Training issues, service provision and loss of educational opportunities within a rotation are something I would have discussed with my Clinical Supervisor — they work in the department and can bring these issues to the directorate meetings.

Put simply, I’m not about to call upon an Emergency Medicine Consultant (ES) to meddle with how a General Surgery department is run. This is my clinical supervisor’s time to shine.

If the issue was common across the entirety of my rotations, I would have brought it to the MedEd team who can escalate it to the Postgrad Director of MedEd.

Perhaps we differ in opinion based on our own experiences with MedEd teams at our hospitals? My foundation experience was blessed with a proactive Postgrad MedEd team who were well versed in how Foundation worked — far more so than any of my Clinical Supervisors.

I do agree with your other comment, for specialty training, that it is important to have a doctor from your specialty as an educational supervisor. I hope my initial comment made it clear I was referring to foundation programme only.