Gafson, I;
Currie, J;
O'Dwyer, S;
Woolf, K;
Griffin, A;
(2017)
Attitudes towards attrition among UK trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine
, 78
(6)
pp. 344-348.
10.12968/hmed.2017.78.6.344.
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Abstract
Physician dissatisfaction in the workplace has consequences for patient safety. Currently in the UK, 1 in 5 doctors who enter specialist training in obstetrics and gynaecology leave the programme before completion. Trainee attrition has implications for workforce planning, organization of health-care services and patient care. The authors conducted a survey of current trainees' and former trainees' views concerning attrition and ‘peri-attrition’ – a term coined to describe the trainee who has seriously considered leaving the specialty. The authors identified six key themes which describe trainees' feelings about attrition in obstetrics and gynaecology: morale and undermining; training processes and paperwork; support and supervision; work–life balance and realities of life; NHS environment; and job satisfaction. This article discusses themes of an under-resourced health service, bullying, lack of work–life balance and poor personal support.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Attitudes towards attrition among UK trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.6.344 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2017.78.6.344 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Hospital Medicine, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2017.78.6.344. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > UCL Medical School UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1560665 |
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