Comparison of the perceived workload of junior (ST3–5) versus senior (ST6–7) specialist registrars
| Junior specialist registrars | Senior specialist registrars | |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical activities overall | ||
| Overall time worked without direct consultant supervision, % | 48 | 56* |
| On-calls | ||
| Referrals where consultant advice was sought, % | 22 | 18 |
| Referrals accepted, % | 59 | 62 |
| Accepted referrals personally clerked or reviewed, % | 75 | 75 |
| Outpatient clinics – all specialties | ||
| Proportion of specialist registrars doing outpatient clinics, % | 68 | 96* |
| Average clinics per week, | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| Patients seen where consultant advice is sought, % | 41 | 33* |
| Patients discharged by specialist registrar, % | 34 | 45* |
| Ward work | ||
| Ward work performed without direct consultant supervision, % | 67 | 71 |
| Ward rounds per week, | 5 | 4.8 |
| Trainee surgeons | ||
| Sessions per week in theatre, | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Cases per session, | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Procedures performed independently, % | 55 | 51 |
| Cases where responder is scrubbed from the beginning to the end of the operation, % | 96 | 97 |
| Postoperative reviews led by trainee, % | 50 | 53 |
| Trainee anaesthetists | ||
| Sessions per week in theatre, | 9.7 | 8.0 |
| Cases per session, | 4 | 3 |
| Cases in a list anaesthetised by responder, % | 93 | 80 |
| Time in a list where responder is directly supervised by consultant, % | 68 | 20* |
All figures are given as averages of all responders. *p < 0.05.