Abstract

Out-of-hours (‘on-call’) work can be perceived by junior doctors to be a daunting experience, associated with feeling unprepared and less supported.

Simulated on-call programmes have been used to great effect in medicine and surgery to improve junior doctors’ skills in task prioritisation, interpersonal communication and confidence on-call.

However, few psychiatry-specific programmes exist.

We aimed to: i) Develop a psychiatry specific virtual-on-call programme, ii) Investigate if the virtual-on-call programme improved confidence amongst junior trainees in key areas of psychiatry practice

Citations

Charlotte Harrison, Helen Blamey, Alistair Roddick, Kate Saunders and Tina Malhotra. The psychiatry virtual-on-call experience: Can it improve confidence of foundation and GP trainees with out-of-hours work in psychiatry? Open; London Vol. 7, Iss. S1, (Jun 2021):

DOI: https://DOI:10.1192/bjo.2021.130

URI: https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/orka/title/the-psychiatry-virtual-on-call-experience-can-it-improve-confidence-of-foundation-and-gp-trainees-with-out-of-hours-work-in-psychiatry/