Accident and emergency training perspectives in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the perspectives of Scottish accident and emergency (A&E) trainees and trainers on current training in the speciality, in order to help develop a simulator based training programme to complement existing training.

Methods

Questionnaires were sent to all Scottish A&E trainees and consultants responsible for training. They were presented with various clinical challenges. Trainees were asked to rate their confidence, experience, knowledge, and training on a Likert scale of 1 to 5. Trainers were asked to identify those areas where they felt trainees' performance consistently failed to meet a desired standard, and whether this was the result of lack of training, lack of exposure, or both.

Results

Trainees' response rate was 75%; consultants' was 59.4

SUBMITTER: McGugan LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2579540 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature