From undergraduate medical education to pre-registration house officer year: how prepared are students?

• Published in: Medical teacher Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 435 - 439
• Main Authors: Wall, David, Bolshaw, Andrea, Carolan, Justine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa UK Ltd 01.08.2006; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Clinical Competence; Communication; Communication Skills; Competence; Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Educational Measurement; Educational services; Faculty, Medical; Humans; Internship and Residency; Medical Education; Medical residencies; Medical schools; Medical students; Physicians; Preparedness; Preregistration house officers; Professional development; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Self-Assessment; Skills training; Undergraduate students; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK

Studies in the United Kingdom show that the first year of being a new doctor is a difficult transition from being an undergraduate medical. These doctors feel ill-prepared by their undergraduate medical student education and ill-equipped for their new role. This is a questionnaire study looking at 1...