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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Blamey, Helen
• Harrison, Charlotte H.
• Roddick, Alistair
• Malhotra, Tina
• Saunders, Kate E. A.

Titel

Simulated virtual on-call training programme for improving non-specialised junior doctors' confidence in out-of-hours psychiatry: quantitative assessment

Ist Teil von

• BJPsych Bulletin, 2023-10, Vol.47 (5), p.287-295

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To investigate whether a psychiatry-specific virtual on-call training programme improved confidence of junior trainees in key areas of psychiatry practice. The programme comprised one 90 min lecture and a 2 h simulated on-call shift where participants were bleeped to complete a series of common on-call tasks, delivered via Microsoft Teams. Thirty-eight trainees attended the lecture, with a significant improvement in confidence in performing seclusion reviews ( = 0.001), prescribing psychiatric medications for acute presentations ( < 0.001), working in section 136 suites (places of safety) ( = 0.001) and feeling prepared for psychiatric on-call shifts ( = 0.002). Respondents reported that a virtual on-call practical session would be useful for their training (median score of 7, interquartile range 5-7.75). Eighteen participants completed the virtual on-call session, with significant improvement in 9 out of the 10 tested domains ( < 0.001). The programme can be conducted virtually, with low resource requirements. We believe it can improve trainee well-being, patient safety, the delivery of training and induction of rotating junior doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic and it supports the development and delivery of practical training in psychiatry.