RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Surveying, shoring, strengthening: rebuilding medical morale from its foundations 
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 282
OP 289
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-4-282
VO 19
IS 4
A1 Arrash Yassaee
A1 Laura Cheetham
A1 Nick Manning-Cork
A1 Cassim Akhoon
A1 Arjun Gowda
YR 2019
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/4/282.abstract
AB Significant uncertainty surrounds the sustainability of healthcare services in which junior doctors work. It is essential that student and foundation doctors (SFDs) are actively engaged if workforce morale is rebuilt. This narrative review explores the evidence driving the individual work-streams of the Royal College of Physicians’ newly formed Student and Foundation Doctor Network. Undergraduate and postgraduate training reform has coincided with concerning feedback from newly qualified doctors. System-level efforts to address this include a focus on extra-contractual matters, where small, sustainable changes could address training and work issues.Fewer foundation year-2 doctors are entering specialty training immediately after the foundation programme. Providing dedicated careers guidance and highlighting opportunities within traditional placements and other career paths can support doctors who undertake non-traditional career routes, including those who take time out of programme.Disseminating these resources through an effective peer-to-peer framework and a well-established mentoring scheme could be the most appropriate way to spread good practice.