TY - JOUR AU - Hawkins, Nichola AU - Younan, Helen-Cara AU - Fyfe, Molly AU - Parekh, Ravi AU - McKeown, Andrew PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/17 TI - Exploring why medical students still feel underprepared for clinical practice: a qualitative analysis of an authentic onā€call simulation JO - BMC Medical Education SP - 165 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Current research shows that many UK medical graduates continue to feel underprepared to work as a junior doctor. Most research in this field has focused on new graduates and employed the use of retrospective self-rating questionnaires. There remains a lack of detailed understanding of the challenges encountered in preparing for clinical practice, specifically those faced by medical students, where relevant educational interventions could have a significant impact. Through use of a novel on-call simulation, we set out to determine factors affecting perceived preparation for practice in final year medical students and identify ways in which we may better support them throughout their undergraduate training. SN - 1472-6920 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02605-y DO - 10.1186/s12909-021-02605-y ID - Hawkins2021 ER -