Assessing the preparedness of foundation year 1 (FY1) doctors during the transition from medical school to the foundation training programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess how ready current FY1 doctors felt when starting their first posting as newly qualified doctors.

Methods

We created an online survey where 45 FY1 doctors in South Yorkshire rated how confident they were across different domains (Induction and Assistantship, Hospital Systems, and Skills) using a scale ranging from 0 (no confidence performing task) to 5 (highly confident).

Results

The ICE system and observations had a mean rating of 3.645 (95% CI 3.446 to 3.844), and 4.425 (95% CI 4.248 to 4.602) with a standard deviation (SD) of 1.10 and 0.83 respectively. The radiological platform, referral system, telephone system, and hospital notes had a mean score of 3.149 (95% CI 2.876 to 3.422), 2.340 (95% CI 2.096 to 2.584), 3.573 (95% CI 3.407 to 3.739) an

SUBMITTER: Michaelides A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7137288 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature