PMID- 23986552
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140304
LR  - 20140116
IS  - 1472-4146 (Electronic)
IS  - 0021-9746 (Linking)
VI  - 67
IP  - 2
DP  - 2014 Feb
TI  - Medical microbiology training needs and trainee experience.
PG  - 173-5
LID - 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201786 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Training in microbiology is continuing to evolve. Standardisation of 
      this process has, in part, been achieved through the development of a training 
      curriculum by the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath). A substantial 
      proportion of microbiology training occurs through telephone consultations. AIMS: 
      To ascertain the content of these interactions and the extent to which the 
      necessary skills outlined by the curriculum are attainable via these 
      consultations. METHODS: Records of telephone consultations made by microbiology 
      registrars (SpR) on the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) over a 6 
      month period were analysed with regard to who initiated contact and the type of 
      advice provided. RESULTS: An average of 426 SpR entries per month were made on 
      the LIMS following telephone consultations. These consultations were 
      predominantly initiated by fellow clinicians as opposed to the SpR. The majority 
      (79%) of advice entailed guidance as to the use of antimicrobials which resulted 
      in an alteration of the current regimen in 54% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: This study 
      represents the first attempt to quantify the telephone consultations of 
      microbiology trainees. It is concluded that although such interactions provide a 
      means of attaining some of the competencies outlined by the RCPath curriculum, 
      the bias towards antimicrobial advice reflects a discrepancy between the needs of 
      the service users and the broad skill set advocated by the current microbiology 
      training programme. Future modifications will need to take this into account to 
      ensure both the training of SpRs and the microbiology service is fit for purpose.
FAU - Seale, Josephine
AU  - Seale J
AD  - Department of Infection, Barts Health NHS Trust, , London, UK.
FAU - Elamin, Wael
AU  - Elamin W
FAU - Millar, Michael
AU  - Millar M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130828
PL  - England
TA  - J Clin Pathol
JT  - Journal of clinical pathology
JID - 0376601
SB  - IM
MH  - *Clinical Competence/standards
MH  - Curriculum
MH  - Education, Medical, Continuing/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Microbiology/*education
MH  - Remote Consultation/*methods
MH  - Telephone
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ANTIBIOTICS
OT  - LABORATORY COMPUTING
OT  - MICROBIOLOGY
EDAT- 2013/08/30 06:00
MHDA- 2014/03/05 06:00
CRDT- 2013/08/30 06:00
PHST- 2013/08/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/03/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - jclinpath-2013-201786 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201786 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Pathol. 2014 Feb;67(2):173-5. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201786. Epub 
      2013 Aug 28.