Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom
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《英国医生杂志》
EDITOR—In the same issue as Williams and Lau describe the reform of undergraduate medical teaching as a triumph of evangelism over common sense,1 on page 80, the photographs showing narrowed and normal retinal arteriolar diameter are the wrong way round.2 Five days later on bmj.com no one else seems to have noticed .
This is a sad reflection on the inability of non-specialist medical practitioners to distinguish between a retinal arteriole and a retinal venule any more, the result of the lack of undergraduate medical training in ophthalmology. Another triumph of evangelism.
Michael P Clarke, university reader in ophthalmology
Claremont Wing, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP m.p.clarke@ncl.ac.uk
Competing interests: None declared.
References
Williams G, Lau A. Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: a triumph of evangelism over common sense. BMJ 2004;329: 92-4. (10 July.)
Wong TY, Shankar A, Klein R, Klein BE, Hubbard LD. Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension. BMJ 2004;329: 79-82. (10 July.)
Correction. Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension. BMJ 2004;329: 384. (14 August.)
This is a sad reflection on the inability of non-specialist medical practitioners to distinguish between a retinal arteriole and a retinal venule any more, the result of the lack of undergraduate medical training in ophthalmology. Another triumph of evangelism.
Michael P Clarke, university reader in ophthalmology
Claremont Wing, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP m.p.clarke@ncl.ac.uk
Competing interests: None declared.
References
Williams G, Lau A. Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: a triumph of evangelism over common sense. BMJ 2004;329: 92-4. (10 July.)
Wong TY, Shankar A, Klein R, Klein BE, Hubbard LD. Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension. BMJ 2004;329: 79-82. (10 July.)
Correction. Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension. BMJ 2004;329: 384. (14 August.)