Medical School was established in 1971 and now takes 130 students each year for the 5-year course, and fifteen students for the premedical year. The school uses facilities within the whole Wessex region, population 2.5 million, for teaching. During the first year of the course, community-based learning is a feature of the 'Man, Medicine and Society' course and of Early Medical Contact (EMC). Each student has four half-day EMC visits to patients in their homes and these visits are followed by discussion with medical staff. Sociology, or the social context of health care, together with an epidemiology course are the main contacts with the community in the second year. In the third year, all students visit a general practice surgery for half a day per week for 40 weeks; this enables them to appreciate the natural history of common conditions in primary care and their management. There is also a course in occupational medicine in the third year. At the beginning of the fourth year, many students spend an elective in an underdeveloped country, but much of the year is concerned with a study in depth, in some cases involving the community. The fifth year of the course is a major clinical year, often spent in regional hospitals away from Southampton. Three weeks are spent in general practice somewhere in the Wessex region.
南安普顿大学医学院成立于1971年，现在每年招收130名学生攻读为期5年的课程，另外招收15名学生攻读医学预科课程。该学院利用整个韦塞克斯地区（人口250万）的设施进行教学。在课程的第一年，基于社区的学习是“人、医学与社会”课程以及早期医学接触（EMC）的一个特点。每个学生有四次半天的EMC家访，之后会与医务人员进行讨论。社会学或医疗保健的社会背景，以及流行病学课程是第二年与社区的主要接触内容。在第三年，所有学生每周有半天时间去普通外科诊所实习，为期40周；这使他们能够了解初级保健中常见疾病的自然病史及其管理方法。第三年还有一门职业医学课程。在第四年开始时，许多学生在一个不发达国家进行选修，但这一年的大部分时间都用于深入研究，在某些情况下涉及社区。课程的第五年是主要的临床实习年，通常在远离南安普顿的地区医院度过。还有三周时间在韦塞克斯地区的某个地方进行全科实习。
