Good candidates surface in MTAS

doi:10.1136/bmj.39156.727222.FA

BMJ 2007;334:601 (24 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39156.727222.FA

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Good candidates surface in MTAS

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One of the groups I interviewed at the ST1 clinical interviewwere those whose CVs were good but not outstanding, whose applicationforms stood out from the rest, and who performed well at interview.¹This group's CVs could have ended up in the shredder under theold system but they do well under the new. Undoubtedly the academicswill want greater credence placed on British first class honoursdegrees next time around, but I would be sad if we throw awaythe chance of recruiting this group in any reform. After all,most of our successful applicants will not be leading a researchteam or even be working in an academic unit. Is a first classhonours degree a reliable predictor of clinical and professionalexcellence? Is it purely a function of the individual unrelatedto the BA or BSc project or supervisor?

Colin Borland, consultant physician

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon PE28 4TW

colin.borland@hinchingbrooke.nhs.uk

Competing interests: None declared.

Coombes R. How specialist training reform sparked crisis of confidence. BMJ 2007;334:508-9. (10 March.)[Free Full Text]

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