Experiences as a clinical teaching fellow: interviews with clinical teaching fellows in the West Midlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of junior doctors in the UK do not proceed directly into specialty training after completing mandatory foundation training but instead take a year out of training. A common post undertaken during a year out of training is a clinical teaching fellow (CTF) role which is used to provide undergraduate medical student teaching. There is only a small amount of literature available regarding CTF posts, and very little of this explores experiences or reasons for taking up such as post. An understanding of the reasons why doctors are choosing to work as CTFs and what their experiences are in post will contribute to how the role is further developed and utilised within the NHS. This study aimed to explore the experiences of CTFs employed in the West Midlands at NHS ho

SUBMITTER: Harris IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11406710 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature