PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ed Neville
TI  - Modernising medical careers
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-6-529
DP  - 2003 Nov 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 529--531
VI  - 3
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/6/529.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/6/529.full
SO  - Clin Med2003 Nov 01; 3
AB  - Modernising medical careers proposes the introduction of Basic Medical Training (BMT) programmes to replace senior house officer (SHO) rotations. The current pre-registration house officer year and a broad-based first SHO year will become Foundation Years 1 and 2. This will be followed by a programme with eight options. To become a physician would entail doing the Medical Programme (as distinct from surgical, general practice, etc), and at the end of this a Certificate of Completion of Training in general internal medicine could be awarded. Specialty training will follow sequentially. Advantages, disadvantages and uncertainties of this proposal are discussed.