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Background: To assess how ready current FY1 doctors felt when starting their first posting as newly qualified doctors. Methods: We created an online survey where 45 FY1 doctors in South Yorkshire rated how confident they were across different domains (Induction and Assistantship, Hospital Systems, and Skills) using a scale ranging from 0 (no confidence performing task) to 5 (highly confident). Results: The ICE system and observations had a mean rating of 3.645 (95% CI 3.446 to 3.844), and 4.425 (95% CI 4.248 to 4.602) with a standard deviation (SD) of 1.10 and 0.83 respectively. The radiological platform, referral system, telephone system, and hospital notes had a mean score of 3.149 (95% CI 2.876 to 3.422), 2.340 (95% CI 2.096 to 2.584), 3.573 (95% CI 3.407 to 3.739) and 4.061 (95% CI 3.931 to 4.191), with a SD of 1.281, 1.153, 0.961 and 0.752 respectively. Patient needs and diagnostic procedures had a mean score of 3.933 (95% CI 3.749 to 4.117) and 4.250 (95% CI 4.140 to 4.360) with a SD of 1.190 and 0.944 respectively. Patient care, prescribing, and therapeutic procedures gave a mean score of 3.634 (95% CI 3.432 to 3.836), 4.130 (95% CI 3.959 to 4.301), 3.386 (95% CI 3.228 to 3.544) with a SD of 1.133, 0.958 and 1.256 respectively. No statistically significant difference in the overall mean score was found between respondents who attended medical schools in Yorkshire, and those who had not. Conclusion: Overall, confidence differs across different domains and categories. A larger sample size across a wider geographical area would allow us to compare and contrast results across the different regions in the UK.

Background: To assess how ready current FY1 doctors felt when they started their first posting as newly qualified doctors. Methods: We created an online survey where 45 FY1 doctors in South Yorkshire rated how confident they were across different domains (induction and assistantship, hospital systems, and skills) using a scale ranging from 0 (no confidence in performing task) to 5 (highly confident in performing task). Results: Responses showed that the ICE system and observations had a mean rating of 3.645 (95% CI 3.45 to 3.86), 4.425 (95% CI 4.25 to 4.6) with a standard deviation (SD) of 1.1 and 0.83 respectively. The radiological viewing platform, referral system, telephone system, and hospital notes had a mean score of 3.149 (95% CI 2.88 to 3.42), 2.341 (95% CI 2.1 to 2.58), 3.573 (95% CI 3.41 to 3.74) and 4.061 (95% CI 3.93 to 4.19), with a SD of 1.281, 1.154, 0.961 and 0.752 respectively. FY1’s wanted more training on referrals [(84.09%(n=37)) and use of phones [43.2% (n=19)]. Vital observations and diagnostic procedures scored a mean score of 3.933 (95% CI 3.75 to 4.12) and 4.251 (95% CI 4.14 to 4.36) with a SD of 1.19 and 0.944 respectively. The patient care category, the prescribing category and therapeutic procedures gave a mean score of 3.634 (95% CI 3.44 to 3.83), 4.13 (95% CI 3.96 to 4.3), 3.386 (95% CI 3.23 to 3.54) and an SD of 1.128, 0.954 and 1.253 respectively.Conclusion: Overall, junior doctors are confident in most tasks and jobs expected of them. A greater sample size would enable us to compare how different medical schools and deaneries aid this transition.

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