{"id":1010,"date":"2022-08-11T20:58:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-write-to-hee-as-they-approve-an-apprentice-scheme-for-doctors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T20:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:58:26","slug":"dauk-write-to-hee-as-they-approve-an-apprentice-scheme-for-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-write-to-hee-as-they-approve-an-apprentice-scheme-for-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK Write to HEE as they approve an apprentice scheme for doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coronial-inquests-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2600\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulsetoday.co.uk\/news\/education-and-training\/doctor-apprenticeship-scheme-approved-to-start-next-year\">Pulse<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A medical degree apprenticeship scheme has been \u2018approved for delivery\u2019 and could start from September next year, it has been announced.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scheme, which has been met with scepticism from doctor unions, will see students employed for the duration of their medical degree, doing \u2018on the job\u2019 learning through clinical placements alongside attending medical school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last July,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulsetoday.co.uk\/news\/education-and-training\/hee-launches-consultation-on-proposed-doctor-apprenticeship-scheme\/\">Health Education England (HEE) launched a consultation on a proposed doctor apprenticeship scheme<\/a>\u00a0with the aim to roll out the programme from September this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April last year,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulsetoday.co.uk\/news\/education-and-training\/gps-dont-have-time-to-train-apprentices-warns-doctors-union\/\">Doctors Association UK members voted unanimously<\/a>&nbsp;to oppose the new scheme due to reports it would have a heavy primary care focus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union raised concerns about inadequate training and warned that GP trainers would lack time to train apprentices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK met with Professor Hughes from HEE last year, and we have written to her again to seek clarification on this scheme. here is our letter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-657173a5-75e1-4f50-8828-39c882ef400b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DAUK-Medical-Degree-Apprenticeship-Press-Release-letter.docx\">DAUK-Medical-Degree-Apprenticeship-Press-Release-letter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DAUK-Medical-Degree-Apprenticeship-Press-Release-letter.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-657173a5-75e1-4f50-8828-39c882ef400b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported in Pulse, A medical degree apprenticeship scheme has been \u2018approved for delivery\u2019 and could start from September next year, it has been announced.&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[391],"tags":[499,38,393,33,153,42],"class_list":["post-1010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","tag-apprenticeship","tag-dauk","tag-medical-students","tag-press","tag-pulse","tag-the-doctors-association-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}