Are you ready for the Auditor - AMA WA

Opinion
Do WA Hospitals really support
our training?
by Dr Dror Maor
Co-Chair, Doctors in Training Committee
Access to a high-quality training environment and educational
resources is an issue of great importance to all junior doctors.
It is vital that we receive a proper learning experience so that
we can continue to develop into the consultants of the future.
Proper training facilities, adequate clinical supervision,
appropriate channels for feedback and protected time for
education and training. They are all crucial issues for
Australia’s junior doctors as medical student and graduate
numbers grow, placing more pressure on a hospital system that
is struggling to support the delivery of high quality clinical
training.
Currently Australia’s public hospitals are still fundamental
to educating and training doctors. The way these hospitals
function has however changed over the years. Patients
are being admitted and discharged at muvh higher rates,
outpatient clinics are mainly about service delivery and much
of the “routine operating” occurs in the peripheral hospitals
now. With this in mind the AMA wants to know if hospitals
are striking the right balance between the provision of care to
patients and training the next generation of doctors.
The AMA is conducting a national, confidential, online
survey of junior doctors throughout Australia on the quality of
the training, education and supervision that they are receiving
in their training hospital. This is the second survey of its type,
with a similar survey in 2009.
There is no doubt that all junior doctors must be
appropriately supported and supervised during their formative
training years – and that the breadth of their experiences must
prepare them for independent medical practice so that the
Australian community recieves the appropriate health care it
deserves.
The 2009 AMA Training and Education Survey delivered
a mixed report card on the quality of the public hospital
training environment, highlighting that more resources were
needed to ensure that the quality of medical training in our
public hospitals was maintained and improved. The results of
this survey will enable the AMA to assess what changes have
taken place since 2009 and which West Autralian hospitals are
performing well and which ones are not. This information can
then be used to lobby hospitals and governments. There is also
no doubt that with the recent increase in medical graduates
the demand for training jobs is only increasing and will
continue to do so over the coming years further emphasising
how important quality training posts will be.
The anonymous, five minute survey – which runs from 18
June to 20 July – is open to all junior doctors.
If you would like to participate please go to:
www.ama.com.au/dit-training-survey-201
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