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Centre of Medical Education delight as programme prepares for 6,000th graduate
Published on 17 June 2024
When it was set up by Professor Ronald Harden in 1972, the University of Dundee’s Centre of Medical Education was the first of its kind in the world. Four decades on and preparations are underway to graduate its 6,000th student.
It’s a great milestone for a flagship programme, aimed at both those new to teaching and training, as well as those who wish to advance their skills and knowledge in medical education.
Pioneering from the outset, CME has always been ahead of its time. No stranger at embracing new teaching techniques and offering distance learning before the internet age through proficient use of global mail services. Today there’s over a thousand students at some stage of CME studies across the world.
As the programme gears up for school of medicine graduation this Friday, Interim CME Director Susie Schofield admits this one will feel extra special: “It's incredible to have our 6000th graduate. Amazing, really amazing. To know, so many of them are now in in areas of leadership, doing really great things in their own institutions.
“Many of the medical leaders, the Deans have come through the master’s and indeed the PhD in medical education at Dundee. I’m so proud of the impact out course has made across the world.”