Modernising medical careers
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0310372 (Published 01 October 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:0310372
- Rhona MacDonald, senior editor1
- 1Student BMJ
Aim? To have a two year foundation programme for all newly qualified doctors, which will incorporate and improve the current preregistration house officer year. Objective? To have fit for purpose doctors. Start date? August 2005.
So much to do in so little time. So can Aidan Halligan, deputy chief medical officer for England, help dispel the uninformed panic of medical students and appease educators who feel they will be dumped with more work? As he admits himself: “All that people want is delivery. They will say we have heard all this stuff before, what is different?” So I went to meet him to find out. The following is a summary of a mini tutorial he gave me on the principles of modernising medical careers and an update on the practical details on delivery.
Adapting to change
Aidan Halligan: “I spoke to all the clinical tutors at one of the royal colleges recently. I asked, ‘Is there anyone in this room who doesn't think that we should modernise medical careers?’ You couldn't hear a pin drop. Then one of them said, ‘but I like the way that I was trained.’
“In many ways, I also like the way that I was trained. It has made me who I am. But the problem is whether it is fit for the purpose in …
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