The do’s, don’t and don’t knows of supporting transition to more independent practice

Sarah Yardley1, Michiel Westerman2, Maggie Bartlett3, J. Mark Walton4, Julie MacAulay Smith5, Ed Peile6
1Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
2VU Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
3Dundee School of Medicine, Dundee, UK.
4McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, Canada
5Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
6St Catherine’s College

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Introduction Transitions are traditionally viewed as challenging for clinicians. Throughout medical career pathways, clinicians need to successfully navigate successive transitions as they become progressively more independent practitioners. In these guidelines, we aim to synthesize the evidence from the literature to provide guidance for supporting clinicians in their development of independence, and highlight areas for further research. Methods Drawing upon D3 method guidance, four key themes universal to medical career transitions and progressive independence were identified by all authors through discussion and consensus from our own experience and expertise: workplace learning, independence and responsibility, mentoring and coaching, and patient perspectives. A scoping review of the literature was conducted using Medline database searches in addition to the authors’ personal archives and reference snowballing searches. Results 387 articles were identified and screened. 210 were excluded as not relevant to medical transitions (50 at title screen; 160 at abstract screen). 177 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility; a further 107 were rejected (97 did not include career transitions in their study design; 10 were review articles; the primary references of these were screened for inclusion). 70 articles were included of which 60 provided extractable data for the final qualitative synthesis. Across the four key themes, seven do’s, two don’ts and seven don’t knows were identified, and the strength of evidence was graded for each of these recommendations.  

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