Following the Shape of Training review that endorsed the importance of generalism within specialty training, changes to medical specialty curricula were introduced in August 2022 by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) following approval by the GMC.
A survey was commissioned to explore the perceptions of academic trainees on the
impact of the medical specialty curricula changes on their careers.
The survey was co-produced by the JRCPTB and academic clinicians representing the National Institute of Health Research, InterACT (the committee of local leads of Integrated Academic Training programmes), the UK-wide stakeholder group (Clinical Academic Training Forum) and an academic trainee representative.
The results of the survey show considerable concern among academic trainees as to how the integration of internal medicine into specialty curricula will affect their academic training, their clinical training and their future academic careers.
The results of the survey and details of short- and long-term recommendations are available here.