Has Modernising Medical Careers lost its way?

Overcautious FDA has lost its way.

Five years after the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, little progress has been made in the effort to regulate the US tobacco industry and advance the public health goals of tobacco control. Legal challenges by the tobacco industry, and evidence of political interference from the White House have resulted in the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) overcautiou...

Modernising medical careers: F2 posts in general practice.

The RCGP has long believed that all doctors in training should spend time in general practice. Since the introduction of the Foundation Programmes in Modernising Medical Careers there have been some local pilots, but wider introduction has been difficult because of lack of funding. The Minister of Health has now announced new funding for Foundation Year 2 (F2) posts in England, of £70 million. ...

Modernising medical careers; the really hard work now begins.

Ophthalmic surgical training following modernising medical careers: regional variation in experience across the UK

OBJECTIVES To evaluate surgical experience among current doctors appointed into ophthalmology training posts since the introduction of the Modernising Medical Careers programme. Additionally, to identify regional variations in surgical experience and training programme delivery. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING The UK's four largest deaneries (Schools of Ophthalmology). PARTICIPAN...

Survey of UK radiology trainees in the aftermath of ‘Modernising Medical Careers’

BACKGROUND Following implementation of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) in the UK, potential radiology trainees must decide on their career and apply sooner than ever before. We aimed to determine whether current trainees were sufficiently informed to make an earlier career decision by comparing the early radiology experiences of Traditional and Foundation Trainees. METHODS 344 radiology tra...