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Farewell, professor chips.(Universities)

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| July 01, 2007 | Woolcock, John | COPYRIGHT 2007 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHAT MOST OF US remember about our days at school and university are the outstanding teachers (and the very bad ones). The iconic Mr Chips is the teacher we all wish we'd had. If the quality of our undergraduate educational experience is related to the quality of the teaching we received, what sense then can we make of a university's decision to eliminate all lectures in its medical school as from 2008? Specifically, it means the demise of medical education at the University of Queensland as we used to know it, and the rise of DIY medical training. Generally, it is a move that has become almost inevitable with the blossoming of the digital age and the domination of ...


    
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