The aim of this research project was to develop an undergraduate core curriculum for psychology in medicine (PIM) that was valid consistent evidence based and useful to medical graduates.
The Behavioural and Social Sciences Teaching in Medicine (BeSST) Psychology Steering Group is a sub-group of BeSST a network of 250+ behavioural and social scientists including psychologists educationalists and social anthropologists with varying degrees of responsibility for design and delivery of programmes of teaching and learning for medical undergraduate students. The group functions as a network formembers to support and develop the B&SS in medicine.
This report outlines the rationale for an integrated core curriculum; the process used to obtain consensus among the BeSST group and medical colleagues in relation to the core curriculum topics how it maps onto the General Medical Council (GMC) recommendations for Good Medical Practice (GMP) (GMC 1995; revised 2001 and 2006) and how a core curriculum could be embedded in undergraduate medical education.
