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What's in a name: How do junior doctors address their consultants?

Alice Graham and Ben Messer
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2019-0301
Clin Med July 2020
Alice Graham
ARoyal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Roles: junior doctor
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Ben Messer
BRoyal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Roles: consultant
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    Mean percentage of consultants addressed informally between specialties. Error bars: 95% confidence interval.

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    Mean percentage of consultants addressed informally by grade of junior doctor. Error bars: 95% confidence interval. FY1 = foundation year-1 doctor; SHO = senior house officer; ST1 = specialty trainee year-1 doctor; SpR = specialist registrar.

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    Effect of use of informal names on approachability of consultant by specialty.

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    Table 1.

    Grade of respondents

    GradeFrequencyPercent
    Foundation year 1 (FY1)348.3
    Foundation year 2 (FY2)307.3
    Senior house officer – non-training grade (SHO)4110.0
    Specialist registrar – non-training grade (SPR)5814.1
    Specialist trainee year 1 (ST1)317.6
    Specialist trainee year 2 (ST2)389.3
    Specialist trainee year 3 (ST3)368.8
    Specialist trainee year 4 (ST4)379.0
    Specialist trainee year 5 (ST5)276.6
    Specialist trainee year 6 (ST6)358.5
    Specialist trainee year 7 (ST7)256.1
    Specialist trainee year 8 (ST8)184.4
    Total410100.0
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    Table 2.

    Specialty of respondents

    SpecialtyFrequencyPercent
    Anaesthetics / emergency medicine7919.3
    Clinical sciences379.0
    Medicine14334.9
    Paediatrics399.5
    Surgery11227.3
    Total410100.0

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What's in a name: How do junior doctors address their consultants?
Alice Graham, Ben Messer
Clinical Medicine Jul 2020, 20 (4) e48-e51; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0301

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