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Table 1 Overview of Clinical Training

From: Comparative attainment of 5-year undergraduate and 4-year graduate entry medical students moving into foundation training

Clinical Phase 1

17 weeks

Clinical Phase 2

40 weeks

Clinical Phase 3

36 weeks

Introduction to Medicine & Surgery

Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Health Care for the Elderly (HCE), Psychiatry, Specials (Ear Nose Throat, Dermatology, Ophthalmology

Advanced Clinical Experience (ACE)

 

Knowledge-based summative examinations

 

MCQ Clinical Case Based questions integrating basic science and clinical knowledge

MCQ in all specialities Clinical Case Based questions integrating basic science and clinical knowledge

MCQ

 

Skills-based summative examinations

 

OSLER

OSCEs in Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology; OSLER in Child health

OSCE + OSLER