Training doctors — too long in the cellar?

To the Editor: We agree with Taylor and others that Australian medical training is too long.1,2

Correspondence: kerry.goulston@sydney.edu.au

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2. Health Workforce Australia. Health workforce 2025: doctors, nurses and midwives — volume 1. www.hwa.gov.au/sites/uploads/health-workforce-2025-volume-1.pdf (accessed Aug 2012).
3. Smith P. Medical training taking too long: Garling. Australian Doctor 2009; 22 Oct. http://www. australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/medical-training-taking-too-long--garling (accessed Aug 2012).
4. Harvard Medical School. New pathway (NP). http://hms.harvard.edu/content/new-pathway-np (accessed Aug 2012).
5. Benbassat J, Baumal R. Expected benefits of streamlining undergraduate medical education by early commitment to specific medical specialities. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2012; 17: 145-155.

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