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NEUROLOGY
Entry requirements
Applicants for Higher Medical Training (HMT) should have completed a minimum of two years General Professional Training (GPT) in approved posts and obtained the MRCP (UK) or (I). A period of experience in neurology at SHO grade is considered desirable before entry to HMT although not essential. Other valuable experience at SHO grade would be in psychiatry, neurosurgery or ophthalmology. GPT should provide a minimum of 24 months involved with direct patient care, at least 12 months of which should be concerned with acute unselected medical intake. Not more than six months of the obligatory two year period may be spent in the neurosciences. Experience in the neurosciences will not be a prerequisite for the successful completion of General Professional Training. Non British graduates without the MRCP who compete for HMT posts must provide evidence of appropriate knowledge, training and experience, particularly in the care of acute medical conditions.
Duration and organisation of training
The duration of HMT in neurology is five years. The programme to which the trainee is appointed will have named consultant trainers (Educational Supervisors) for each part of the programme. In addition, one consultant, usually within the same region, but not necessarily involved in the particular training scheme, will act as Programme Director. Upon enrolment with the JCHMT, the trainee will receive a copy of the handbook, the curriculum for Higher Medical Training in Neurology and the training record. A written record of training will be maintained by the trainee, to be counter-signed by the relevant trainer annually; it will remain the property of the trainee but must be produced at the annual assessment. The Programme Director’s responsibility is to ensure that the JCHMT requirements are met, and at each annual meeting suggest any future modifications in training or experience that may be necessary.
Research
A period of supervised research of high …
Footnotes
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* Patient consulting rates are rates of patients who consulted their general practitioner for the cited diagnosis at least once in the study year.
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† The figures in the fourth Survey in 1991 reflect face to face contacts in 60 general practices, excluding temporary residents. The study sample of 468 042 person-years at risk was representative of the 1991 census population in terms of age, sex, marital status, housing tenure, economic position, occupation, urban/rural distribution, and smoking history.
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This paper was first published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1996;61:242–9.