AIM To obtain the views of specialist registrars on specialty care in the community. METHOD Specialist registrars from five Deaneries in England completed an online questionnaire about their views on employment prospects, the role of specialty care in the community, and the need for additional training in this area. RESULTS One hundred and twenty seven replies were received over a four week...

BACKGROUND The Stages of Change Model is increasingly used for lifestyle counselling. In general practice, the use of algorithms to measure stage of change is limited, but for successful counselling it is important to know patients' readiness to change. AIM To assess the accuracy of the assessment of patients' readiness to change fat consumption, physical activity, and smoking by GPs and gene...

The Records of In-training Assessment (RITAs) of all registrars in the medical specialties in the UK were analysed in three successive years, specialty by specialty, and compared with the average outcome for registrars in all disciplines over the same three-year period. Over 97% of medical registrars were assessed as satisfactory, 1.5% needed targeted training and 1.0% were graded unsatisfactor...

Out-of-hours work has been identified as a major concern for registrars, and as contributing to the steady decline both in the number of applicants to vocational training schemes and in those practising as principals on completion of their training. Until now, little has been known about registrars' views about their experience of working out of hours and how this might be improved. The present...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the major stressors affecting GP registrars, how those at risk can be best identified and the most useful methods of managing or reducing their stress. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional postal questionnaire of all GP registrars in one large regional training provider's catchment area. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DA...

OBJECTIVES The clinical learning environment is an influential factor in work-based learning. Evaluation of this environment gives insight into the educational functioning of clinical departments. The Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) is an evaluation tool consisting of a validated questionnaire with 3 subscales. In this paper we further investigate the psychometric ...

BACKGROUND The Health Professions Council of South Africa requires that a research project be submitted and passed before registration as a specialist. METHOD Ethics clearance was received before commencing the study. A questionnaire was developed to collect feedback from surgical registrars throughout South Africa (SA). Completed questionnaires underwent descriptive analysis using MS Excel. ...