Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Karim Meeran

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Professor of Endocrinology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 8846 1065k.meeran

 
 
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Location

 

9E05Charing Cross HospitalCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Sam:2022:10.7861/clinmed.2022-0198,
author = {Sam, AH and Fung, CY and Reed, M and Hughes, E and Meeran, K},
doi = {10.7861/clinmed.2022-0198},
journal = {Clinical Medicine},
pages = {590--593},
title = {Time for preference-informed foundation allocation?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2022-0198},
volume = {22},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Successful completion of year 1 of the UK Foundation Programme is a General Medical Council requirement that newly qualified doctors must achieve in order to gain full registration for licence to practise in the UK. We present compelling evidence that both sections of the UK Foundation Programme allocation process, consisting of the Educational Performance Measure and Situational Judgement Test scores, are not fit for purpose. The ranking process drives competitive behaviours among medical students and undermines NHS teamworking values. Furthermore, data from 2013-2020 show that UK minority ethnic students consistently receive significantly lower SJT scores than White students. The current process in the UK allocates lower ranked students, who often need more academic and social support, to undersubscribed regions. This can lead to vacancies in less popular regions, ultimately worsening health inequality. A preference-informed allocation process will improve trainee access to support and help retain trainees in underserved regions. We aim to summarise the flaws of the current system and report a potential radical solution.
AU  - Sam,AH
AU  - Fung,CY
AU  - Reed,M
AU  - Hughes,E
AU  - Meeran,K
DO  - 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0198
EP  - 593
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1470-2118
SP  - 590
TI  - Time for preference-informed foundation allocation?
T2  - Clinical Medicine
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2022-0198
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36427881
UR  - https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/22/6/590
VL  - 22
ER  -
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