'A Unique opportunity to test things out': a qualitative study of broad-based training in Scotland.

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A recent review recommended UK postgraduate medical education should produce doctors capable of providing general care in broad specialties across a range of different settings. Responding to this, broad-based training (BBT) was introduced in Scotland in 2018 to provide postgraduate trainees with a grounding in four specialties. Introduced as an option for trainees after initial postgraduate 'Foundation' training, it comprises 6 months in general medicine, general practice, paediatrics and psychiatry.This study addresses two key BBT outcomes. It examines how successful BBT is in developing trainees who perceive they are able to work beyond traditional specialty boundaries to care for patients with complex, multifactorial healthcare needs. Second, it explores how well BBT

SUBMITTER: Wakeling J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201234 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature