The physicians consisted of consultants (10) and respiratory trainee registrars (12).
All medical trainee registrars suggested that the teleoncology supervision model gave them a professional advantage compared with their trainee peers, as they were provided with knowledge and training within a specialist area.
Junior medical officers, especially trainee registrars, indicated their ability to gain increased knowledge in specialist oncology areas and multidisciplinary support through telehealth models of care as part of their internal medical rotation in rural areas.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis found that specialist trainee registrars (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.51) and staff grade psychiatrists (OR 1.50 (1.05 to 2.13)) were more likely to make PEs than more junior FY one doctors when controlling for prescribing stage, electronic discharge prescriptions and when clustered for study site (as shown in table 5).
As shown in table 5, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that more experienced medical staff were more likely to make a clinically relevant PE than their junior counterparts (FY one), with specialty trainee registrars (GP or psychiatry) and consultant psychiatrists being twice as likely to do so (OR 2.61 (2.11 to 3.22) and 2.03 (1.66 to 2.50), respectively).
All clinicians (trainees, assistant registrars, registrars, senior registrars, specialists, senior specialists, and consultants) in ICUs, PICUs, and NCUs were targeted.
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).
The patient-mix of the clinical experiences of vocational trainees (registrars) in general practice (family medicine) is accepted to be of major educational importance in producing competent practitioners equipped to enter independent practice.
While this may be deemed as inappropriate given the finite nature of the target population (clinicians working in ICUs, PICUs, and NCUs), the fact that trainees, registrars, and other staff rotate between ICUs and other wards in hospitals makes this population dynamic and under constant change.
SS is an orthopaedic trainee at registrar level.
