title: Australian medical education in a time of change: a view from the University of Sydney.
abstract: In 1991, vigorous debate was regenerated in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney about the desirability of changing the traditional 6-year undergraduate medical programme to a 4-year, graduate model. Similar discussion occurred at the same time largely independently in two other Australian medical schools (at Flinders University and the University of Queensland). After a year of active investigation and consideration, all three made the decision to proceed. Although the specific reasons driving each institution differed somewhat, some concerns were common to all three. I here review the history of the process of change, the strategies used to encourage discussion and the major issues for the Medical Faculty at the University of Sydney.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine A27, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sefton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000639:trends; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D014495:Universities