Doctors who felt their level of training on first appointment to a senior post had been deficient in specified areas: percentages (numbers) of all respondents in each specialty group
| Hospital medical specialties (n=1090) | Surgery (n=807) | Other hospital (n=2000) | GP (n=2127) | All specialties (n=6024) | |
| Clinical skills, % (n) | 2.3 (25) | 2.1 (17) | 1.5 (30) | 3.9 (84) | 2.6 (156) |
| Clinical experience, % (n) | 3.2 (35) | 2.0 (16) | 3.2 (64) | 8.9 (189) | 5.0 (304) |
| Surgical experience, % (n) | 0.7 (8) | 9.2 (74) | 1.0 (20) | 0.6 (13) | 1.9 (115) |
| Leadership skills, % (n) | 3.8 (41) | 1.4 (11) | 2.8 (56) | 6.1 (130) | 4.0 (238) |
| Multi-disciplinary team working, % (n) | 0.2 (2) | 1.0 (8) | 0.6 (11) | 0.8 (17) | 0.6 (38) |
| Hospital/practice management, % (n) | 3.5 (38) | 3.0 (24) | 2.9 (57) | 4.8 (103) | 3.7 (222) |
| Life-long learning skills, % (n) | 1.0 (11) | 1.0 (8) | 0.7 (14) | 2.1 (44) | 1.3 (77) |
| Safety and quality improvement, % (n) | 1.9 (21) | 1.1 (9) | 1.6 (31) | 1.9 (41) | 1.7 (102) |
The table shows only those middle-stage doctors who disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement “My training has been long enough, and good enough, to enable me to practise adequately when I first become/became a consultant or GP”.
GP, General Practitioner.