Calman reforms

Effects of the Calman reforms: a two year review.

The recommendations of a working party set up to ensure that the procedure for UK specialist certification complied with European law (the Calman report) have had implications that extend beyond the immediate concerns over abbreviated training into every area of paediatric practice—hospital and community, district general hospital, and tertiary centre. Proponents of the reforms promised that mo...

Research training and Calman reforms: a role for the MSc?

The effect of Calman reforms on recruitment training and service provision.

The 1948 Spens report on the remuneration of consultants and specialists anticipated that a medical graduate 23−24 years old would achieve specialist status by the age of 32. In practice, most doctors are appointed to their first consultant post between the ages of 35 and 40. Sir George Pickering commented in his 1962 review of postgraduate medical education, “I cannot believe that any responsi...

Trainee satisfaction before and after the Calman reforms of specialist training: questionnaire survey.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of the Calman reforms of higher specialist training on trainee satisfaction. DESIGN Questionnaire surveys using portable electronic survey units, two years apart. SETTING Postgraduate, teaching, district general, and community NHS trusts in North Thames. North Thames deanery includes London north of the Thames, Essex, and Hertfordshire. PARTICIPANTS Train...

The effects of the Calman reforms on training, service provision, and recruitment.