Concerns raised over the UK's first private medical school Lilian Anekwe

摘要

The launch of the UK's first medical degree course at a private university could pose unprecedented challenges for the education of new doctors.The first cohort of students to study for a medical degree at the independent University of Buckingham will start in January, 2015, with each student paying feestotalling ￡157500.Course leaders insist the course will deliver value for money and have the same standards for entry and assessment as state-funded universities. But critics say that private degrees could undermine workforce planning initiatives, and potentially derail efforts to widen accessto medicine to students from less affluent backgrounds.