A new curriculum, designed to encourage junior doctors to study in Wales, will see medical students spending more time training in clinical settings. BMA Cymru Wales has welcomed the modification at Cardiff University’s medical school called C21 (21st century).
Commenting on the move John Bligh, the medical school dean, said: “Our goal is to modernise teaching with a view to producing world-class clinicians who want to live and work in Wales for the benefit of Welsh patients. We hope the community-centred learning experience that this curriculum offers will encourage this.”
Through community placements, medical students will visit patients’ homes and learn about clinical consulting from GP tutors in surgeries. On-campus learning will also take place in the first year, with students dealing with clinical cases in hospitals across south Wales.
In the final years of the degree, under supervision, students will increasingly take clinical responsibility. They will also be in clinical teams and expected to do out-of-hours work.
