2011 National Training Surveys

updated 3 June 2011

Progress with distribution

All survey invitations for the 2011 national GMC survey were sent out in May and the closing date for completion is 22 July 2011.

• If you have not yet received your invitation to complete the survey and believe you should have had this please firstly check that the email invitation is not sitting in your junk email folder.
• Email accounts.  The GMC have advised that some email providers have automatically filtered the invitation as junk/spam.
• If you do not have an email in your junk email folder please email us via gmcsurveys@Oxforddeanery.nhs.uk clearly stating your correct email address so that we can investigate further.
• If you have received your survey invitation but some of your details are incorrect please highlight as directed by the GMC and this validation will be actioned as soon as possible.
• If you have received your invitation but have not completed it yet, please do so as soon as you can.
• If you have completed your survey but have not received a receipt the GMC have advised that after completing the survey you can now click on the link from the original email invitation and enter in their unique reference. They will then be presented with a screen that provides confirmation of completion. This can then just print off this screen as a receipt.

Resource information 

Oxford has consistently had a high completion rate for the Trainee Survey and it is important we build on this success.

Anonymity assurance

The results of the survey (including comments) that are released to the Deaneries are completely anonymised.  There is no way that the Deaneries can identify individual respondents and where the number of respondents is less than three in a report, the data is not given.

Use of the Survey results

With both the Trainer and the Trainee surveys the results are treated by the GMC anonymously and any statistics provided to the Deanery is fully anonymous and untraceable.  The results from both surveys will directly influence policy development in Oxford and will be used to improve the quality of training and support to both trainees and trainers. 

This is a GMC Survey and you should refer to the below guidelines for information should you have any problems.  However, if the GMC have been unable to help, or if you have any particular questions which are not addressed on the GMC website then please contact gmcsurveys@Oxforddeanery.nhs.uk and we will try to help.

Information for Trainees

We have provided the GMC with a list of our trainees (with the exception of Out of Programme, who are not included).  Please wait to be invited to complete the survey by the GMC.  You should expect an invitation if you were:

• an Oxford trainee on the week commencing 23rd May 2011.  
• not an Out of Programme trainee on week commencing 23rd May 2011.  

All trainees must take note that participation in the survey is viewed as a professional requirement of your training and needs to be completed as part of your training contract.  Please retain any certification or reference numbers issued by the GMC at the point of survey completion and include these in your portfolio to be produced at your RITA or ARCP.

Information for Trainers

We have provided the GMC with a list of trainers for whom we hold accurate and complete contact details and this information has been sourced from our Trusts.   You should expect an invitation if you were:

• an Oxford trainer on the week commencing 23rd May 2011.