Modernising Medical Careers laid bare

Modernising medical careers: F2 posts in general practice.

The RCGP has long believed that all doctors in training should spend time in general practice. Since the introduction of the Foundation Programmes in Modernising Medical Careers there have been some local pilots, but wider introduction has been difficult because of lack of funding. The Minister of Health has now announced new funding for Foundation Year 2 (F2) posts in England, of £70 million. ...

Modernising medical careers; the really hard work now begins.

Skin development: Delta laid bare

Notch signalling is best known for its role in lateral inhibition, where it acts to prevent differentiation of cells neighbouring one that has 'won out' in a competition to differentiate. Recent results suggest that Notch signalling can work in the opposite way, and promote differentiation of the receiving cells.

Clathrin Coats— Threads Laid Bare

vesicles, and possibly at other transport steps. Recent progress has provided insights into molecular interactions that govern clathrin coat dynamics. Now, ter Haar Babak Pishvaee and Gregory S. Payne Department of Biological Chemistry UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, California 90095 et al. (1998) report in this issue of Cell the crystal structure of the clathrin heavy chain amino-terminal...

Ophthalmic surgical training following modernising medical careers: regional variation in experience across the UK

OBJECTIVES To evaluate surgical experience among current doctors appointed into ophthalmology training posts since the introduction of the Modernising Medical Careers programme. Additionally, to identify regional variations in surgical experience and training programme delivery. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING The UK's four largest deaneries (Schools of Ophthalmology). PARTICIPAN...