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Changes to GP training
BMJ Career Focus, 07/21/09

Manek N et al. – Half of all doctors in training will go on to become general practitioners (GPs). After their first glimpse of the frenetic activity of hospital life in the early days of their clinical experience, medical students often re–evaluate general practice as an option. The opportunity for flexible working hours it provides, the recent changes that increase prospects of specialisation, and the shorter training requirements have led to a change in the way general practice is perceived as a career by students.

Currently in the United Kingdom, general practitioners are required to do three years of specific specialty training after the two foundation years, leading to the award of a certificate of completion of training
In January 2008, Sir John Tooke’s report on Modernising Medical Careers recommended that training for general practice in the UK should be extended from three to five years
Numerous studies suggest that although today’s trainees are competent by the end of three years, they lack confidence in their professional and clinical abilities at the end of their training
The Department of Health is considering whether extend training to five years as soon as 2011 and should come to a final decision later this year