TY - JOUR T1 - Surveying, shoring, strengthening: rebuilding medical morale from its foundations  JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 282 LP - 289 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-4-282 VL - 19 IS - 4 AU - Arrash Yassaee AU - Laura Cheetham AU - Nick Manning-Cork AU - Cassim Akhoon AU - Arjun Gowda Y1 - 2019/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/4/282.abstract N2 - Significant uncertainty surrounds the sustainability of healthcare services in which junior doctors work. It is essential that student and foundation doctors (SFDs) are actively engaged if workforce morale is rebuilt. This narrative review explores the evidence driving the individual work-streams of the Royal College of Physicians’ newly formed Student and Foundation Doctor Network. Undergraduate and postgraduate training reform has coincided with concerning feedback from newly qualified doctors. System-level efforts to address this include a focus on extra-contractual matters, where small, sustainable changes could address training and work issues.Fewer foundation year-2 doctors are entering specialty training immediately after the foundation programme. Providing dedicated careers guidance and highlighting opportunities within traditional placements and other career paths can support doctors who undertake non-traditional career routes, including those who take time out of programme.Disseminating these resources through an effective peer-to-peer framework and a well-established mentoring scheme could be the most appropriate way to spread good practice. ER -