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New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region

BACKGROUND: Recently introduced regulatory changes have expanded the Tutor role to include their primary responsibility for Postgraduate Medical Training (PMT). However, accreditation and recognition of that role has been devolved to the autonomic regions. The opinions of the RT may be relevant to f...

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Autores principales: Galcerá-Tomás, Jose, Botella-Martínez, Carmen, Saura-Llamas, José, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20540814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-10-44
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author Galcerá-Tomás, Jose
Botella-Martínez, Carmen
Saura-Llamas, José
Navarro-Mateu, Fernando
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Botella-Martínez, Carmen
Saura-Llamas, José
Navarro-Mateu, Fernando
author_sort Galcerá-Tomás, Jose
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description BACKGROUND: Recently introduced regulatory changes have expanded the Tutor role to include their primary responsibility for Postgraduate Medical Training (PMT). However, accreditation and recognition of that role has been devolved to the autonomic regions. The opinions of the RT may be relevant to future decisions; METHODS: A comprehensive questionnaire, including demographic characteristics, academic and research achievement and personal views about their role, was sent to 201 RTs in the Murcia Region of Spain. The responses are described using median and interquartile ranges (IQR); RESULTS: There were 147 replies (response rate 73%), 69% male, mean age 45 ± 7 yrs. RTs perception of the residents' initial knowledge and commitment throughout the program was 5 (IQR 4-6) and 7 (IQR 5-8), respectively. As regards their impact on the PMT program, RTs considered that their own contribution was similar to that of senior residents. RTs perception of how their role was recognised was 5 (IQR 3-6). Only 16% did not encounter difficulties in accessing specific RT training programs. Regarding the RTs view of their various duties, supervision of patient care was accorded the greatest importance (64%) while the satisfactory completion of the PMT program and supervision of day-to-day activities were also considered important (61% and 59% respectively). The main RT requirements were: a greater professional recognition (97%), protected time (95%), specific RT training programs (95%) and financial recognition (86%); CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive study, reflecting the feelings of our RTs, provides a useful insight into the reality of their work and the findings ought to be taken into consideration in the imminent definitive regulatory document on PMT.
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spelling pubmed-29012472010-07-10 New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region Galcerá-Tomás, Jose Botella-Martínez, Carmen Saura-Llamas, José Navarro-Mateu, Fernando BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: Recently introduced regulatory changes have expanded the Tutor role to include their primary responsibility for Postgraduate Medical Training (PMT). However, accreditation and recognition of that role has been devolved to the autonomic regions. The opinions of the RT may be relevant to future decisions; METHODS: A comprehensive questionnaire, including demographic characteristics, academic and research achievement and personal views about their role, was sent to 201 RTs in the Murcia Region of Spain. The responses are described using median and interquartile ranges (IQR); RESULTS: There were 147 replies (response rate 73%), 69% male, mean age 45 ± 7 yrs. RTs perception of the residents' initial knowledge and commitment throughout the program was 5 (IQR 4-6) and 7 (IQR 5-8), respectively. As regards their impact on the PMT program, RTs considered that their own contribution was similar to that of senior residents. RTs perception of how their role was recognised was 5 (IQR 3-6). Only 16% did not encounter difficulties in accessing specific RT training programs. Regarding the RTs view of their various duties, supervision of patient care was accorded the greatest importance (64%) while the satisfactory completion of the PMT program and supervision of day-to-day activities were also considered important (61% and 59% respectively). The main RT requirements were: a greater professional recognition (97%), protected time (95%), specific RT training programs (95%) and financial recognition (86%); CONCLUSIONS: This comprehensive study, reflecting the feelings of our RTs, provides a useful insight into the reality of their work and the findings ought to be taken into consideration in the imminent definitive regulatory document on PMT. BioMed Central 2010-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC2901247/ /pubmed/20540814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-10-44 Text en Copyright ©2010 Galcerá-Tomás et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Saura-Llamas, José
Navarro-Mateu, Fernando
New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
title New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
title_full New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
title_fullStr New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
title_full_unstemmed New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
title_short New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
title_sort new regulations regarding postgraduate medical training in spain: perception of the tutor's role in the murcia region
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20540814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-10-44
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