The Tuning Project for Medicine – learning outcomes for undergraduate medical education in Europe

Abstract

The Tuning Project is an initiative funded by the European Commission to develop learning outcomes/competences for degree programmes in Europe and to promote harmonisation in the Higher Education sector. It is closely linked to the Bologna Declaration and subsequent developments. Under the auspices of the MEDINE Thematic Network for Medical Education in Europe, the Tuning (Medicine) Task Force has generated a draft set of learning outcomes for primary medical degree qualifications in Europe. These take account of previous work on learning outcomes in medicine, have been generated through an iterative process of expert review and development, and have been the subject of a Europe-wide internet-based opinion survey and subsequent analysis. They have been approved by the MEDINE Network and validated (subject to some additional analysis) by an Expert Panel of the European Commission.

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Allan Cumming

PROFESSOR ALLAN CUMMING is Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching and Professor of Medical Education, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and Consultant Renal Physician, Lothian University Hospitals. He chaired the European Medical School Network for Communication, Clinical Skills and PPD, 2000–2004, and leads the Tuning Task Force of the MEDINE Thematic Network, 2004-2007.

Allan Cumming

PROFESSOR ALLAN CUMMING is Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching and Professor of Medical Education, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and Consultant Renal Physician, Lothian University Hospitals. He chaired the European Medical School Network for Communication, Clinical Skills and PPD, 2000–2004, and leads the Tuning Task Force of the MEDINE Thematic Network, 2004-2007.

Michael Ross

DR MICHAEL T. ROSS is a Fellow of the Medical Teaching Organisation and a Clinical Lecturer in General Practice at The University of Edinburgh, where he has responsibility for the Peer Assisted Learning programme and for medical students learning to teach. He also works as a General Practitioner at Primrose Lane Medical Centre, Rosyth. He has a longstanding professional and academic interest in Peer Assisted Learning and has been instrumental in the development and implementation of numerous peer assisted learning projects in undergraduate medical education.