Doctors and dentists in training - staff experience 2022: independent report

Independent report by Webropol providing information and analysis of staff experience for doctors and dentists in training across Scotland during 2022.


Staff Experience

DDiT staff score highest for being treated with dignity and respect and for their line manager caring about their health and wellbeing (79). A similar score is recorded for the sense of achievement gained from their work.

The lowest score is for the organisation caring about their health and wellbeing.

Chart showing scores:
My work gives me a sense of achievement 78
I am treated with dignity and respect as an individual 79
I feel my direct line manager cares about my health and well-being 79
I feel my organisation cares about my health and wellbeing 64 
I get the help and support I need from other teams and services within the organisation to do my job 72

DDiT 2022 scores are not significantly different to 2021 with their direct line manager caring about their health and wellbeing scoring highest. Note in this survey the Direct line manager refers to the person who has overall clinical governance responsibility for the clinical unit. This may be the clinical director or the lead clinician.

DDiT scores are generally below iMatter overall, except for help and support from other teams. All differences are statistically significant. All DDiT scores are lower than those given by Doctors and Dentists completing the iMatter survey. Again,

these differences are all statistically significant.

DDiT 2022 Movement from DDiT 2021 Difference from iMatter 2022 Doctors & Dentists iMatter 2022
My work gives me a sense of achievement 78 0 -3 -3
I am treated with dignity and respect as an individual 79 0 -5 -4
I feel my direct line manager cares about my health and well-being 79 +1 -7 -5
I feel my organisation cares about my health and wellbeing 64 -1 -7 -3
I get the help and support I need from other teams and services within the organisation to do my job 72 -1 +2 -4

The following table show the distribution of scores for each of the ratings. It illustrates the variability in experiences of staff particularly around their feelings of how the organisation cares for their wellbeing, with over a third of DDiT staff scoring in 'Improve to Monitor' or 'Focus to Improve'

  Strive & Celebrate (67 - 100) Monitor to Further Improve (51 - 66) Improve to Monitor (34 - 50) Focus to Improve (0 - 33)
My work gives me a sense of achievement 69% 22% 4% 6%
I am treated with dignity and respect as an individual 73% 16% 6% 5%
I feel my direct line manager cares about my health and well-being 68% 20% 7% 5%
I feel my organisation cares about my health and well-being 37% 30% 13% 21%
I get the help and support I need from other teams and services within the organisation to do my job 52% 29% 10% 9%

Contact

Email: suzanne.thomas@gov.scot

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