Non-traditional medical students feel in the way

“Non-traditional” medical students feel marginalised and “in the way,” says a study looking at the climate of medical education in this month's Medical Education (2004;38:659-69).

Mary Seabrook, a freelance education consultant, did a five year longitudinal study between1995-2000 at Guys, Kings, and St Thomas's Medical School, London. “It interested me because coming from a school teaching background I was interested in the differences between …