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Inspiring the next generation of cardiac specialists: learning from the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons undergraduate course Dear Sirs, Medical and surgical cardiology are among the most competitive specialties to enter. In 2010, there were 6.0 applicants for every specialty training (ST3) post for cardiothoracic surgery1 and 5.7 for cardiology.2 Bearing in mind that these competition ratios represent the competitiveness after the longlisting and shortlisting stages, they represent intense competition for admission into these specialty programmes. The changes brought in by the modernising medical careers