Letters
UK foundation programme and academic medicine
Specialised foundation programme allocation: making research everyone’s business
BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q804 (Published 08 April 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:q804
- Kath Higgins, consultant in diabetes medicine and deputy foundation school director, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland1,
- Simon Gay, head of school and professor of medical education (primary care)2,
- Rachel Parry, foundation school director, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland3,
- Rachel Winter, Stoneygate associate professor for empathic healthcare and medical education2,
- Fiona Miall, deputy head of medical school2
- 1Diabetes Outpatients Department, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
- 2George Davies Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- 3Bugbrooke Medical Centre, Northampton, UK
- kath.higgins{at}uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Politis and colleagues raise concerns regarding changes to recruitment and “levelling down” allocation of academic foundation posts, stating that preference informed allocation is a “cheap fix” when aiming to widen participation.1
We agree. “Levelling up” can be implemented in medical schools and foundation training, allowing supportive promotion of research in a training environment.
The Royal College of Physicians and National Institute for …
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