Training doctors — too long in the cellar?

Taylor, Thomas K F

doi:10.5694/mja12.11091

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To the Editor: The recent editorial by Kappagoda poses a much neglected question for the medical profession.1 There is a longstanding unmet need to consider undergraduate and postgraduate training and education in medicine generally as a continuum, with streaming as a natural corollary.2

University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: tktaylor@med.usyd.edu.au

Competing interests:

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1. Kappagoda A. Training doctors – too long in the cellar [editorial]? Med J Aust 2012; 196: 489. <MJA full text>
2. Taylor TKF Changes to the University of Sydney medical curriculum [letter]. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 414-415.
3. Goulston KJ, Oates RK. Changes to the University of Sydney medical curriculum. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 461-463.
4. Goulston KJ, Oates RK. The Sydney University Medical Program: highlights and lessons. Med J Aust 2012; 196: 106-107.

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