Doctor in the house: the medical student as academic, attendant and apprentice?

It is contended that change in the health services should be accompanied by a re-examination of medical education. Changes in professional roles and p ractices, specialist training and the location of patient care should be mo re central to informing change in undergraduate medical education. Although innovation in undergraduate curricula is taking place, much of this is in relation to improvement in educational methods. Me would argue that these i nitiatives need to be more firmly, linked to the realities of delivering he althcare today.