Much happy, I have just helped as part of a team of 6 (plus several supporters) to win the London Simulation competition. It was fantastic to be working with the others, and actualyl the whole thing was everything I had hoped medical school would be, from the adrenaline rush of being in the simulation to the hours of preparation and rehearsing scenarios.
I have long felt there should be more simulation, and fewer of the traditional methods i.e. didactic lectures (see here for a beat poem expressing how silly this is for mainstream school) . Having now experienced 2 and a bit years of ward placements, I am also firmly of the belief that being on the ward is of limited use as well.
There are advantages, and to its credit as a methodology it can work. However, it takes almost as long to settle into a new firm as the actual length of the placement. Furthermore
Being on the ward to learn medicine was great for a certain era, when books were experensive and the internet a century or two off
