My six week GP secondment was the most useful part of my training
outside the A&E
Department.
If GP was to become compulsory I would simply add it as a sixth "core
specialty".
Keep the minimum 3 years UK A&E and keep the 5 year total and have a
minimum 7
years post registration and minimum 4 years from Starting as an SPR to
CCST.
Having said all that I would like to see A&E training develop to a level
where
there are no secondments needed becasue we can provide all the necessary
training
in A&E. Currently this is not possible because of the lack of time of
most
trainers and the lack of knowledge and skills in some of the core
specialties of
soem trainers.
Andrew Hobart
A&E Consultant
London
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