The EDiT study
Project title
Evaluation of Doctors in Training: Impact on workforce well-being and patient care.
Funder
NHS R&D Service Delivery and Organisation Programme (SDO)
Project staff
Suzanne Mason (Principal Investigator), Reader in Emergency Medcine, Health Services Research
Tel no: 0114 222 0694
email : Suzanne Mason
Colin O'Keeffe (Project Manager), Health Services Research.
Tel no: 0114 2220780
email : Colin O'Keeffe
Dr Rachel O'Hara (Lecturer in Public Health),
Section of Public Health
Tel no: 0114 2220680
email : Rachel O'Hara
Dr Angela Carter (Occupational Psychologist),
Institute of Work Psychology
Tel no: 0114 2220729
email : Angela Carter
Dr Chris Stride (Statistician),
Institute of Work Psychology
Tel no: 0114 2223262
email : Chris Stride
Project objectives
Make recommendations for best practice regarding the implementation and delivery of Foundation training in acute NHS settings in order to optimise patient care.
- Describe current arrangements for the delivery and implementation of Foundation
training in England - Identify how Foundation training in EDs impacts on the well-being, motivation and job satisfaction of doctors in training
- Evaluate how well-being and motivation of Foundation doctors in emergency departments (EDs) impacts on quality of patient care
- Identify key measures of Foundation doctor well-being and motivation, which impact on quality of patient care and which underpin the development of a generic tool to monitor well-being and motivation during training
- Make recommendations for best practice regarding the implementation and delivery of Foundation training in acute NHS settings in order to optimise patient care.