Improving trainees' knowledge of higher specialist training requirements

Gynaecology Training for Higher Specialist Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a Personal View.

Sir, As a specialist trainee in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Ireland, I wish to add some supportive information to reinforce the suggestion that the minimum time spent training in gynaecology be one year. An important issue for all trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in this country, and indeed globally, is the struggle to acquire a good standard of surgical competency in gynaecology. The t...

Integrating parental leave into specialist training: experience of trainees and recently graduated RANZCOG Fellows.

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the views of trainees and recently graduated Fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on their experiences of taking parental leave during specialist training. DESIGN An anonymous online survey, conducted over a 1-month period from 16 August 2012 to 14 September 2012, of participants' experiences of taking parental lea...

Training in hospitals: what do GP specialist trainees think of workplace-based assessments?

BACKGROUND Workplace-based assessment (WBPA) was introduced in 2007 as a new approach to monitoring competence of GP specialist trainees (GPSTs). It includes a raft of assessments carried out in the workplace to assess what a trainee actually does in clinical practice. The assessment tools used are adapted from other contexts of doctors' training but little is known about how they function in d...

Should training in colposcopy be obligatory in higher specialist training in genitourinary medicine?

Effect of extension of postgraduate training in general practice on the acquisition of knowledge of trainees.

BACKGROUND Postgraduate training in general practice aims to develop clinical competence. However, little is known about its effect on trainees' development of competence. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to investigate whether 3 years of postgraduate training in general practice leads to a higher level of knowledge than 2 years training while maintaining the same structure and educational objectives. ...