The Clinical Teaching Fellow role: exploring expectations and experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many UK junior doctors are now taking a year out of the traditional training pathway, usually before specialty training, and some choose to work as a clinical teaching fellow (CTF). CTFs primarily have responsibility for delivering hospital-based teaching to undergraduate medical students. Only a very small amount of literature is available regarding CTF posts, none of which has explored why doctors choose to undertake the role and their expectations of the job. This study aimed to explore the expectations and experiences of CTFs employed at NHS hospital Trusts in the West Midlands.

Methods

CTFs working in Trusts in the West Midlands region registered as students on the Education for Healthcare Professionals Post Graduate Certificate course at the University of Bi

SUBMITTER: Harris IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10908057 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature