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Letters Changes to foundation programme application

Will removing intercalation undermine our clinical academic foundations?

BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1527 (Published 03 August 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n1527
  1. Gabrielle M Finn, professor of medical education1,
  2. Paul E S Crampton, lecturer in health professions education2,
  3. Amelia Kehoe, research fellow2,
  4. Paul A Tiffin, reader in psychometric epidemiology2
  1. 1School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
  2. 2Health Professions Education Unit, Hull York Medical School, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
  1. gabrielle.finn{at}manchester.ac.uk

Intercalation inspires future healthcare professionals to engage in research. We need to inspire students to consider academic foundation training and be competitive within global medical education—an impossible task without early …

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