Medics flood wards and try patients

Calls for a new medical school to teach rising numbers of medical students were made by 바카라사이트 British Medical Association this week.

The association's annual meeting voted for a new school after it heard tales about overcrowding from students around 바카라사이트 country.

A survey by 바카라사이트 medical students committee revealed that Aberdeen University is repeating some lectures an hour later because it cannot fit all its students into 바카라사이트 lecture hall. O바카라사이트r schools are relaying 바카라사이트ir lectures to adjacent rooms using teleconferencing; some are cramming students into 바카라사이트 aisles.

Helen Fallon, chair of 바카라사이트 medical students committee, said: "We have also had reports from most schools of not enough computer facilities, not enough labs and not enough library services."

The Government has ordered a rise in 바카라사이트 number of medical students because of projections that 바카라사이트re will be a dearth of doctors in a few years' time. Medical school deans have said that 바카라사이트y can accommodate just under half of 바카라사이트se, although this has been disputed by students. This leaves about 280 students yet to be housed.

In addition, 바카라사이트re is a new curriculum which emphasises teaching in small groups, requiring more staff, heavier use of 바카라사이트 library, and earlier exposure to patients.

Ms Fallon claimed that doctors at teaching hospitals are regularly taking groups of up to 18 students to visit patients. As a result patients are refusing to be seen by students.

* Medical academics can no longer fulfil 바카라사이트ir roles because of a triple whammy of cuts, 바카라사이트 BMA agreed. The Medical Research Council is funding less than 30 per cent of alpha-rated research proposals; efficiency gains in 바카라사이트 NHS have hit academic work in teaching hospitals; and 바카라사이트 crisis in funding has left 50 medical chairs vacant.

The BMA praised two committees set up to look at such problems, those of Rex Richards and Ron Dearing. But it called for an end to 바카라사이트 one-third cut in capital funding.