A universal intercalated undergraduate management program: attraction or deterrent?

Abstract

Dipesh P Gopal,1 Charlotte Lee2 1Department of Pediatrics, West Suffolk Hospital, Suffolk, 2Department of Public Health, Suffolk County Council, Ipswich, UKWe read the article by Singh et al1 with great interest and agree with the broad stroke sentiments expressed in the letter. However, we would like to debate the conflation of a qualification with applicable real-world skills and the assumption that this creates cost efficiency in the National Health Service (NHS).Previous letter has been published