title: Medical education and the GCSE generation--a transferable activity-skills programme in medical sociology.
abstract: The first major intake of medical students who studied the new GCSE occurred in Autumn 1990. These students have experienced a range of student-centred educational approaches to learning, but medical education in the UK remains committed to teacher-centred approaches. This mismatch of expectations is discussed. An innovative course in medical sociology at the University of Sheffield is reported, which illustrates student-centred learning approaches including transferable activity-skills development and self-assessment profiling. An innovative approach to course evaluation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Sheffield.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dryden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012962:Sociology, Medical / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom