Series on education
Rheumatology: What should all doctors know?
Michael Doherty, Peter Lanyon
Academic
Rheumatology, City Hospital, Nottingham
Correspondence to: Professor Michael Doherty, Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK Email: Michael.Doherty@nottingham.ac.uk
Accepted for publication 7 March 2000
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Although training (acquisition of specific skills) may be distinguished from education (an important value base, broader in concept) both are required for medical practice. Undergraduate education should adequately prepare students for their next career stage and lay the foundation upon which postgraduate training and continuing education build. For "rheumatology" the key essential competencies that all doctors should acquire as an undergraduate are: the ability through appropriate inquiry and examination to differentiate normality from abnormality within the system; accurate recognition of common locomotor conditions and locomotor emergencies; and the ability to outline appropriate investigation and management plans for common or urgent conditions. Linked to these are the understanding of applied anatomy/physiology and basic disease mechanisms, and professional and humanitarian attitudes. Most undergraduate education, therefore, needs to focus on informed holistic patient assessment.
Learning objectives need to be clearly stated in
the curriculum; the most efficient learning methods then
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