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Informing ENT training bootcamps – operating out-of-hours: a multicentre prospective evaluation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2023
Abstract
Objective
ENT specialty trainees are invited to national bootcamps to prepare for critical events to which they may have never been exposed. Here, we evaluate the frequency of out-of-hours ENT operations and the level of supervision provided to inform aspiring trainees and the national bootcamps.
Methods
Information on all ENT operations performed out-of-hours was prospectively recorded by trainees in Kent, Surrey and Sussex over seven months.
Results
There was a 100 per cent response rate. The trainee was the most senior surgeon present for 48.4 per cent of out-of-hours operations. Four of the six most frequently performed out-of-hours operations are not included in the ENT indicator procedures, and two are not included in the national ENT bootcamps.
Conclusion
Trainees should be aware of the most common procedures they may be expected to perform out-of-hours. Training in these should be provided prior to the commencement of specialty training. The audit design can be replicated across surgical specialties.
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- Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED
Footnotes
Henry Dunne takes responsibility for the integrity of the content of the paper
Study findings were presented orally at both the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Conference, 3 May 2022, Liverpool, UK, and at the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology International, 15–17 February 2023, Birmingham, UK.
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