The General Medical Council has published the results of its latest annual survey of medical education and training across the UK.1 Here are five of the survey's findings Of the 53835 junior doctors who responded to the survey, 43% described the rate of intensity of their work as heavy or...
GPs were the second most likely group of respondents in a 2019 BMA survey of 4300 doctors and medical students to have a 'high' or 'very high' risk of burnout – behind doctors in training. Doctors working in emergency medicine were amongst those experiencing the highest levels of burnout, ...
In cases where a doctor was being investigated for gross negligence manslaughter or culpable homicide, an 'appropriate external authority' should scrutinise the systems of the department where the doctor worked, including education and training in cases where the individual was a trainee Any decision t...
We aimed to evaluate cardiothoracic trainees' satisfaction pre and post pandemic and determine the impact of COVID-19 on cardiothoracic surgical training. METHOD. The national training survey report in cardiothoracic surgery from 2018 to 2022 was obtained from the General Medical Council website. Both...
A national survey has found that more than seven in 10 junior doctors have had their training disrupted by the pandemic. Just under half of all UK doctors in training (28042) responded to the GMC's 2020 national training survey, as did 22% of trainers (10785).1 These response rates are...
RESULTS. Online anonymous feedback survey with 14 questions was used to assess quality and content. 40% of attendees responded, of which 90% found the programme excellent and geared appropriately towards their teaching. The programme received high praise for the design of its interactive style of ...
"We will now work hard to ensure that the regulation of PAs and AAs is introduced in a way that will not be detrimental to doctors, especially doctors in training. The Government and the GMC must work with doctors to properly assess the educational impact on trainees and supervisors in all...
A move by the General Medical Council to ask doctors about the impact of rota gaps on their education and training in this year's national training survey has been welcomed by the BMA. The regulator, which oversees medical education and training, has added five new questions on rotas to ...