Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners

Mr. Fintan Foy:

Absolutely. At the moment in most medical schools, GP time would be up to four weeks maximum. We would strongly recommend that 20% of the clinical curriculum would be dedicated to spending time within general practice. Obviously, funding is needed to enable the universities to do that.

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