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23/01/26
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How I helped transform the use of UCLH’s hospital at home service

Dr Lorita Krasniqi, a doctor in internal medicine training, reflects on her role in implementing the hospital at home service within acute care at University College London Hospital (UCLH). The project was highly commended in the RCP’s virtual poster competition 2025.
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29/12/25
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Why we built an alternative IMT pathway

As phase 2 of the medical training review gets underway, RCP censor Dr Dan Furmedge FRCP, consultant physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and training programme director for internal medicine training in south London, reflects for the RCP next generation campaign on how a practical, high-quality, alternative IMT pathway is offering fairness, structure and career progression for doctors without a training number.
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18/12/25
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Respiratory bootcamp: closing the confidence gap

In this RCP next generation campaign blog, Dr Claire Froneman and Dr Emma Moore share how they developed a respiratory bootcamp at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, offering structured medical training that builds confidence and improves patient safety. The project was highly commended in the RCP’s virtual poster competition 2025.
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10/12/25
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Becoming the medical registrar: what I learned – and what needs fixing

‘Our medical SHOs have become a forgotten tribe – when it comes to their training, we need to do better,’ says Dr Zack Ferguson, a new consultant at Frimley Park Hospital, in our latest next generation blog. Zack will deliver the opening session at our 2026 Call the medical registrar conference – register your interest now.
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21/11/25
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Rising competition exposes flaws in specialty training selection, say early-career doctors

A new paper published in the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) highlights how rapidly increasing competition for specialty training posts is exposing deep flaws in the current selection process for resident doctors – with potential consequences for fairness, workforce morale and patient safety.
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07/11/25
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My journey as a college tutor: supporting the next generation of doctors

As part of our new college tutor spotlight series, Dr Faizan Rao, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology and RCP college tutor at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD), describes his passion for education, the challenges that he faces and the moments which make it all worthwhile.
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05/11/25
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GIM-Sim: Building a sustainable simulation programme for internal medicine training doctors

In our latest RCP next generation campaign blog, the winners of our 2025 ACT abstract competition, Dr Hannah Parker and Dr Kieran Hardern share how they developed a curriculum-linked, sustainable simulation programme for internal medicine training (IMT) doctors at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
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14/10/25
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Reform of medical training is not optional, it is essential: lessons from the 2025 RCP next generation survey

As the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) publishes a write-up of the results of its national next generation survey of resident doctors, alongside a new briefing that sets out 10 priorities for the national medical training review, deputy chair of the RCP Resident Doctor Committee Dr Hatty Douthwaite reflects on what we’ve learned – and where we go from here.
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26/09/25
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Acting Up with confidence: how we’re preparing IMT doctors for the registrar role

In our latest RCP next generation campaign blog, the winner of our 2025 ACT abstract competition, Dr Dominic Mears, shares how he, along with colleagues Dr Ming-May Chung and Dr Emily Robinson introduced an Acting Up scheme at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (WAHT) to give doctors training in internal medicine real-world experience of the registrar role.