I recently contacted the GMC (General Medical Council) to raise a concern: their MLA (Medical Licensing Assessment) content map refers to 'chronic fatigue syndrome' and not 'myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)'. The MLA is an exam that all final-year undergraduate medical students in the UK will have to complete starting in the 2024/2025 academic year.… Continue reading Brief note: correspondence with the GMC regarding the term ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’ in medical education
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Update on our campaign
The ME/CFS Medical Education Campaign started up in December of last year, with the goal of ensuring that all UK doctors and medical students receive high-quality, up-to-date, evidence-based training on ME/CFS. The problems we face are very familiar to the ME community, but they might be unfamiliar to clinicians and medical educators: ME/CFS is a… Continue reading Update on our campaign
To which area of medicine does ME/CFS belong, and who should teach it?
With the Medical Licensing Assessment coming into effect in 2024-2025, medical schools across the UK will be preparing to teach ME/CFS for the first time, and they will find themselves facing a conundrum: which class or subject area does the condition fit into, and which educators are best-qualified to teach it? Cropped image from the… Continue reading To which area of medicine does ME/CFS belong, and who should teach it?
Letter to the Medical Schools’ Council on teaching ME/CFS to undergraduates
The Medical Schools' Council coordinates medical schools' teaching across the UK. We reached out to them to ask them to speak to medical schools about providing high-quality teaching on ME/CFS, to give a bit of background information about the condition, and to recommend some learning resources. The letter is posted below. Recommended ME/CFS resources for… Continue reading Letter to the Medical Schools’ Council on teaching ME/CFS to undergraduates
ME/CFS will be taught to all medical students starting in 2024/2025 – but will the teaching be of a high standard?
Cropped image from the cover of the General Medical Council's MLA content map. We were very pleased to learn that ME/CFS is included on the MLA content map, and will therefore be taught to all undergraduate medical students in the UK, starting in the 2024/2025 academic year. However, we have concerns. We know that currently… Continue reading ME/CFS will be taught to all medical students starting in 2024/2025 – but will the teaching be of a high standard?
ME/CFS Medical Education Campaign 