tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post4493938939036587420..comments2024-03-28T08:52:52.429-07:00Comments on Colombo Medgrads 1962: Medical Education – Then and Now Lucky Abeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14193645922522446176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-57681640075708172462014-09-03T15:46:17.677-07:002014-09-03T15:46:17.677-07:00The transformation in Medical Education which you ...The transformation in Medical Education which you have been a large part of is truly admirable. Students from 1994 have been extremely fortunate to benefit from it. Three things particularly appeal to me:More stress on psychological medicine,continuous assessment rather than end of year,and getting students to present reports to one another. Improvement in communication skills you have introduced is a significant advancement too. To me, one of the short comings of the older system was the lack of encouragement in further reading and training in the writing of scientific papers.Your reorganised curriculum has adequately covered this as given in your article under 'Behavioural science stream' and 'Elective appointment' . Finally, may I say, our batch should be truly proud of you!<br />ZitaZitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985029776566371971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5647561953942883640.post-7973760644898472592014-09-03T02:04:39.143-07:002014-09-03T02:04:39.143-07:00Thanks so much Lama for that most interesting and ...Thanks so much Lama for that most interesting and educative post. I thought we were fortunate to be trained the way we were, and indeed there were many positives such as good teachers, exposure to a truly amazing clinical range ("good pathology" as we used to call them!) under the guidance of excellent and gifted clinicians, comprehensive theoretical curriculum etc In one day we could palate 4 spleens, listen to the whole range of cardiac murmurs, listen to all the abnormal breath sounds, examine a paraplegic, a couple of brain tumours, may be the odd Guillain-Barre etc. However, I realised more and more as I matured that there were glaring short comings too, many of them outlined by you in your post. Having contact with the system in the UK (which too has evolved as you might expect), I am glad that things taken for granted here such as continuous and summative assessment, relevance to practice, more sensitive tests such as MCQs compared to the old essay methods, communication skills etc etc have all been introduced in Sri Lanka. I am totally impressed and of course I see some results of these changes when these young doctors come over here for further experience/education. The name of the game is not to stand still but to continuously assess , evaluate and introduce changes not for the sake of change but in order to produce better and more able doctors who will have the correct mindset to keep this process going for as we say, learning in Medicine is a Life-Long process. Very well done and your own very significant contribution is appreciated by all of us.Mahendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940825368030959494noreply@blogger.com