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Table 3 Scores for the JEST questions

From: A new tool to evaluate postgraduate training posts: the Job Evaluation Survey Tool (JEST)

 

Foundation doctors in pilot

Paediatric specialist registrars

Foundation doctors

Domain

No

Mean scores

Score range

SD

No

Mean

Score range

SD

No

Mean

Score range

SD

1. Patient safety

75

3.85

2-5

0.82

170

3.77

2-5

0.74

3367

4.10

1-5

0.79

2. Programme director's planning

65

3.57

1-5

0.87

155

3.67

1-5

0.79

3367

3.92

1-5

0.76

3. Induction to this post

76

3.49

1-5

1.13

171

3.57

1-5

0.83

3367

3.89

1-5

0.90

4. Appraisal and assessment

76

3.93

1-5

0.81

159

3.74

1-5

0.70

3367

4.00

1-5

0.84

5. Feedback on your work

76

3.76

1-5

0.93

157

3.39

1-5

0.77

3367

3.86

1-5

0.93

6. Protected teaching bleep free

75

3.85

1-5

1.06

168

3.67

1-5

1.01

3367

3.92

1-5

1.02

7. Service based teaching

72

3.32

1-5

0.95

170

3.48

1-5

0.86

3367

3.77

1-5

0.93

8. Senior doctor cover

75

3.55

1-5

1.17

170

3.90

1-5

0.83

3367

3.95

1-5

1.00

9. Clinical workload

76

3.62

1-5

0.97

171

3.73

2-5

0.64

3367

3.77

1-5

0.90

10. EBM and Audit

75

3.61

1-5

0.82

153

3.64

1-5

0.70

3367

3.86

1-5

0.77

11. Inappropriate tasks

74

3.58

2-5

0.86

152

3.46

1-5

0.80

3367

3.82

1-5

0.86

12. Rota compliance

75

3.73

2-5

0.76

164

3.48

1-5

0.93

3367

3.75

1-5

.10

13. Accommodation and catering

61

3.51

1-5

0.91

144

3.02

1-5

0.94

3367

3.33

1-5

0.97

14. Leave

76

3.63

1-5

1.08

168

3.56

1-5

0.86

3367

3.91

1-5

0.91

15. Junior doctors' forum

52

3.58

2-5

0.75

111

3.00

1-5

0.94

3367

3.69

1-5

0.79

Total JEST score

        

3367

57.57

75.0

8.87