TY - JOUR T1 - International educational partnerships for doctors in training: a collaborative framework with the RCP JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 133 LP - 136 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-2-133 VL - 5 IS - 2 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 Y1 - 2005/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/5/2/133.abstract N2 - 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. ER -