Education research forum - Doctors in waiting: Exploring self-reported anxiety at induction - POSTPONED Event
- Time:
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Date:
- 30 November 2011
- Venue:
- TBC
For more information regarding this event, please email MEDU at Medu@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Unfortunately this session has been postponed until next year due to the proposed Public Sector strike - further details will be forthcoming as soon as they are confirmed. For more information please contact meded@soton.ac.uk
The important transition from medical school to F1 (foundation year) is likely to be stressful and high levels of anxiety have been reported among trainee doctors regarding this process. The extent to which induction training addresses the concerns facing newly qualified doctors was explored in this qualitative study. Dr Natasha Doran will outline the methodological approach to data collection and analysis, which recruited10 newly qualified doctors from across three foundation schools in the UK. The findings from semi-structured interviews will be presented along with a discussion about the implications for practice.
The varying levels of preparedness for the F1 year and differing qualitative experiences of shadowing raise important issues about the uniformity of medical training across the UK.