BMJ  2007;334:549 (17 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39150.444340.BE

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MMC

Raging against MTAS (UK Medical Training Application Service)

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A suggested definition of MTAS (Medical Training Application Service) for Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) for Wikipedia¹: "Appointment of doctors by lottery, plagiarism and creative writing; sacrifice of skill and track record at the altar of political correctness. Like a bad dream, consultants desert patients for days on end to read fragments of applications and interview candidates without cvs; while the juniors mind the shop until one day a website tells them their career hopes are ended—wrecked by MMC."

This nightmare must stop. It is self indulgent to scream and rage, because time is now pressing²; but junior doctors must know that consultants are, at last, roused by their fate. We need facts and action. How many UK graduates were not shortlisted? How many places will remain in the second round? How many juniors of distinction, deserving their first choice career, will be sacrificed if interviews of a more . . . [Full text of this article]

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