Rebecca Hayes, Camille Imbeau, Katherine A Pohlman, Marc-André Blanchette, Chantale Doucet
Chiropractic care and research priorities for the pediatric population: a cross-sectional survey of Quebec chiropractors
Chiropractic & manual therapies
changes undergraduate medical curriculum offer greater focus communitybased teaching communication skills medical humanities unfortunately expense surgical teaching senior house officer usually first port call patient referred plastic surgery department therefore reasonable level knowledge required regard emergency presentations examination skills clinical skills appropriately manage injury primary aims quality improvement project firstly improve newly starting doctors confidence undertaking oncalls either trauma burns following induction programme also improve level satisfaction quality improvement project qip team consisted foundation year 2 doctor core surgical trainee registrar three plan study act pdsa cycles completed improve quality induction programme first pdsa cycle junior doctors provided handbook covered necessary topics regarding burns plastic surgery second cycle structured presentation included casebased discussions incorporated trauma aspect induction finally third cycle structured presentation included casebased discussions incorporated burns aspect induction data collected form questionnaire one month following departmental induction cycle questionnaire assessed doctors confidence levels degree satisfaction induction programme students also given opportunity complete written descriptive feedback end questionnaire furthermore pre postinduction questionnaires day induction december april cohort doctors also obtained results total 16 doctors completed questionnaires overall satisfaction confidence undertaking trauma oncalls confidence undertaking burns oncalls improved 3845 1835 2675 first cycle 465 365 365 third cycle respectively satisfaction clinical emergencies case discussions aspect induction programme improved 2175 first cycle 465 third cycle regards pre postinduction questionnaire day induction december cohorts correct answer percentage improved 583 944 april cohort improved 472 933 whilst unlikely completely prepare new junior doctors transition clinical practice unique speciality burns plastic surgery study highlights value thorough multistage induction ensuring junior doctors feel confident deliver high quality safe patient care