Scottish Government

Review of Basic Medical Education in Scotland

Report and conclusions - June 2004

Sir Kenneth Calman and Michael Paulson-Ellis
A Report Commissioned by the Scottish Executive

'Properly planned and carefully conducted medical education is the essential foundation of a comprehensive health service.'(Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Medical Schools (the Goodenough Report) 1944, para.18.)

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Contents

Summary of recommendations
1) Additional medical student numbers
2) Admission to the Scottish medical schools
3) Collaboration between the Scottish medical schools
4) Other action by NHSScotland and the Health Department
Background and terms of reference
The context of our review
The review process
Medical student numbers - the background
Medical student numbers and the NHS
The Wanless Report
Work in Scotland
Medical student numbers - the current experience
Current medical student numbers
Graduates from the medical schools
Implications
Increasing the diversity of medical students
Widening the range of applicants
Diversity through graduate entry
Diversity through overseas students
The place of St Andrews in basic medical education in Scotland
St Andrews - the background
The St Andrews question
St Andrews - the future
Medical student numbers in the future
Additional medical student numbers
Capacity in the universities and the NHS
Funding of student places
Implementation
More workforce planning
The selection and entry process to medical school
The medical curriculum
Research and development in Medical Education
Clinical education and training
A Board for Medical Education in Scotland
Collaboration between the universities and NHSScotland
Conclusion
Appendix A: Tables
Appendix B: Data Sources
Appendix C: Individuals/institutions who assisted with this review
Appendix D: Published material consulted