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Objectives Evidence suggests bed-side teaching has a positive effect for trainees and ultimately for health care delivery1 and that trainees and trainers alike favour bedside teaching2 with the added benefit that this links learning to real world scenarios.3 Therefore, the purpose of this project was to review and improve the bedside teaching for trainees from multiple training programmes including paediatric, general practice, foundation and emergency medicine in paediatric and neonatal departments of a DGH. It is vital that alongside service provision these post graduate doctors in training are receiving robust teaching of bedside knowledge and practical skills as part of the ward-round. The objective of this QIP was to review the current experience and suggest changes based on this to further improve the quality of training. Methods Survey of trainees across specialities and trust grade doctors that have worked in the department for a minimum of 4 months. Asking questions to establish the usefulness of bedside teaching in general, the quantity they have received in the department recently, the quality of this teaching and how they would like to see this improved including frequency and style. Data collected was anonymously through an online form. Results Total number of responses was 22. With an overwhelming 86% of people saying they found bedside teaching in general a useful part of training and development, however, 54% had hardly ever or not at all received any bedside teaching in this rotation. Over 90% of responders would like more bedside teaching and 59% said they would appreciate this at least 3 times per week. Free text suggestions on how best to integrate this into the ward round were extensive, suggesting people were engaged with the topic and keen to see bedside teaching improved within the department. The common thread suggesting trainees should be able to present new admissions on the ward round and formulate management plans following a clinical examination and review. Conclusion Integration of bedside teaching into ward rounds on a regular basis is a vital part of training which has been fed back to consultants to encourage practice to change throughout the department and further review of this practice in 4 months. We have advocated for the use of ASSK tool (Apply bed Side Skill to Knowledge) to be the basis for this teaching. We plan to roll this out to all departments to improve teaching to all trainees. References Ratelle, et al. Academic medicine: journal of the association of American Medical Colleges, June 2022. Peters, et al. Perspectives on medical education, April 2014. Implementing the curriculum with Cambridge: A guide for school leaders, (271333-approaches-to-teaching-and-learning.pdf (cambridgeinternational.org)) Online, Accessed October 2023.
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