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Abstract

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.BackgroundIn 2007 and 2008, the first and second cohorts of Peninsula Medical School (PMS) students graduated. Of the 232 graduates, 75% (174) gained Foundation Year 1 (F1) positions in the South West Peninsula Deanery (SWPD).ObjectivesThe objectives of the study are:1. to provide a systematic evaluation of the performance and preparedness of the first and second cohorts of PMS graduates based in the F1 programme in the SWPD;2. to compare the performance and preparedness of PMS graduates with graduates of other medical schools based in the F1 programme in the SWPD;3. to explore F1 doctors’ experience of transition from medical student to practising doctor in the SWPD;4. to make recommendations on PMS undergraduate curriculum reform and F1 education.

Publication Date

2009-01-01

Publisher

University of Plymouth

Deposit Date

2026-02-12

Funding

This study was funded by the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, and the South West Peninsula Deanery.

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