Letters
GMC’s vision for medical training
Specialism and generalism in medical education: a balancing act
BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1137 (Published 07 June 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:q1137
- Adhithya Sankar, specialty trainee year 6 in diabetes and endocrinology1,
- Akheel A Syed, professor and consultant endocrinologist1 2,
- Adam Robinson, consultant endocrinologist1,
- Tara Kearney, consultant endocrinologist1 2,
- Waseem Majeed, consultant endocrinologist and trust specialty training lead in diabetes and endocrinology1 2
- 1Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
- 2Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- adhithya.sankar{at}doctors.org.uk
We share Oliver and Vaughan’s unease1 about the General Medical Council’s vision for the future of medical education and training.2 Of particular concern is the proposal to streamline the undergraduate medical curriculum and shorten training.
The notion that clinical knowledge can be substituted with access to information on smartphones3 overlooks a fundamental aspect of developing clinical reasoning, which …