A MEMBER OF THE RUSSELL GROUP

EDUCATIONAL/CLINICAL SUPERVISIONFOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

David Taylor

School of Medicine

and

Tista Chakravarty-Gannon

GMC

General Medical Council

• Good Medical Practice (2001)• ‘If you are involved in teaching you must develop

the skills, attitudes and practices of a competent teacher’ (para.16)

• More later......

General Medical Council

• Tomorrow’s Doctors (2009)• Medical schools must make sure that everyone

involved in educating medical students has the necessary knowledge and skills for their role… The medical school must ensure that appropriate training is provided to these people to carry out their role. (para 148)

The problem

• It is crucial that we meet our joint professional responsibilities towards our students.

• We have a real issue concerning the impression the students have of (some of) us as teachers.

• But of course we are very busy and there are many competing imperatives.

We are not operating in a vacuum

The solution

• We need to be sure that all staff involved in teaching medical students have a basic training in education.

• Not just those with a primary medical qualification

• But at least level 1

The School of Medicine

• Will work alongside the Trusts and the Deanery to make sure we don’t duplicate…

• Will provide additional training as required to cover PBL, LOCAS and OSCEs

• And other issues that are identified as necessary

General Medical Council

• Tomorrow’s Doctors (2009)• Doctors with particular responsibilities for teaching

students must develop the skills and practices of a competent teacher… (para 149)

So there is a personal responsibility

• Some have already taken steps to move beyond level 1, to level 2 and above.

• But everyone needs to be familiar

with the bigger national picture.

What’s going on?

• Many Royal Colleges have criteria for what constitutes appropriate teaching skills.

• There is also a national organisation called the Academy of Medical Educators

who have produced a “Professional Standards” booklet.

www.medicaleducators.org

But the key thing is

• If we want good FY1s.....

• We need to invest time in the students.