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Letters Revalidation and resignation

The GMC is working to improve revalidation

BMJ 2016; 354 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4776 (Published 14 September 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;354:i4776
  1. Niall Dickson, chief executive
  1. General Medical Council, London NW1 3JN, UK
  1. press{at}gmc-uk.org

The research cited in “Revalidation and resignation” in The BMJ’s Minerva article showed that numerous factors contributed to workload pressure and burnout,1 but it would be wrong to blame all of this on revalidation. In addition, this limited study requires caution—the researchers admitted “uncertainty over the representativeness of the respondents.”

The GMC has commissioned a …

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