Dacre J E, Griffith S M, Jolly B C
Department of Rheumatology, St Bartholomew's Medical College, London, UK.
Br J Rheumatol. 1996 Mar;35(3):269-74. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/35.3.269.
Rheumatology has been relatively under-represented in UK medical school curricula to date. The incidence of rheumatic disease in the community is not reflected by the amount of time spent on it in undergraduate medicine. In addition, the emphasis in medical colleges is on the less common conditions like systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis, rather than the commoner treatment of sore shoulders and backs. This article reviews the current changes in the philosophy of medical education in the UK and the response of the General Medical Council of Great Britain towards updating curricula. It explains some of the new teaching and assessment methods being increasingly used in today's medical colleges, and encourages rheumatologists to become actively involved in teaching and curricular reform.
迄今为止，在英国医学院校的课程设置中，风湿病学所占比重相对较低。社区中风湿性疾病的发病率并未在本科医学教育中得到相应的时间体现。此外，医学院校重点关注的是系统性红斑狼疮和血管炎等不太常见的病症，而非常见的肩部和背部疼痛的治疗。本文回顾了英国医学教育理念的当前变化以及英国医学总会对更新课程设置的回应。它解释了当今医学院校越来越多地采用的一些新的教学和评估方法，并鼓励风湿病学家积极参与教学和课程改革。
