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MALT: a useful tool for mentors and Trainees

Paediatric surgeon Mr Paul Jackson explains the benefits of the RACS Morbidity Audit and Logbook Tool for both mentors and their Trainees.

 

The RACS Morbidity Audit and Logbook Tool (MALT) has been useful to electronically log procedures, conduct self-audit and peer-review audit. Paediatric surgeon Mr Paul Jackson uses MALT for recording his own personal data as a surgeon as well as mentoring trainees by examining their data.

Mr Jackson works as a specialist Paediatric Surgeon and Paediatric Urologist at Wellington Children's Hospital, New Zealand. He is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer for the School of Medicine & Health Sciences at the University of Otago in Wellington. In this episode he explains the benefits of MALT for both mentors and their trainees.