BMJ 2000;321:511 ( 19 August )

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Improving education for senior house officers

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EDITOR---Paice has shown an improvement in specialist registrar training after the Calman reforms, and Catto asks what are we doing to help senior house officers. 1 2 At Portsmouth, since 1994, we have studied the problems faced by senior house officers during their training. 3 4

We have standardised, six monthly, questionnaire data that compare posts with each other and examine changes in posts over time. With these data and structured interviews with and feedback from senior house officers, consultants, and educationalists we have looked both at interventions to improve senior house officers' education and at blocks to improvements.

The main issues we identified include a need for consistency and clarity over what is required for senior house officer training and also a need for local feedback to demonstrate that improvements have occurred. The Early Years goes some way to address the issue of what is required, but it has not reached the . . . [Full text of this article]
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