Junior Radiologists' Forum (JRF): National trainee survey

• First Radiology specific national survey, written by trainees.
• Training schemes can benchmark their performance against a national average.
• Also can share areas of good practice; and highlight those that need improvement.
• Summary of the results, highlighting the most pertinent findings from each section.

AimTo gather information in order to highlight areas within training that could be improved and share ideas of good practice and, in addition, to compare national results with those of local training schemes.Materials and methodsA request to participate in the survey was emailed to 1158 radiology trainees across 36 UK training schemes in October 2012. The electronic replies were anonymous. The survey remained active for 6 weeks. The data were collated and analysed by members of the JRF. The survey itself was divided into seven sections, covering a diverse range of topics.ResultsSix hundred and four trainees from 36 UK training schemes completed the survey, resulting in a response rate of 52%.