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An assessment of vocational training
Author(s) -
KELLY D. R.,
MURRAY T. S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00193.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , medical education , training (meteorology) , psychology , set (abstract data type) , value (mathematics) , medicine , family medicine , pedagogy , computer science , physics , machine learning , meteorology , programming language
Summary. A retrospective analysis of the opinions of vocationally trained doctors was obtained from a postal questionnaire. Ninety‐eight doctors who had trained in the West of Scotland before the introduction of new criteria in 1985 for the appointment and reappointment of training practices were compared with 107 doctors who had trained following the introduction of the criteria, looking at their rating of training, the frequency of tutorials, value of teaching and research encouragement. There was a significant improvement in the rating of training, frequency of tutorials, research encouragement and enjoyment of training in the group who trained after the new criteria were adopted. The study demonstrates the benefits of vocational training for general practice when criteria are set and followed. This training model may be applicable in other branches of medicine.