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Wong was right
EDITOR,--I endorse Christopher Wong's sentiments concerning the Junior Doctors Committee.1 Like him, I wrote to many of my junior doctors' representatives during my time as a trainee, expressing dissatisfaction with the way in which junior doctors' hours were being reduced at the expense of my training. No attention seemed to be paid to this. I suspect that the vast and silent majority of doctors are prepared to work hard and for prolonged periods and that it is the vocal minority who are unhappiest.
In his reply to Wong's letter Keith Reid, the deputy chairman of the committee, says that many doctors confuse the two concepts of clinical experience and training,2 but, unfortunately, these go hand in hand. While there is no doubt that improvements can be made in the British training structure, there is still no substitute for experience. Furthermore, I think that most juniors are more concerned that there
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