Longitudinal Evaluation of South West Peninsula Deanery F1 Doctors

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
Background
In 2007 and 2008, the first and second cohorts of Peninsula Medical School (PMS) students graduated. Of the 232 graduates, 75% (174) gained Foundation Year 1 (F1) positions in the South West Peninsula Deanery (SWPD).
Objectives
The objectives of the study are:
1. to provide a systematic evaluation of the performance and preparedness of the first and second cohorts of PMS graduates based in the F1 programme in the SWPD;
2. to compare the performance and preparedness of PMS graduates with graduates of other medical schools based in the F1 programme in the SWPD;
3. to explore F1 doctors’ experience of transition from medical student to practising doctor in the SWPD;
4. to make recommendations on PMS undergraduate curriculum reform and F1 education.