Review of physicians’ training is cautious

The challenges facing postgraduate specialist training and ultimately future healthcare provision in Ireland are numerous, but far from insurmountable, with scope for Ireland to play a leading role internationally in medical education, a world-renowned medic has said. Acknowledging that the RCPI should be justly proud of the high quality of its specialty training programmes and the esteem in which its graduates are held around the world, Prof Kevin Imrie, who led an external review of the College’s specialty training programmes, believes that the 10 recommendations in his report provide an independent basis from which the institution can inform its own…