Let's look at the @Ahpra Medical Training Survey results for @ANZCA trainees 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ What are we doing well and what could we be doing better? 🧵

Based on responses from 712 #ANZCAtrainees (out of approx. 1372 Australian trainees as of June 30 2020) - ✅ Good response rate!
🧑‍💼 Demographics - mostly males in their 30s working full-time in a metro centre, distributed between states/territories similarly to the relative populations
✅ Most would recommend their training position
✅ Most consider @ANZCA training program relevant
✅ Most understand training requirements and have opportunities to meet them
✅ Trainees are well-supervised, able to contact seniors and get help #PatientSafety
✅ Teaching is generally of good quality, though 12% do not find the online modules useful
✅ #ANZCAtrainees have much greater access to simulation teaching than other trainees - all trainees rate simulation teaching highly
❌ Significant # of trainees feel exams don’t always reflect curriculum, communication could be improved, exams not always conducted fairly
❌ Most trainees didn't receive useful feedback on exam performance
❌ Almost 1/3 trainees didn't receive support from @ANZCA when needed
🆗 Most have protected study time, though disappointing that 8% don’t
🆗 Most have access conferences, courses, and research opportunities - would like these to be closer to 100% too
❌ More than 1/5 don't have access to a working space 🙁
✅ Senior staff are supportive
🆗 Workplaces support wellbeing and most support a good work-life balance
❌ More than 1/5 do not have a good work-life balance 😫
❌ Bullying, harassment and discrimination are still all way too common #KnockItOut #HammerItOut
✅ Average working hours are reasonable
❌ Almost 1/2 trainees not always paid for unrostered overtime
❌ Unrostered overtime has overall negative impact on training (even if it sometimes provides more training opportunities)
❌ Workload & overtime negatively impact wellbeing
❌ 1/4 concerned that they will not complete training program
❌ Most are concerned about being able to secure employment after training
❌ Many don't feel that @ANZCA seeks their views on the training program
✅ Most feel represented by trainees on College committees
❌ Unsurprisingly, #COVID19 has had many negative impacts on trainees - particularly in terms of teaching, examinations and training opportunities
❌ 1/4 have training progression delayed due to exams & 1/4 due to training reqs (likely overlap in these groups)
✅ #Anaesthesia remains a popular career choice among interns & other junior docs
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