TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding and improving the experience of paediatricians in training JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313180 SP - archdischild-2017-313180 AU - Ranjev Kainth AU - Audrey Ker Shin Soo AU - Jasbir Dhaliwal AU - Bethany Smith AU - Robert Edward Klaber Y1 - 2017/10/26 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/26/archdischild-2017-313180.abstract N2 - In recent years, postgraduate training has changed significantly, with further changes to the training pathway on the horizon.1 Tensions have been heightened due to significant rota gaps, recent contract negotiations, ongoing challenges with trainee retention and poor morale.2 Coupled with intense service pressures, there is a need to understand the impact of these on paediatricians in training and develop mechanisms to improve the training experience.The General Medical Council is tasked with quality assurance through the national training survey (NTS) but lacks specific paediatric measures (eg, subspecialty and community domains) and historically has had poor uptake.3 The NTS begins surveying trainees only a few weeks into a post, generating suboptimal feedback, unlikely to be reflective of a 6-month period and with greater emphasis on identifying outliers.These factors have … ER -