BMJ  2005;331:1211 (19 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1211

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Flexible training for men and women—is this the way forward for medicine?

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Historically, medicine in the United Kingdom has been a male dominated profession, but female medical graduates now outnumber male graduates ( BMJ 2005;331: 569-72[Free Full Text]). Many women will go on to have children, and a concern is how this will affect the profession. We are a married couple with two young children and have spent much time considering this issue. The importance of achieving a work-life balance is increasingly recognised in all areas of society. Calls are made for more flexibility in the workforce; and in the Improving Working Lives Standard the government has set an aim of improving flexibility at work in the NHS.

In this debate the role of men has received little attention. In the traditional model of the family in the UK men worked full time and women raised the children full time, but the changing nature of the workforce over . . . [Full text of this article]

Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham chrisschofield@doctors.org.uk

St Francis Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham

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