Role of the general medical registrar in performing out-of-hours pleural procedures: a UK national survey of trainee and trainer perspectives
The majority of UK GIM registrars are neither confident nor perceived by trainers as competent to independently perform OOH chest drain insertion. This has implications for patient safety and service delivery, informing broader discussions regarding GIM training, curriculum and the need to establish local OOH pleural pathways.
Authors
- Owais Kadwani
- Danyal Jajbhay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-9651)
- Poppy Denniston
- Hannah Shotton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2701-0148)
- J Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9024-9533)
- Mark Juniper
- Janeth Liang
- Avinash Aujayeb
Institutions
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (GB)
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003740
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00