In March 1942 the Minister of Health appointed an inter-departmental committee on medical schools. The committee was chaired by William Goodenough and published its findings (the Goodenough report) in 1944.
The Goodenough report was the most important statement on medical education and highlighted key problem areas in postgraduate medical education. Goodenough also demanded a secure financial commitment for postgraduate medical education and argued that the treatment of patients should be on an equal footing to the training of doctors. This is clearly not the case.
Whilst various acronyms, working parties, committees, and review boards, have come and gone, to this day problems of; who should control postgraduate medical education? its’ structure, and the number of doctors required, remain elusive to resolution.
Postgraduate medical education in 2008 would not be good enough for Goodenough.
Very interesting… thanks.