WORKING OUT-OF-HOURS - THE EXPERIENCES AND TRAINING NEEDS OF GENERAL-PRACTITIONER REGISTRARS

Out-of-hours work has been identified as a major concern for registrar s, and as contributing to the steady decline both in the number of app licants to vocational training schemes and in those practising as prin cipals on completion of their training. Until now, little has been kno wn about registrars' views about their experience of working out of ho urs and how this might be improved. The present study describes genera l practitioner (GP) registrars' current patterns of out-of-hours worki ng and their perceptions about training needs.