The 21st century doctor

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understanding the doctors of tomorrow.

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Acquiring and ensuring a professional approach is a key part of becoming a doctor. But how can doctors define and adopt this professional attitude and ensure that it is kept up to date in the same way as their clinical skills? And how should professionalism adapt and change to reflect changing social values and attitudes? These questions were explored by The King’s Fund and the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in 2005 and 2006 in a series of ‘road shows’. The findings from these events were reported on in 2008 in a joint publication: “Understanding Doctors: Harnessing professionalism”. To raise the issue of professionalism among the doctors of the future, we are working in partnership with the RCP, General Medical Council, the NHS Institute, the Centre for Excellence in Developing Professionalism, University of Liverpool, and the Student BMJ. Together we are hosting a series of events in medical schools around the country for medical students to debate, discuss and question the experts. “The 21st century doctor: Understanding the doctors of tomorrow” reports on the quality and insight of the next generation of young doctors.
This report summarises the discussions of 11 consultation events, ‘21st Century Doctor: Your future, your choices’, run from October 2009 to April 2010. An earlier series of events, ‘Do Doctors Have a Future?’ ran from May 2006 to April 2007 and looked at the way that doctors viewed the challenges that they face.

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