Open AccessAnaesthetic specialist registrars in Ireland: current teaching practices and perceptions of their role as undergraduate teachers
Author(s) -
Ken Walsh,
Susan Ahern,
Elizabeth Condon,
M. O’Connor,
S. OʼCallaghan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1017/s0265021504000122
Subject(s) - medicine , medical education , confidentiality , perception , teaching hospital , nursing , family medicine , psychology , neuroscience , political science , law
Teaching is an important responsibility of non-consultant hospital doctors. In Ireland, specialist registrars (SpRs) in anaesthesia are contractually obliged to teach medical students, other doctors and nurses. Both medical students and fellow non-consultant hospital doctors attribute between 30 and 40% of their knowledge gain to non-consultant hospital doctors.