Abstract
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) is now responsible for all aspects of postgraduate medical education and assessment. Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) has set out a career structure in which doctors will be appointed to structured training programmes. Selection is only
Highlights
A single application and selection method for all medical specialties was introduced by MMC and conducted through the online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS)
The selection procedure adopted by MTAS was based on that developed for general practice and uses a competency based model (Patterson et al, 2001)
There is evidence that this system has good predictive validity (Patterson et al, 2005), i.e. trainees selected into general practice by this method appear to do well in their training
Summary
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) is responsible for all aspects of postgraduate medical education and assessment. Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) has set out a career structure in which doctors will be appointed to structured training programmes. Selection is only at entry to the training grade when a national training number (NTN) is awarded; trainees should progress through the programme to completion and the award of their certificate of completion of training (CCT)
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