This study addresses the needs of those who teach and assess medical students. It explores the issue of updating medical education to make it more appropriate to the health needs of modern communities and current health service delivery.

1. Aims of the Curriculum Education for Health Needs in 2000 and Beyond ; 2.1 Curriculum Design Charting the Course: Designing a curriculum ; 2.2 Curriculum Design, Case Studies: recent curriculum designs ; 2.3 Curriculum Design, The Patient's Perspective ; 3. How Students Learn: The Process of Learning ; 4.1 Where Students Can Learn: Community Based Approaches ; 4.2 Where Students Can Learn: The Internet Ward Round ; 5. Assessment ; 6.1 The Continuation of Learning, The pre-registration year ; 6.2 The Continuation of Learning, Service Based Learning ; 7.1 Perspectives on the Quality of Medical Education Approaches and Staff Development ; 7.2 Perspectives on the Quality of Medical Education, Clinical Work and Teaching ; 7.3 Perspectives on the Quality of Medical Education The Teacher and Self-directed Learners ; 7.4 Perspectives on the Quality of Teaching, Staff Development and Quality of Teaching ; 7.5 Perspectives on the Quality of Medical Education, Staff Development in Medical Schools ; 8.1 Curriculum Implementation Managing Change ; 8.2 Curriculum Implementation, Overcoming Barriers to Change ; 9. Conclusions

`...the authors have succeeded in providing a constructive review of some key aspects of medical education that can serve as the building blocks for curriculum planning and evaluation in the 21st century.' Deborah E.Simpson

Highly topical Clinicians and educationalits have collaborated to give balanced and thorough views Gives well researched theories of medical education Provides examples of ideas and innovation in practice

Highly topical Clinicians and educationalits have collaborated to give balanced and thorough views Gives well researched theories of medical education Provides examples of ideas and innovation in practice