Project work in the medical curriculum

This paper outlines one component, the project, which in 4 years became an integral part of the Human Ecology course at the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Although it is to be retained in some form, it would seem that the full potential of the device for medical undergraduates has not been realized; instead of retaining it in a token or contracted form, it could have served as the basis for cementing the learning and experience gained in the two halves of the division between the pre-clinical and the clinical years.