Doctor apprenticeships in the UK—we need clarification

There is very little information currently available on the soon to be launched doctor apprenticeship scheme.1In addition to curriculum, placement, and teaching concerns, there is a fear that apprentice doctors will not have enough time to study the vast curriculum if employers expect a certain number of hours’ worth of work in return for the salary and fees paid by them.Health Education England’s website initially stated that there will be no formal exams and apprentice doctors will be graded by assignments and essays compiled in their portfolio. This has now changed and the website states that all apprentice doctors will be expected to undertake exams similar to those taken by current medical students.Will the qualifications gained through this scheme be recognised abroad? If not, then will potential applicants only be able to work in the NHS? In this way, will we be paying back with labour the fees paid for…
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