Quality assurance and patient care evaluation in the undergraduate curriculum

To design a teaching and learning experience for medical students which would induce attitudes which would favourably influence their future involvement in patient care evaluation and quality assurance activities during their professional lives. A three hour seminar involving a minimal amount of didactic input and featuring role plays and analysis of reports of cases from real life in which the quality of care given had been unacceptable. An enjoyable seminar with some indication that the students had appreciated the objectives and--at least temporarily--become more positive in their attitudes towards Peer Review.