Dr Pam Rachootin recently argued that general practice is losing many talented doctors because of the inflexibility of the assessment measures used to work out whether they are good enough.

She advocates for other paths to fellowship and registration beside examinations.

Of the 97 doctors who commented on her article, about half agreed with her, and the rest most definitely did not.

I have sat many examinations, and by preparing for them in the same way as I would for a tennis tournament, I have done okay.