Graham
A powerful and accurate response to that college and its principles (pun)
!!!!!
What a relief it is to know I`m not the only one with these views<S>.
Sandy
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> From: Graham Balin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re[2]: Any good questions for MRCGP
> Date: 19 June 1998 18:50
>
>
>
> On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:36:14 +0100
> Chris Sladden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Graham
> > are you tying to get me to answer questions on burn-out??
>
> On the contrary, Chris. I am the second-least burnt out person I know!
> Seriously, I regard the RCGP power-brokers, ivory-tower academics and
> general holier-than-thou, smug, etc etc as *responsible* for most of the
> burning-out that occurs.
>
> And no, I am not an embittered failed MRCGP....After DRCOG I promised
> myself I would never willingly sit another exam for the rest of my life!
>
> I have no problem with college members striving to attain excellence. I
> object to the 'We know best' attitude, and to meddling in politics, and
> to the pressure on trainees to sit the exam and the subliminal
> advertising to the public that it is the only 'quality' marker they can
> rely on.
>
> Like another responder, I also thought you were an examiner....so ignore
> all the above if you know what's good for you and you want to pass. Lick
> boots, spout the PC answers you have been prepared with and just
> remember, once you have passed, as I am sure you will, that YOU ARE NOT
> A NUMBER, YOU ARE A FREE MAN!
>
> Graham
>
> 'Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at
> which one can die.'
>
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