Foundation doctors’ induction experiences

BMC Medical Education

Sam J. Leinster²  Joanne Kellett¹  Susan Miles² 

[1] Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Clinical Research and Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK;Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

关键词: Postgraduate training;    Medical education;    Transition;    Preparedness for practice;    Foundation programme;    Trainee doctor;    Induction;   

Others  :  1224515
DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-015-0395-1

 received in 2014-10-08, accepted in 2015-06-16,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

It is well established that trainee doctors struggle with the transition from medical school to starting work and feel unprepared for many aspects of their new role. There is evidence that suitable induction experiences improve competence and confidence, but available data indicate that trainee doctors on the UK Foundation Programme are commonly not experiencing useful inductions. The aim of the reported research was to explore trainee doctors’ experiences with induction during their first year of the Foundation Programme to identify the most useful characteristics.

Methods

A questionnaire was designed to explore trainee doctors’ experiences with induction at two points during their first Foundation year, during the first and third of three rotations, to enable all induction experiences on offer during the year to be surveyed. Data were collected using an anonymous questionnaire distributed during a teaching session, with an online version available for those trainees not present. Questions gathered information about characteristics of the inductions, usefulness of components of the inductions and what gaps exist.

Results

192 Foundation trainee doctors completed the questionnaire during Rotation 1 and 165 during Rotation 3. The findings indicated that induction experiences at the beginning of the year, including the local Preparation for Professional Practice week, were more useful than those received for later rotations. Longer inductions were more useful than shorter. Departmental inductions were generally only moderately helpful and they missed many important characteristics. Gaps in their inductions identified by many trainees matched those aspects judged to be most useful by those trainees who had experienced these characteristics.

Conclusions

Many Foundation trainee doctors are experiencing inadequate inductions, notably at the department level. Trainees are starting rotations in new departments without rudimentary knowledge about their role and responsibilities in that department, where to find equipment and documentation, who to contact and how to contact them, local preferences, policies and procedures. Unsurprisingly, trainees who do receive such information in their inductions regard it as highly useful. Action is urgently needed to improve departmental inductions so that all trainees have the information they require to work confidently and competently in each new department they rotate into.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Miles et al.

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