An Independent Review of Modernising Medical Careers led by Professor Sir John Tooke, DM, FRCP, FMedSci

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Structure & implementation

An independent review of the structure and implementation of Modernising Medical Careers

The independent review will examine the framework and processes underlying Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and make recommendations to inform any improvements for 2008 and beyond.

The review will examine:

  1. the extent to which MMC has engaged the medical profession and to make recommendations to ensure that it has the support of the profession in the future
  2. the extent to which implementation to date has met the needs of doctors in training, patients, the service and employers
  3. the governance structures across the UK that underpin MMC and the inter-governmental working arrangements of the four home countries
  4. the implementation processes underlying MMC and the methods used in selection and recruitment
  5. factors relating to the wider professional, regulatory, workforce and service environment which may have impacted on the programme.

Specific issues that have been the subject of stakeholder concern, including:

  1. the extent and quality of stakeholder engagement with the programme
  2. the effective engagement of doctors in training and the profession as a whole in MMC and the development of a proper understanding of its aims and benefits
  3. the appropriate relationship between the acquisition of competence and the pursuit of excellence
  4. the assessment methodologies used in the selection process including the relative merits of competency-based and more traditional methods of selection and recruitment
  5. the use of assessment centres in selection and recruitment
  6. the level of choice on offer at application
  7. the lack of flexibility available to trainees on run-through programmes
  8. the role of fixed-term training posts alongside run-through posts
  9. the relative roles of the Deaneries and the Medical Royal Colleges in delivering components of the programme
  10. the need for flexibility in implementation across the UK.

The review will be conducted independently of the four Health Departments and will have its own independent secretariat.

The review will report on an interim basis in September 2007.

 

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