PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - George A Thomson
AU  - Matthew Foster
AU  - Rezvi Sheriff
AU  - Lalitha Mendis
AU  - Devaka JS Fernando
AU  - Caroline Blundell
AU  - Jeffrey Worrall
AU  - Carol Black
TI  - International educational partnerships for doctors in training: a collaborative framework with the RCP
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-2-133
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 133--136
VI  - 5
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/2/133.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/2/133.full
SO  - Clin Med2005 Mar 01; 5
AB  - The UK offers excellent postgraduate medical education, and overseas doctors in training often covet a period of training in the UK. Some overseas training authorities make UK training mandatory prior to appointment as a consultant. Unfortunately, the organisation of such training often proves to be ad hoc, and may lack educational value. UK training faces challenges as a result of reduced hours of work, more structured and intensive educational needs, and pressures of increasing clinical demand. A plethora of new ‘trust’ posts have developed, often with limited educational value, creating a risk that training quality for overseas doctors is reduced. Against this background, such posts can be used to create international training partnerships such as that at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust (SFHT), providing high-quality general and specialty training. Given the success of this strategy, it would be desirable for other UK trusts to provide similar schemes offering specialties not covered at SFHT.