scholarly journals West Midlands region less than full time training survey

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S151-S151
Author(s):  
Eleanor Parkinson ◽  
Fiona Hynes
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
The West ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Generational Changes ◽  
The Uk

AimsTo more fully understand the training experience of less than full time (LTFT) trainees working in psychiatry in the West Midlands Region with the aim of identifying areas that would improve the training experience.BackgroundLTFT training has grown in popularity since its formal introduction in 2007. The greater participation of women in medicine and generational changes in lifestyle expectations are some of the factors behind this trend. Approximately 13% of psychiatry trainees in the UK are training LTFT, bringing the benefit of allowing trainees to balance caring responsibilities or health conditions with continuing their postgraduate training. However it is not without its challenges for trainees which we aimed to explore in this survey.MethodAn electronic survey was sent out to all trainees via email, LTFT trainees of all training grades were invited to respond. Trainees were contacted in the five mental health trusts making up the region. The survey contained 32 questions that covered a range of topics including educational opportunities, perceived attitudes to LTFT trainees and training experience. Data were collected over a six month period in 2019. There were 22 responses to the survey region-wide.Result86% of respondents were working reduced sessions in full-time posts with implications for their clinical workload and 14% responded that their clinical contact time was not adjusted to reflect their working hours. 36% of respondents experienced difficulties attending their formal teaching programme while 82% had attended educational commitments on non-working days. 14% of respondents felt training LTFT did not allow them to meet training requirements while 23% would not recommend LTFT training in the West Midlands to others. Trainees cited difficulties managing a full time workload and not having support from supervisors as reasons for these views. 40% of respondents reported experiencing negative attitudes from seniors and 50% felt isolated from other trainees due to LTFT training status.ConclusionThe survey has developed our understanding of the challenges faced by LTFT trainees and it has been communicated regionally and to employing trusts to promote action. For example, at a trust level, the use of personalised work schedules can address some common difficulties. More effectively communicating sources of support to trainees, sharing best practice and providing networking opportunities are suggested as next steps regionally. New administrative processes to maintain an accurate list of LTFT trainees is vital in implementing this. Improving the information given to trainers is another development area.

Creative Industries: The Regional Dimension?

10.1068/c0453 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Jayne
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Central Government ◽  
National Level ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
The West ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Uk

Creative Industries: The Regional Dimension is one of a series of reports published in recent years by the UK government which outlines the importance of creative industries to economic growth. It is in these terms that central government has promoted the creative industries as a newly recognised and fast-growing sector of the economy, thus seeking to quantify the Cool Britania branding so famously propagated by the then newly elected Labour government. The author unpacks the enthusiasm for the creative industries at the national level, and further investigates how the creative-industries developmental agenda has been unfolding within UK regions. The trajectory of the United Kingdom's creative-industries agenda is contrasted with policy and developmental strategies undertaken elsewhere in the world. It is argued that implementation of a creative-industries agenda at the regional level in the United Kingdom is at best patchy, and there is currently a lack of strategic planning, best-practice models, and empirical research to guide policymakers. The West Midlands is then addressed in more detail, and it is argued that at the regional administrative level, a creative industries development agenda per se is all but lost. The implications of this policy trajectory are discussed.

scholarly journals Analysis of failed appointments in a genitourinary department in the West Midlands of the UK.

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-323
Author(s):  
A A Opaneye ◽  
E Parker ◽  
J Bailey ◽  
M Walzman ◽  
A A Wade
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Uk

Language variation in the West Midlands

English Today ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Natalie Braber
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Language Variation ◽  
The West ◽  
Indian English ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Hong Kong English

West Midlands English: Birmingham and The Black Country forms part of the series Dialects of English which has so far included volumes on varieties such as: Urban North-Eastern English, Hong Kong English, Newfoundland and Labrador English, Irish English, Indian English, New Zealand English, Singapore English and Northern and Insular Scots. As such, it follows the general format of the series which covers the history and geography of a region, chapters on phonetics and phonology, grammar, lexis and a survey of previous works and bibliography. This contribution to the series follows this same general format and makes it applicable to the West Midlands region of the UK.

scholarly journals No Evidence for Reduced Hospital Admissions or Increased Deaths from Stroke or Heart Attack During COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Reeves ◽  
Samuel Watson ◽  
Tanya Pankhurst ◽  
Kamlesh Khunti ◽  
Suzy Gallier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
St Elevation Myocardial Infarction ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
The West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
St Elevation ◽  
The Uk

Articles in the UK press have claimed that hospital admissions for heart attack and stroke have declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, data from the West Midlands Ambulance Service have not shown any reduction in call-outs for patients with stroke or ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. This study examined data from University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, comparing admissions from week 1 of 2016 to week 17 of 2019, with the same period in 2020, pre- and post-lockdown. The results showed that there was no evidence of a reduction in the overall mean number of admissions of patients with these conditions in the post-lockdown period.

Educating for the Cooperative Society

2019 ◽  
pp. 355-373
Author(s):  
Suzanna Tomassi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
The West ◽  
Cooperative Society ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter investigates the relationship between industry and academia from the perspective of industry. In addition to the theoretical review, it is based on feedback from industry leaders on how they see the role of their organizations in wider society. This chapter utilizes case studies to examine the relationship between specific companies, their academic partners, and the wider society. It focuses on the UK experience reflecting the location of its author. It specifically looks at the links between Coventry University, a British public institution located in the West Midlands, and its selected partners: the Unipart Group, Horiba MIRA, Interserve, and KPIT in India. It also refers to a bespoke Global Leaders Programme which is an exclusive, extra-curricular offering, designed to enhance students’ leadership and soft skills and prepare them for future employment after graduation. Wherever possible, the author aimed to obtain feedback from the industry representatives to assess their views on the impact of their companies on the wider society. In the same spirit, relevant colleagues from Coventry University were asked for their feedback to ensure that both perspectives were fairly captured. The examples given, and indeed, the philosophy behind the projects could be transferred to other countries and applied to other industries.

scholarly journals Poorly performing supervisors and trainers of trainee doctors

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 148-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafey A. Faruqui ◽  
George Ikkos
Keyword(s):  
Medical Staff ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Previous Survey ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
The West ◽  
Medical Trainees ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Trainee Satisfaction ◽  
North London

Paice & Ginsburg (2003) surveyed postgraduate medical trainees in London and found that most considered their training as satisfactory and the proportion that evaluated their training as poor had fallen compared with a previous survey. They also reported, however, that the training experience for some trainees remains unsatisfactory and that the single most important factor in determining trainee satisfaction is the quality of supervision provided by the consultant trainer. In the light of this it is alarming that in a recent survey of psychiatric trainees in the West Midlands, 47% had experienced bullying and in 27% of cases of alleged bullying the perpetrators were senior medical staff (Hoosen & Callaghan, 2004). Paice et al (2004) reported consultants as the source of bullying in 27% of cases in a survey of bullying among doctors in training in north London.

Centre of IT Excellence for SMEs in the West Midlands, UK

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-391
Author(s):  
Diana Thompson ◽  
Garry Homer
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
European Technology

This paper presents an analysis of the IT Futures Centre, a European technology transfer project based at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK. After reviewing UK government policy in technology transfer, the authors highlight the project's two key elements – a new state-of-the-art building and an IT consultancy team – both of which are dedicated to providing advice, consultancy, training and demonstration facilities for small and medium-sized companies in the West Midlands region of England. The paper addresses the systems and methodology used for delivery and the quantitative data available which indicate the progress companies have made as a result of this intervention. Finally, issues that have arisen during the operation of the project to date are discussed, especially the problems that academics face in the delivery process.

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