Medical student perspectives on integrated teaching within medical school

Abstract

Ahmad Salha, Amir-Seena Saberi-Movahed, Syed WaqarFaculty of Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UKWe read the article by Atta and AlQahtani1 with great interest and wish to contribute a medical student perspective. We understand the study’s main findings to be improved test scores and student satisfaction as a result of integrated pathology and radiology teaching. Our medical school implements a successful integrated spiral curriculum which is popular among students, so we were intrigued by the prospect of integration in these two essential areas of medical education.View the original paper by Atta and AlQahtani.  

Keywords

• Pathology
• radiology
• pathology teaching
• radiology teaching
• integration
• curriculum reform
• integrated medical curriculum