The Membership Examination

Abstract

Since 1952 it has been repeated time and again that prestige depends on membership by examination, and yet during that time prestige has increased remarkably to a point at which a Royal Commission has advised the government to seek the College's advice on a definition of a good general practitioner, and the College has been able to float an appeal for £1 million with hope of success. The number of members has increased, like prestige, at an increasing rate year by year. We are already the second largest college and at the present rate of increase we shall be the largest in less than two years time.Another suggestion reiterated over the years by advocates of examinations is that present methods of selection of members do not attract the best type of candidate. On the other hand the College