Table 2.
Questions relating to applications for the role
| Question | Response | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Who can apply for the rolea,b | Only final-year SpRs | 39 (22.7) |
| Only SpRs doing GIM as part of their training | 102 (59.3) | |
| Only SpRs with experience of ‘management’ | 46 (26.7) | |
| Only SpRs with ambitions to be ‘senior medical leaders’ | 68 (39.5) | |
| Would you be interested in applying for the rolea | Yes | 28 (17.3) |
| No | 90 (55.6) | |
| Unsure | 44 (27.2) | |
| If not interested in applying for the role, what has influenced your decisiona,b | My trust of choice did not offer the role | 13 (10.7) |
| I wasn't aware the role existed | 20 (16.5) | |
| I don't know what the role entails | 50 (41.3) | |
| Unlikely to be successful | 11 (9.1) | |
| It would harm my clinical training | 7 (5.8) | |
| Training programme director unsupportive | 4 (3.3) | |
| Would you prefer to do the role in programme or out of programmea | In programme | 74 (68.5) |
| Out of programme | 19 (17.6) | |
| Unsure or not interested | 15 (13.9) | |
| What information would you find usefula,b | Examples of ‘a day in the life’ of a chief registrar | 92 (80) |
| More information on the application process | 57 (49.6) | |
| Examples of skills developed as a chief registrar | 86 (74.8) | |
| More information on the training provided by the RCP | 65 (56.5) |
a = response rates to each question varied, therefore percentages vary between questions;
b = questions permitted respondents to select multiple responses; GIM = general internal medicine; RCP = Royal College of Physicians; SpR = specialist registrar.