O'Brien, A; Korszun, A
(2021)
Follow the money: how is medical school teaching funded?
BJPsych Bull, 45 (2).
pp. 73-76.
ISSN 2056-4694
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.50
SGUL Authors: O'Brien, Aileen Ann
Abstract
Growing student numbers are producing greater demand for teaching, and resources allocated for education are being placed under increasing strain. The need for more student clinical placements and more clinician teaching time is expanding. Psychiatrists have successfully drawn attention to the importance of parity between mental and physical illness. We now have a responsibility to ensure enhanced opportunities to teach psychiatry to our medical students. This is set against a background of an increasing number of psychiatry consultants leaving the profession and an already stretched National Health Service environment. Many consultants contribute to teaching but do not have this activity included in their job plans. Although clinics and clinical meetings are inevitably slower when students are present, there is often no backfill provided. As outlined below, trusts receive substantial funding to cover costs related to the teaching of medical students, but most of us don't know what actually happens to this money. Here, we discuss how teaching is currently funded and make recommendations regarding improving accountability.
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Article
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© The Authors 2020. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: |
Education and training, educational policy, medical schools, recruitment, undergraduate teaching, Education and training, recruitment, educational policy, medical schools, undergraduate teaching |
Journal or Publication Title: |
BJPsych Bull |
ISSN: |
2056-4694 |
Language: |
eng |
Dates: |
Date | Event |
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April 2021 | Published | 13 July 2020 | Published Online | 8 April 2020 | Accepted |
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Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
PubMed ID: |
32654674 |
Web of Science ID: |
WOS:000632448600001 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/113243 |
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https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.50 |
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