Changes to the University of Sydney medical curriculum

Taylor, Thomas K F

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02102.x

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To the Editor: The recent article on the review of the University of Sydney Medical Program (USydMP)1 by Goulston and Oates included a lengthy list of “changes made or planned in accordance with key recommendations”.2 Regrettably, and to the despair of many, the most needed change will not take place.

University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: tktaylor@med.usyd.edu.au

1. University of Sydney. Faculty of Medicine. Curriculum review — USydMP (University of Sydney MedicalProgram). http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/forstaff/usydmp-review (accessed Aug 2008).
2. Goulston KJ, Oates RK. Changes to the University of Sydney medical curriculum. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 461-463. <MJA full text>
3. Waxman BP. Ready, SET, go for academic surgery [editorial]? Med J Aust 2008; 188: 67-68. <MJA full text>
4. Collins JP, Gough IR, Civil ID, Stitz RW. A new surgical education and training programme. ANZ J Surg 2007; 77: 497-501.
5. Johnson P. Is your journey really necessary, professor? The Spectator 1991; 7 Sep.

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