NHS 'Foundation Programme' - help

[Engelbert]

Hi!

I've seen this somewhere on the forum before but i can't find it now. I'm going through the medical career path and i just want to somebody to tell me if this is correct because i know it's changed a lot recently.

Ok! 4/5/6 years med school you graduate
Foundation year 1-formerly PRHO after this youre registered with the GMC
Foudation year 2 - formerly SHO

Then... (beyond here i'm a bit unsure)
to be a GP it's 1 year as a GP registrar
to be a consultant it's the new fast track from 2007 so you're talking another 4-6 years rather than another 10 years.

Is this correct or is there another year as a SHO after foundation 2?

[rahaney]

Hi Englebert,

Two things:

Firstly after the new foundation programme - there are 2 specialist 4 yr slots - sort of lower and higher - although if you don't like your specialty in the 1st slot you can join a different one (so you don't have to progress to higher unless you are happy). Then it's a consulatant - whole idea to get more conultants by 30 y.o.

It was changed due to junior doctors being deemed not good enough in covering acute care and it now focuses more on this. Plus it removes the bottleneck at SpR level.

However the Specialist level is a bit sketchy atm as no-one has got there yet (1st Yr just gone into Foundation 1 (PRHO).

Secondly check the Aberdeen website - think it's under postgradute training/career progression.

I got asked about this @ Aberdeen Interview as they have changed to this programme too.

Cheers,

rahaney