Foundation programme for newly qualified doctors

doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7515.465

BMJ 2005;331:465-466 (3 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7515.465

Editorial

Foundation programme for newly qualified doctors

Should improve specialist training in the UK but may lack capacity

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Born of necessity, developed with remarkable consensus, andpiloted successfully for a year, the United Kingdom's new foundationprogramme for medical graduates has been launched.¹ The programmeaims to ensure that all entrants to formal postgraduate specialisttraining have met the standards required to progress to thatparticular phase of lifelong learning.² Opinions vary aboutthe role of these reforms and their impact on the medical educationsystem and workforce.

The programme focuses on performance in the workplace, ratherthan only knowledge and skills, largely in response to recentscandals that highlighted problems with clinical governance,professional teamwork, and practitioners' honesty. The corecompetencies required to complete the programme match thoselaid down by the General Medical Council in Good Medical Practiceand reflect reasonable expectations of the ability of juniormedical practitioners.³ Although the UK may be the first toformalise such a system, similar moves are being discussed . . . [Full text of this article]

Richard Hays, professor of medical education

School of Medicine, James Cook University, Queensland 4811, Australia (richard.hays@jcu.edu.au)

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