Revalidation: cracks at first, now chasms

[摘要] On 8 June 2005, Professor Mike Pringle gave the 2005 John Fry Fellowship Lecture, organised by the Nuffield Trust in London. He called it ‘Revalidation of doctors: the credibility challenge’.1 The audience was, in sections, invited and alert, great and good, knighted and elevated, yet some were fidgety and irritated. At the end, we were all stunned in part, taken aback at times, but on the whole most were impressed, I think, at the candour and grasp of the issues. Mike gave a stirring account of the history, the twists and the turns, the Bristol and the Shipman, the international developments, the current stand off, and drew his argument to a close with a round of 10 bullets that ricocheted among the canapés. He asked us to consider, in disarming clarity, what, in his view, and maybe the view of many more, the true aim of the most important test facing the medical profession is to be, when all is said and done. It's to sort out goats and sheep. Lets stop pretending otherwise.

[学科分类] 卫生学