[Visits of postgraduate medical lecturers can improve the postgraduate medical education in common acute admissions].

A new hospital organization for receiving emergency patients has been introduced in Denmark. This qualitative study reviews eight reports from the visits of postgraduate medical lecturers regarding the educational environment in this new organization in the Region of Southern Denmark. The study summarizes a number of recommendations on how to improve the educational environment in new-established organizations.

Doctors applying for Danish postgraduate medical specialist training are getting younger.

Introduction: It was previously shown that applicants for postgraduate medical specialist training in Denmark were old. In order to prevent potential shortage of specialists, the Danish health authorities have passed legislation to speed up the output of new specialists. The aim of this study was to highlight the present characteristics of young doctors who entered specialist training.

Improved education after implementation of the Danish postgraduate medical training reform.

Introduction: A reform of educational postgraduate medical training was launched in Denmark in 2004. The reform was based on a report by the Danish Medical Specialist Commission and consisted of a number of initiatives that were all aimed at improving the quality of medical training. Since 1998, all junior doctors in Denmark have been requested to rate the quality of their training on a Danish standardized questionnaire (DSQ) comprising 24 questions.

[Clinical junior doctors' initial experiences with the joint interdisciplinary ward for acute admissions].

A new hospital organisation for receiving acute patients has been introduced in Denmark. All patients with acute problems are to be received in an interdisciplinary ward (IW). This study examines how junior doctors evaluate training in the IW.

The role of general practice in postgraduate basic training.

Background: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the role of primary care in postgraduate training. Relatively little has been published about benefits of early and sustained postgraduate basic training in general practice, especially for doctors with other ambitions than family medicine.

Aim: To explore young Danish doctors' views on basic medical training including views on the participation of general practice.

An evaluation of the 18- and 12-month basic postgraduate training programmes in Denmark.

Introduction: It was decided that the Danish 18-month internship training should be replaced by a 12-month postgraduate training period including six months of employment at a hospital ward and six months at a general practice/hospital ward. This study examines how the physicians from the old and new programmes evaluate their training, and it explores their attitudes towards the new postgraduate training programme.

Material And Methods: We developed a questionnaire by which quantitative and qualitative data were collected.