Most of the preclinical teaching is within the Medical School. The Erskine Medical Library is part of the Medical School, and there is a large medical computing suite adjacent to the library. Edinburgh is well provided with clinical teaching hospitals. The Royal Infirmary, adjacent to the Medical School, and the Western General Hospital are the main teaching facilities, with dedicated Clinical Teaching Resource Centres. Other hospitals and general practices in the Lothians, Fife, Borders and elsewhere take clinical students in Year 5, thus increasing the student's range of opportunities for experience.
Most teaching is carried out in small groups.
The current Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, adjacent to the Medical School, will be replaced by a new hospital at Little France in south-east Edinburgh in 2002. A new 'academic block' at the new hospital will provide teaching and research accomodation for the Medical School. The teaching facilities at the other major teaching hospital, the Western General Hospital, are also undergoing extensive development. Last updated 16th May 2001. Designed and produced by the Learning Technology Section of the Faculty Group of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.