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Traditional course
A traditional medical course teaches the underlying sciences in the first years and clinical medicine in the later years.
Summary
- NHS Health Careers lists traditional teaching as one of three styles, beside problem based learning and an integrated style.
- At Cambridge, the first three years focus on core preclinical sciences.
- Students there spend most of the last three years learning in hospitals and GP surgeries.
Sources
- NHS Health Careershealthcareers.nhs.uk/…/choosing-your-medical-school
- medschl.cam.ac.ukmedschl.cam.ac.uk/…/medicine-mb-and-bchir-course-information
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