5 years for their degree (or six if you intercalate and take a useful subject like, say, History of Medicine), 2 years for a post-graduate foundation course, and then 3 to 8 years in specialist training.
An important strength of this study is that we were surveying Year 1 students before they had much experience of medical school and Year 5 students after they had made decisions about their post-graduate Foundation training.
Although some international medical graduates complete foundation training posts, most will come through the full registration route regulated by the General Medical Council.
"This stuff going on at the academy today is part of the endemic evangelical infiltration that continues," said David Antoon, a 1970 academy graduate and a foundation member.
When Craig Smith graduates from his foundation degree in housing this summer, he'll have the professional skills and subject knowledge needed to work in the sector.
Many graduates of the foundation's course have gone on to leadership roles in business, social service agencies and local government.
Of the 254 graduates since the foundation of the College of Medicine (COM), 123 were working in Malawi.
For the survey of medical graduates in a foundation year programme, we received replies from 18% of residents nationwide.
The authors' own work is supported by the Alfried-Krupp-von-Bohlen-und-Hahlbach-Foundation (Graduate Schools Tumour Biology and Free Radical Biology), the Deutsche Krebshilfe/Dr.
Once international medical graduates have achieved foundation competences (or have demonstrated equivalence), they are eligible to apply for general practice specialist training through the National Recruitment Office.
Further grant support was provided by the Alfried-Krupp-von-Bohlen-und-Hallbach-Foundation (Graduate Schools Tumour Biology and Free Radical Biology), the Deutsche Krebshilfe/Dr.
