The Foundation Programme as a new postgraduate training program in the UK: An example of social democratic medical education

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  • NISHIGORI Hiroshi
    International Research Center for Medical Education, the University of Tokyo

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  • 英国の新しい卒後初期臨床研修制度（Foundation Programme）～社会民主主義型の医学教育の一例～
  • エイコク ノ アタラシイ ソツ ゴ ショキ リンショウ ケンシュウ セイド Foundation Programme シャカイ ミンシュ シュギガタ ノ イガク キョウイク ノ イチレイ

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1) The Foundation Programme, consisting of 2-year rotations for residents, was introduced as a new postgraduate training scheme in 2005.<br>2)In the Foundation Programme, medical students are requested to apply for Foundation Schools in each district.<br>3) Foundation physicians are assessed with a Foundation Learning Portfolio, which is characterized by high validity and is based on medical education theory.<br>4) The Foundation Programme is strongly influenced by the National Health Service, which is a social democratic health-care system. Therefore, we may describe British medical education as "social democratic medical education."<br>5) In Japan, physicians and professional medical educators are requested to seek a new model of postgraduate training system balancing liberalism and social democracy.

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