TY - JOUR T1 - Modernising medical careers JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 529 LP - 531 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-6-529 VL - 3 IS - 6 AU - Ed Neville Y1 - 2003/11/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/6/529.abstract N2 - 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. ER -