The GMC’s future vision for medical training must be challenged

The GMC and Melville link their proposals to the changing nature of the patient population (more people living longer with multiple long term conditions, using multiple services) and the greater need for population health approaches. The first is that major changes to medical education and training...

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Published inBMJ (Online) Vol. 384; p. q728
Main Authors Oliver, David, Vaughan, Louella
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 27.03.2024
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Career advancement
Core curriculum
Councils
Forecasting
Humans
Medical education
Opinion
Societies, Medical
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Summary:The GMC and Melville link their proposals to the changing nature of the patient population (more people living longer with multiple long term conditions, using multiple services) and the greater need for population health approaches. The first is that major changes to medical education and training are usually presaged by a period of intensive evidence gathering and self-examination, with the publication of a detailed analysis of what’s wrong and how this might be fixed. [...]the stated desire to take the responsibility for the next generation of doctors away from doctors, devolving this to other staff and employers, strikes at the very heart of what it means to be a profession.
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ISSN:1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.q728