When medical students go off the rails

doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7364.556

BMJ 2002;325:556-557 ( 14 September )

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When medical students go off the rails

Student support is essential, but so is protecting the public

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Medical students can acquire the knowledge and skills that they need only by coming into close contact with vulnerable membersof society. Once they graduate, new doctors are expected to conformto principles of professional conduct that have the safety ofpatients at their heart,¹ so the award of a medical degreeconfirms more than academic achievement. It says that the graduateis fit to practise under supervision as a doctor and can be trustedby public and profession alike. In the United Kingdom, graduationin medicine automatically leads to provisional registration asa doctor, and the regulatory body has no discretion in the matter.²

Medical schools therefore have a considerable responsibility to identify and appropriately manage students whose conduct mayput patient safety at risk. No member of the public should beharmed by participating in the learning of students or throughthe actions of a newly graduated doctor . . . [Full text of this article]

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