FIGURE 1.

a) Frequency of observation: when asked about the frequency of being observed teaching by an attending, 76% of respondents responded “less than weekly” or “never”. b) Frequency of receiving feedback: 57% of Irish specialist registrars (SpRs) “rarely” or “never” received feedback from a consultant about their teaching. c) Comfort levels with teaching: when asked about their comfort teaching since commencing specialist training, only 63% of Irish SpRs felt “more comfortable” and 10% of the respondents actually felt “less comfortable”. d) Importance of teaching skills to future career: 97% of Irish SpRs considered teaching skills to be “very important” or “important” to their future careers. Only 3% of the Irish cohort considered teaching skills to be of “minimal” or “moderate” importance.