Frequency | Weekly | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly and then weekly | Not formalised |
Timing | Working hours | Lunchtime | Lunchtime | Lunchtime | Working hours |
Length | 20–30 min | 1 h | 1 h | 3 h then 1 h | 1 h |
Venue | Departmental seminar room | Lecture theatre in medical school | Hospital committee room | Departmental seminar room | Departmental seminar room |
Reason for organisation | Part of a management meeting | Part of a grand round programme | Capacity and semiformal setting | Local and easily accessible | Part of the professional development programme |
Attendees | Consultants, a junior doctor representative, clinical director, senior nurses, managers | Consultants, junior doctors, senior nurse, governance managers | Consultants, junior doctors | Consultants, junior doctors, clinical director, nurses | Consultants, junior doctors, clinical director nurses, pharmacists and dietician |
Number of attendees | 12 | 15–35 | 18–20 | 24–41 | 25 |