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Nature of training
Training has become purgatory—and this needs to change
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r100 (Published 21 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r100
- Jaanki-Radha K Patel, critical care senior house officer
- Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- jaanki-radha.patel{at}doctors.org.uk
Dean’s profile of consultant cardiologist Rob Egdell is interesting and insightful.1 Unfortunately, it truly highlights how far training has fallen.
Egdell acknowledges that the rotational nature of being a resident doctor hinders us from forming interpersonal relationships at work—under the guise of a more “varied” training of course. I agree—in our …
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