Reform of physician education is needed to meet the needs of patients, based on
comorbidities, chronic disease management and complexity. The Joint Royal Colleges of …

The purpose of healthcare education is to provide appropriately skilled individuals to deliver
the care needed by the population. However, curricula are shaped by the regulation of …

Medicine is a constantly evolving profession, especially with the advent of rapid advances in
the scientific base that underpins this vocation. In order to ensure that training in medicine is …

Background The three Royal Colleges of Physicians (London, Edin-burgh and Glasgow) will
shortly publish their agreed recommendations for a system of Continuing Medical Education …

Many of the issues faced by undergraduate medical students and those planning their
curriculum are not new. William Osler, Abraham Flexner and the General Medical Council …

ABSTRACT The Central College of Medical Specialities has presented guidelines for
modernisation of all postgraduate speciality training programmes. These guidelines include …

There is a tendency in medical education at the moment to bring together the postgraduate
and the undergraduate into a set of unified frameworks. We see examples in regulatory …

The Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) provides many opportunities in clinical
placements for foundation trainees to develop research, teaching and leadership skills. 1 …

The need for collaboration and expedient use of resources is clear. The proposed,
integrated National Workforce Development Board will have ultimate responsibility for …

In recent years, new concepts of educational theory and practice have stimulated new
approaches to medical education in many countries. For various reasons, medical education …