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Improving the Experience of Doctors in Higher Psychiatry Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2026

Magdalena Jimenez Cornejo,
Sarah Tai and
Lubna Anwar
Magdalena Jimenez Cornejo
Affiliation:
North London Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Sarah Tai
Affiliation:
North London Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Lubna Anwar
Affiliation:
North London Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

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Aims:

1. To improve General Adult/Older Adult Higher training experience across North London Foundation Trust at 80% at 1 year.

2. To increase Higher trainee engagement with rotation evaluation survey to 80% at 1 year.

Methods:

We ran an initial survey amongst NLFT higher trainees, exploring their level of wellbeing in their current posts in 2024. Areas of improvement were identified and mappedusing a fish-bone diagram. During 2025, we held a series of iterative meetings, including with directors of medical education, training programmedirectors, higher trainees and reps to agree on concrete actions for improvement. We ran a second survey in 2025 to re-audit.

Results:

We achieved over a 80% satisfaction with the current SpR posts, however, re-audit survey was answered by fewer respondents than expected.

Conclusion:

An iterative process involving meetings with different stakeholders (trainees, clinical supervisors, training programme directors, etc.), openly discussing areas for improvement, and implementing small changes can improve trainee wellbeing. However, increasing participation in surveys remains a challenge.

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BJPsych Open , Volume 12 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2026, 15–18 June , June 2026, pp. S163
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

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