Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London
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J R Coll Physicians Lond · Jul 1999
Training in academic medicine: a way forward for the new millennium. A discussion document from the Academic Medicine Committee of the Royal College of Physicians.
Three schemes are presented for discussion whereby physicians undergoing postdoctoral training can combine a period of research training with their clinical training and so enable those who wish to follow a career in academic medicine to do so, or alternatively to revert to a clinical career. The training arrangements for those wishing to take up clinical academic medicine have hitherto been uncertain and hence unattractive to some. As well as encouraging more high-calibre trainees into academic medicine, the training programmes described are intended to bring greater clarity to those responsible for academic and clinical training and to those who fund research.
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J R Coll Physicians Lond · May 1999
Review Practice Guideline GuidelineMaintaining good medical practice. Clinical governance and self regulation for physicians. A report of the Royal College of Physicians.
A high standard of medical practice is a prerequisite of good medical care and clinical governance is the means for ensuring that a high standard is maintained. In February of this year the College issued the following report to its Fellows and Members. The report states unequivocally the College's position on clinical governance and self-regulation and what it expects of individual physicians and their employers in implementing them. Some of the proposals have already been acted upon and are set in train; others will require additional resources and the commitment of the Department of Health and the Trusts.