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04/08/26
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If we want better training, we must support supervisors

In this next generation blog, Dr Nikesh Patel, consultant geriatrician at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, describes his research to explore the experiences of new consultants supervising resident doctors who require extra support, and what he learned about the gaps in training, system support and the risk of burnout.
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16/07/26
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What today's workplaces are teaching tomorrow's physicians

New research published by Dr Leonard Grant in the RCP journal Clinical Medicine argues that the most powerful lessons in medical education are found in the everyday realities of clinical work. In this next generation blog, RCP senior censor and vice president for education and training Dr Dan Furmedge reflects on the implications for resident doctors training in the physician specialties.
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01/07/26
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Breaking down barriers to PACES success in the south-west of England

In our latest next generation blog, Dr Lindsay Jones describes how a free, regionally delivered PACES course is helping resident doctors succeed by removing cost and access barriers and showing what equitable training can look like in practice.
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23/06/26
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Quality in medical training – who defines it, and why it matters now

For resident doctors, quality shapes everything: the rotas they work, the supervision they receive, the teaching they access and ultimately the kind of doctors they become. Yet as Professor Janet Grant argues in the RCP journal Clinical Medicine, the idea of ‘quality’ in postgraduate medical education is far from clear-cut.
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27/05/26
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Spotlight on local innovation – the chief registrars driving change in Coventry

In this Spotlight on local innovation blog, Dr Dominic Oduro Donkor and Dr Robert Potter share how the RCP Chief Registrar Programme at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW), now in its fourth year, has enabled resident doctors to lead practical improvements to everyday working conditions.
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21/05/26
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Beyond resilience: supporting IMGs in the NHS

In this next generation blog, Dr Latif Raiyan Rahman FRCP reflects on his experience as an international medical graduate (IMG) in the NHS, drawing on both personal insight and research to explore what meaningful support looks like and why it matters for the future of patient care.
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12/05/26
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Spotlight on local innovation – the IMT experience in Coventry

What makes a good physician? In this Spotlight on local innovation blog, resident doctors Dr Stephanie Harding, Dr Rachael D’Silva, Dr Faiz Shaikh, Dr Katharine Cass and Dr Akshay Balaji at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire explain that it is not just individual clinical competence, but being supported by systems that foster preparedness, confidence, safety and continuous development.
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17/03/26
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Growing the medical workforce: why the expansion of training places must be matched with investment in people and infrastructure

In a blog based on their recent article for Clinical Medicine (ClinMed), Dr Michael Batavanis, Dr Anmol Arora, Dr Samuel Aryee and Dr Nisha Nathwani reflect on what a national survey of directors of medical education reveals about the realities of expanding medical training in England.
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10/03/26
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Postgraduate training, prioritisation and Pollock

In our latest RCP next generation blog, Naabil Khan, RCP student and foundation doctor representative for the South West and a medical student at the University of Exeter, writes about what she learned from attending a recent debate on the future of medical training.