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How well prepared are medical students for their first year as doctors? The views of consultants and specialist registrars in two teaching hospitals
Full text linkObjective: to evaluate (1) the extent to which first year doctors (foundation year 1 doctors, F1s) in two teaching hospitals in the Trent Deanery were rated by specialist registrars (SpRs) and consultants as being well prepared for practice; (2) the importance ascribed by SpRs and consultants to the various items of core knowledge, skills and attitudes outlined in the publication of the General Medical Council, Tomorrow’s Doctors.Method: SpRs and consultants were asked to rate: how well prepared F1s were in a range of items of core knowledge, skills and attitudes that a new medical graduate must possess as outlined in Tomorrow’s Doctors; the importance for a new doctor of each item of core knowledge, skills and attitudes; and how well the medical school had prepared F1s in respect of key generic issues related to their practice.Results: in most of the items of core knowledge, skills and attitudes covering 8 of the 11 topic areas of Tomorrow’s Doctors, F1s were seen as not prepared for starting work, especially in regard to clinical and practical skills and the more challenging communication skills. They were best prepared in asking for help and in basic communication skills.Conclusions: overall, F1s in the study were not well prepared either to perform the tasks that await them or in terms of most of the specific background knowledge and skills necessary for the successful execution of those tasks. The level of preparedness raises important issues about medical training and transition from medical graduate to first year doctor. Further research is needed to determine whether this situation exists in other regions of the U
Preparedness for practice of medical graduates and educational impact of workplace based assessment in the Foundation Programme [for junior trainee doctors]
No full textThe Foundation Programme and transition to specialty training: national survey of Foundation Year 2 medical trainees
No full textExternal evaluation of Special Study Module in Health and Development. Report to inform Board of Trustees of SkillShare International and DfID
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Learning from mistakes in community education: the Barrowfield Project in Glasgow, Scotland
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