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Is undergraduate medical education working for ENT surgery? A survey of UK medical school graduates

Lookup NU author(s): Jason PowellORCiD, Dr Faye Cooles, Professor Vinidh Paleri

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Abstract

Background: Despite the patient numbers and scope of ENT surgery, it is under-represented in most undergraduate medical curricula. Method: An online questionnaire was e-mailed, at National Health Service trust level, to 3544 newly qualified doctors from 30 UK medical schools. Undergraduate ENT exposure, confidence and educational value were measured on a Likert scale. Results: We received 444 eligible responses. The mean undergraduate ENT exposure was 3.4 days of pre-clinical teaching plus 5.0 days of ENT departmental experience. However, 15.8 per cent of respondents reported no formal departmental ENT experience, and 65.8 per cent would have liked further undergraduate experience. Teaching modalities with a lower perceived educational value were generally offered more frequently than those with a higher perceived educational value. Graduates felt significantly less confident with ENT history-taking, examination and management, compared with their cardiology clinical competencies (p < 0.001). Conclusion: These results highlight the lack of UK ENT undergraduate education, and the significant effect this has on junior doctors' clinical confidence. In addition, commonly used teaching methods may not be optimally effective.

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Author(s): Powell J, Cooles FAH, Carrie S, Paleri V

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Year: 2011

Volume: 125

Issue: 9

Pages: 896-905

Print publication date: 21/07/2011

ISSN (print): 0022-2151

ISSN (electronic): 1748-5460

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215111001575

DOI: 10.1017/S0022215111001575

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