By
Mark Welfare, MD, FRCP, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle; Consultant Gastroenterologist, Lead for Educational Research, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Jonathan Carter, MBBS, MRCP, Senior House Office (Medicine), University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Description
It is a practical, illustrated guide to the Foundation Programme, introduced throughout the UK to regulate and standardise the two-year
training of newly qualified doctors. It provides specific information on how to apply for a Foundation post, the curriculum, assessment
methods, and maintaining a portfolio, as well as reviewing the pros and cons of the various medical specialities which doctors can pursue
after the Foundation years. The authors address issues of concern to all groups involved in the Foundation programme - trainees, trainers
and senior doctors - and gives concrete examples of completed documentation and assessment.
