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A novel method of assessing quality of postgraduate psychiatry training: experiences from a large training programme
- Source :
- BMC Medical Education
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2013.
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Abstract
- Background Most assessments of the quality of postgraduate training are based on anonymised questionnaires of trainees. We report a comprehensive assessment of the quality of training at a large postgraduate psychiatry training institute using non-anonymised face-to-face interviews with trainees and their trainers. Methods Two consultant psychiatrists interviewed 99 trainees and 109 trainers. Scoring of interview responses was determined by using a pre-defined criteria. Additional comments were recorded as free text. Interviews covered 13 domains, including: Clinical, teaching, research and management opportunities, clinical environment, clinical supervision, adequacy of job description, absence of bullying and job satisfaction. Multiple interview domain scores were combined, generating a ‘Combined’ score for each post. Results The interview response rate was 97% for trainers 88% for trainees. There was a significant correlation between trainee and trainer scores for the same interview domains (Pearson’s r = 0.968, p< 0.001). Overall scores were significantly higher for specialist psychiatry posts as compared to general adult psychiatry posts (Two tailed t-test, p < 0.001, 95% CI: -0.398 to −0.132), and significantly higher for liaison psychiatry as compared to other specialist psychiatry posts (t-test: p = 0.038, 95% CI: -0.3901, -0.0118). Job satisfaction scores of year 1 to year 3 core trainees showed a significant increase with increasing seniority (Linear regression coefficient = 0.273, 95% CI: 0.033 to 0.513, ANOVA p= 0.026). Conclusions This in-depth examination of the quality of training on a large psychiatry training programme successfully elicited strengths and weakness of our programme. Such an interview scheme could be easily implemented in smaller schemes and may well provide important information to allow for targeted improvement of training. Additionally, trends in quality of training and job satisfaction amongst various psychiatric specialities were identified; specifically speciality posts and liaison posts in psychiatry were revealed to be the most popular with trainees.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Trainer
Trainees Feedback
media_common.quotation_subject
Job description
education
Job Satisfaction
Education
Interviews as Topic
Psychiatry Training
medicine
Humans
Quality (business)
Seniority
Psychiatry
Postgraduate Training
media_common
Medicine(all)
Response rate (survey)
Medical education
business.industry
Clinical supervision
Trainer Feedback
Non-anonymised feedback
General Medicine
Postgraduate Medical Education
Family medicine
Non-anonymised interviews
Liaison psychiatry
Medicine
Job satisfaction
Education, Medical, Continuing
Educational Measurement
business
Training quality
Research Article
Program Evaluation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726920
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Medical Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5756df219a6df208a6e985776d84cc5a