Journal Article

Modernising Medical Careers, Medical Training Application Service, and the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board: time for the emperors to don their clothes

Hughes, Richard, Brown, Edwina, Watkins, Hugh, Scott, Julian, Chilvers, Edwin, Caulfield, Mark, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Home, Philip, Brooks, Nick, Hodgson, Humphrey, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Lazarus, John, Griffin, George, Taylor, Roy, Gibson, John, McCollum, Peter, Boon, Nick, Sutton, Robert, Rowlands, Brian, Leaper, David, Grossman, Ashley, Horton, Richard, Camm, John, Hart, George, Monson, John, Wright, Nick, Brown, Morris, Heagerty, Tony, Hall, Alistair

2007

Overview

However, since publication of our March 7 letter in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) offering support to the juniors' cause,: the BMJ website and our own inboxes have been inundated by harrowing stories of injustice that in scale and complication seem unlikely to be rectified by the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) review body's well-meaning attempt to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. More importantly, our letter drew attention to an online poll we established of the profession's wishes and views about Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and MTAS.3 Of 2150 responses received since the reported Government \"climbdown\" on March 9, including 542 from consultants, 87% of consultants and junior doctors wish the current round of interviews to be aborted, 85% wish a second round suspended until there are agreed major changes, and only 13% indicate a belief that MMC offers improvement over the current system of training.

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd,Elsevier Limited
• Subject: Administrative Personnel / Attitude of Health Personnel / Consultants / Education / Education, Medical, Graduate - organization & administration / Education, Medical, Graduate - trends / Humans / Internal Medicine / Physicians / State Medicine - organization & administration / Training / United Kingdom