Table 5.

Representative free text comments regarding fellowship aims

“Highly individual. the point would be for individual plans”

“Character, mind and personal development”

“Period of no on call”

“Competence should have already been attained by the end of ST, otherwise what’s the point of ST [higher specialty] training? Fellowships should be something ‘extra’ and ‘beyond’ ST training”

“Seeing how other people practice in other units outside your own”

“They should be unnecessary”

“They should not be formalized”

“Attainment of competence to practice as a generalist post CCT should be the role of specialty training—if it cannot meet that, it needs to be lengthened”