Research is vital to paediatrics; however, many trainees feel there is a deficit in their opportunities, experience and exposure in this area. Three training regions in the UK, the West Midlands, Wales and Peninsula, have recently started region-wide, trainee-led research and governance collaboratives aimed at improving trainee access and education in research, undertaking good quality, multicentre audit, quality improvement and pilot projects in collaboration across the regions and implementing change. We report on the experiences, benefits and challenges of these trainee collaboratives (Paediatric Research Across the Midlands, Wales Research and Education Network and Peninsula Trainee Research Audit and Innovation Network) including a trainee survey looking at how these initiatives have improved skills in conducting multicentre prospective studies, team working skills, leadership, understanding of statistics and manuscripts and presentation skills. We also describe how collaboration with colleagues and participation in projects can benefit trainees in a wider sense of purpose and help to encourage morale, as well as what can be learnt as paediatric training moves forward.
community and hospital physiotherapist, local annual blood test would be good, community nurses communication, and use reminder texts and letters for appointments. Outcome Following each questionairre a series of recommendations and action plans were drawn up to improve care.
Conclusion This work has highlighted how insightful the perspectives of young people can be when time is taken to listen to their views. We have been able to share their views with key stakeholders and made a number of recommendations, such as collating an accessible list of exercise opportunities locally and prioritising this within health plans, providing a visual care pathway with information translated into key languages and developing a training package for support workers. The young people who participated were keen to become more involved in service development in the future and we are currently considering the feasibility of a peer support program.
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