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Optimizing training opportunities for otolaryngology senior house officers: an audit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2006

J Wasson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK
N Jacobsen
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK
D Bowdler
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK
C Hopkins
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK

Abstract

Implementation of the European Working Time Directive and the Modernising Medical Careers initiative will mean junior surgeons must be trained in fewer hours over a shorter period. For this reason, junior surgeon training opportunities must be optimized. We undertook a departmental audit to identify where opportunities to train senior house officers (SHOs) in theatre were being lost, so that appropriate timetable changes could be made in order to optimize exposure to suitable surgical cases. During the first audit cycle, the SHOs followed their existing timetable and theatre attendance was monitored prospectively over a two-week period. Only 30 per cent of theatre sessions were attended and case participation was only 27 per cent. Simple timetable changes were made to maximize SHO theatre attendance, and a second prospective two-week audit was undertaken. The new rota yielded 46 per cent theatre attendance and 48 per cent case participation.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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