To ameliorate the daunting hours required, the learning methods and assignments are integrated into a typical clinical workload, so that physicians use parts of their brains that normally shut down while they attend to routine work. Assignments of usually take the form of 3000-word essay based on clinical work. For instance, in the consultation, physicians videotape 20 consultations and then analyse them. They then work through the material over 20 sessions, taking their worksheets into the office to reflect on and try out new ideas. The notes made at work are easily integrated into the assignment.
Physicians then complete their essays by using and evaluating the concepts introduced in the module.
For more information, contact Dr. John Sanfey. John Sanfey University of Derby and Alvaston Medical Centre Derby, England tel.