Growing in confidence on call: What supervisors may not see

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Trainees develop confidence during on-call duties through experiences and mechanisms that are often unobserved by their supervisors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Saskia Millard; Benjamin Harris; Louis Koizia

doi:10.1111/medu.70310

September 1, 2026Medical Education

Growing in confidence on call: What supervisors may not see

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Examine how medical trainees build confidence during on-call experiences and identify the developmental milestones that supervising clinicians frequently overlook.
Conducted a conceptual commentary and narrative evaluation without primary dataset generation or statistical analysis.
Trainee autonomy and decision-making confidence expand substantially through independent problem solving during unmonitored on-call hours.
Attending supervisors frequently miss critical moments of professional self-assurance that occur outside standard observed clinical shifts.

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Perspective demonstrates unobserved trainee confidence growth during on-call duties, highlighting gaps in supervisor awareness.

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