Open AccessOutpatient Experience at ST3 Grade Orthopaedic Trainees: A Cause for Concern
Author(s) -
India Gill,
K. Raju,
Balaji Purushothaman,
David Ricketts
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363510x527394
Subject(s) - medicine , medical education , criticism , family medicine , psychology , nursing , art , literature
Prior to 2007 trainees spent a variable number of years as senior house officers prior to advancement to the registrar grade. Experience in service delivery was accumulated but training was often sparse. A common criticism of this system was that it produced trainees who were over-experienced but undertrained and had varying levels of competency.