BMJ  2005;331:105-106 (9 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7508.105-a

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The future for medical education

¹ University of Lisbon, Santa Maria Hospital, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal Tiago.villanueva@gmail.com

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One of the most frustrating things for medical students is knowing what is wrong with their medical education but not being able to do much about it. Medical school is already gruelling and time consuming enough, and in those rare moments when we stop to catch our breath and think a bit about life, we realise that no matter how much our education makes us yawn, or of how the school is serving the interests of its educators rather than those of its students, things won't change from night to day. Thus we sigh and hope that the following generations of students will be more fortunate.

However, the advent of the internet, the information society, and the increasing number of possibilities to study and train abroad have made it easier than ever before to try to make up for the flaws and shortcomings of our medical education. Some people even . . . [Full text of this article]

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