Revalidating retired doctors

1 The purpose of revalidation is to provide a mechanism for self regulation to ensure that doctors are fully competent to practise in their specified field. Early in 1996, at the age of 74, I spent a couple of months in Kurdistan, north Iraq; I was helping Emergency, an Italian based medical charity...

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Published in:BMJ 2002-02, Vol.324 (7332), p.295-296
Main Authors: Leaver, Peter K., Rowlands, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
General practice
Hospitals
Letters
Physicians
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Summary:1 The purpose of revalidation is to provide a mechanism for self regulation to ensure that doctors are fully competent to practise in their specified field. Early in 1996, at the age of 74, I spent a couple of months in Kurdistan, north Iraq; I was helping Emergency, an Italian based medical charity, set up a surgical hospital for the war wounded.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.324.7332.295a