TY - JOUR T1 - Audit of intervention to improve educational experience in a respiratory medicine department JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - p2853 AU - Zoe Pond Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2853.abstract N2 - Introduction: A continuing rise in service pressures and reduced working hours creates an ever increasing challenge in the provision of a good quality training experience for junior doctors.Objectives: The aims were to determine trainees' perception of the education in their current post, provide opportunity for suggestions for improvement, make changes and then assess the effectiveness of changes made.Methods: All juniors within the department were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire, covering educational aspects of their post, within the last few weeks of July 2010. This was repeated in November to assess the impact of changes made.Results: Response rates of 87.5% (14/16) and 85% (17/20) were obtained with all grades represented. Training was rated fair to excellent. The most useful educational experience for the more junior doctors, in both audits, were on call duties where they were managing conditions they had not previously encountered. The more senior trainees found ward rounds most helpful.Areas for improvement identified in the first audit included enabling juniors to attend grade-specific teaching, increasing ward round teaching, and increasing opportunities for workplace based assessments.Following implementation of changes, 62.5% reported workplace based assessments gave useful feedback compared to 36% previously. Attendance at grade-specific teaching increased from 57% to 89% in more junior trainees. All grades commented on the usefulness of this teaching as it was targetted at their level.Conclusions: Surverying trainees regarding their educational experience is useful and can allow focussed intervention to improve areas of respiratory education. ER -