TY - JOUR T1 - Outside the Box: Letter to my son JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 203 LP - 203 DO - 10.3399/bjgp13X665297 VL - 63 IS - 609 AU - Trisha Greenhalgh Y1 - 2013/04/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/63/609/203.abstract N2 - Dear Al.Congratulations. Subject to achieving your predicted grades, you have won a place at medical school. Countless hours spent volunteering, shadowing doctors (both here and abroad), and making your 4000-character personal statement stand out from hundreds of others, have paid off.We have done the high-fives, the celebratory meal, and the phone calls to your proud grandmothers. We have started a spreadsheet to work out how, as a graduate entrant, you will find the money for your fees, rent, living expenses, and books, even with help from a parent in receipt of a Clinical Excellence Award. The figures stack up, but only just. … ER -