Deep learning?

“Modern medicine emphasises self directed learning and critical evaluation,” say Chris McManus and colleagues in their article on UK medical students— and, one way and another, there's a lot about learning, and the pitfalls to its progress, in this week's BMJ.

There's long been debate about whether the extra year that many British medical students spend doing a medical science degree helps to produce a cadre of medical academics. McManus et al designed their study to assess the effect of these intercalated degrees not …