In defence of MMC and MTAS

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BMJ 2007;334:601 (24 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39156.731910.FA

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In defence of MMC and MTAS

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The MTAS (medical training application system) process was calledfor and designed with the help of junior doctors.¹ The pseudo-anonymisedform and separate individuals scoring individual elements—ratherthan whole CVs—are sensible ways of preventing the rampantdiscrimination prevalent in the old system. The use of 150 wordanswers to questions about clinical practice and attitudes ratherthan just relying on qualifications and publications was a responseto requests from junior doctors to stop the early years of trainingbecoming a mad scrabble to gain ever more postgraduate diplomasand to publish papers at the expense of enjoying learning clinicalmedicine.

Simon J A Eccles, consultant in emergency medicine

Homerton University Hospital, London E9 6SR

simon.eccles@nhs.net

Competing interests: SJAE was chairman of the BMA Junior DoctorsCommittee from September 2003 until August 2005.

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

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