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A questionnaire was designed and posted to 220 general practitioners in the Trent Region. The questionnaire looked at the individual's undergraduate and postgraduate training. The results indicate that there is a great demand among final year vocational trainees and principals in general practice for an increase in the amount of formal postgraduate training in ENT. Nearly 85% of those questioned welcomed the opportunity of further training, primarily through attending courses, lectures or consultant clinics. Only 13% requested a formal attachment as an SHO on an ENT unit. Just over one in three of the respondents had received formal postgraduate training during their trainee years but even in this group 75% felt they would benefit from further training. Even at an undergraduate level, approximately half of the respondents commented that they had not received or undertaken examination of the ear, nose and throat in adults or children.
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PMID:General practitioner training in ENT in the Trent Region. 155 19

A nurse-led preadmission clinic was set up in the Department of Otolaryngology of The Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, for patients undergoing elective ENT surgery. The progress of the clinic has been monitored during its first 8 months of service. A two-part study was undertaken: (a) A prospective study of the process from the time an admission appointment was sent until completion of surgery and, (b) a retrospective review of the case notes to study the quality of clerking and note keeping and the pattern of requests for investigations made by the nurses. In all, 514 patients were invited to attend the preadmission clinic before operation. Of these patients, 454 attended the clinic for preadmission clerking, 440 (96.9%) of whom underwent their operation without complication. All clerking notes were well kept, but a number of unnecessary investigations were requested. It is concluded that a nurse-led preadmission clinic is effective in the management of elective ENT operating lists. It assists in improving the quality of an SHO's training by reducing time spent on service commitments, thereby increasing the potential training time. More guidance to nurses on the use of preoperative investigations is needed.
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PMID:A nurse-led preadmission clinic for elective ENT surgery: the first 8 months. 865 66