2yO and SSMs
The 2yO course in its present form began
in 1999 with the runout of a new curriculum in Edinburgh. In
line with recommendations in "Tomorrow's Doctors",
produced by the UK General Medical
Council, parts of the curriculum (Special Study Modules,
SSMs) are intended to allow students to study areas in depth,
using curiosity-driven enquiry and self-directed study to inculcate
learning techniques and team work. These are usually areas of
medicine or science. More
about the course
What's different about 2yO?
Various approaches have been used in different
British medical schools to address these aims. Often the solution
has involved group work in earlier years of the course. We have
developed the 2yO course in a number of unusual ways:
- Introduction of non-medical and 'off-core'
medical subjects
- Allowing students to arrange their own
subjects (letter
for prospective tutors from outside the Faculty or Institution)
- Submission of group projects as websites
(click to see some)
How it works
Students study a wide variety of subjects
chosen from a menu, or (second block) organised themselves, in
groups of 5-7. Supervision from a tutor is provided, but is guidance,
not teaching. At the end of the four week period the students
submit a group report as a website. Guidance and some tuition
is provided on website composition. At the end of the first block,
all students should be able to make and upload a simple website.
If you have been approached by a student
asking for someone to look after a group of them, find more
information here.
Previous tutors have included an impressively
broad range of people from the Principal of Edinburgh University,
Deans, heads of departments, postdoctoral researchers and PhD
students from multiple faculties, doctors and nurses within the
NHS, schoolteachers, and many others.
More information about the history
and organisation of the course is available.
|
