The data does not specify the nature of each complaint, and a spokesperson for the GMC explained that a major reason for the disparity is that "junior doctors' supervisors are able to pick up and act on less serious concerns as part of their direct supervision and training.
The dictionary has words for these problems: junior manager, regional supervisor and – worst of all – team leader.
Six focus group interviews were done at ED1, one each with registered nurses, auxiliary nurses, nurse supervisors, junior physicians (locums), specialist physician trainees (registrars), and one with specialist physicians (consultants).
Many important requirements for beginning the learning relationship between and supervisor and junior physician were identified across the data.
A junior nurse said "My supervisor uses gloves when she starts an intravenous line; I will certainly follow her example".
While these findings may reflect the type of clinical work in each attachment and the relationship or type of interaction between the supervisor and junior doctor, they do fit with those reported in the literature on the areas where graduates feel most and least prepared when commencing the first post graduate year [ 15, 16].
If you've been excelling as a veterinary technician or technologist for a while, then you can get a promotion and become a supervisor to junior technicians.
These days consultants are being asked not just to perform treatments but also to raise standards and be better supervisors of junior doctors, which should improve clinical outcomes in the long-run, points out Anthony Harrison of the King's Fund.
This included: Medical students on short and long term placements; GP registrars; PGPPP junior doctors and GP supervisors.
The Hospital-based Prevocational Progress Review Form is completed by hospital-based supervisors and junior doctors at the completion of each 12 week hospital based rotation [ 3].
Students constructed their opinions of the ePortfolio from multiple sources, and were influenced significantly by the supervisors and junior doctors they encountered, as well as their own experiences.
