Irish and Patterson's discussion paper reviewed the current pathway for selecting GP speciality trainees. They ask how it can be improved.Despite Mencken's caution that 'for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong',2 maybe there is an easier way.The current structure (The National Recruitment Office for GP Training), the process (a single standardised recruitment system), and the specific outcome (successful completion of GP speciality training), coupled with continuing attempts to improve the process could make the journey to becoming a GP less of a maze and more a motorway to success.
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