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Enhancing the student experience for ‘C20’ course

Enhancing the student experience for ‘C20’ course. Helen Sweetland Vice Dean of Medical Education Ist Curriculum Conference – 2 nd March 2011. GMC Tomorrow’s Doctors-2009. Published September 2009 Graduates need to be compliant by 2011-2012 QABME EAR- completed March 2010 and Jan 2011

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Enhancing the student experience for ‘C20’ course

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  1. Enhancing the student experience for ‘C20’ course Helen Sweetland Vice Dean of Medical Education Ist Curriculum Conference – 2nd March 2011

  2. GMC Tomorrow’s Doctors-2009 Published September 2009 Graduates need to be compliant by 2011-2012 QABME EAR- completed March 2010 and Jan 2011 Guidance documents issued by GMC Internal review of current course

  3. Key Priorities:↑Clinical Learning Opportunities Year 1: • IntroduceClinical skills laboratory sessions • Use of simulation to enhance science teaching • Early clinical attachments to start in Dec 2011

  4. Key Priorities:↑Clinical Learning Opportunities Year 2 Communications skills ↑Clinical skills laboratory sessions Foundation clinical skills • Ward based teaching of clinical examination • Nursing attachment

  5. Clinical skills teaching Cochrane building • Open Autumn 2011 • Library • Teaching rooms • Clinical skills labs • Simulation suites • Appt of Professor Paul Bradley as Director of clinical skills • Ongoing work of Sian Williams and Brian Jenkins

  6. Clinical skills portfolio • Documentation of all clinical skills required. • Record of when skills learnt and subsequent experience • Paper assessments and then transferred to e-portfolio. • To be introduced to year 5- June 2011

  7. Clinical Skills e-Portfolio Model for skills assessment

  8. Skills Log Proposed Workflow

  9. Review of curriculum content • Lecture content has been reviewed in years 1-3 for many subject panels • ↓Lecture teaching • Small group teaching/practicals – (102 hrs-yr2) • Major revision of public health component of Health In Society • Working with SOCSI to review sociology aspects of HIS • Key researchers have delivered some lectures in year 1

  10. Year 3 • In 2011 – time after SSC project will be used for a programme of activities re : developing students’ skills in areas such as teaching, leadership and team working. • For 2012 working to improve continuity of placements • To increase clinical experience in one place • Dr RhianGoodfellow leading review group

  11. Study locations for CU medical students

  12. Year 4 • 2010-11 Introduction of opportunity for re-sit examination in July 2011, after further clinical experience • Extensive review of questions / standard setting and development of OSCE feedback for students • Structure of year 4 will change in 2012 to fit with plans for year 5 in 2013

  13. Year 5 – 2011/12 Final year placements will be: • Diagnostic Synthesis in Surgery /Medicine in June / July 2011 • Restart in September with 3 placements • Final assessments in March 2012 • ‘Student assistantships’ in April 2012, in FY1 posts • Elective in April –June • Re-sits in June if required.

  14. ‘Student assistantship’ ‘A period during which a student acts as assistant to a junior doctor, with defined duties under appropriate supervision’ • Students will be allocated to their FY1 team to become involved with all activities

  15. Prescribing Skills Assessment • Joint project between British Pharmacological Society (BPS) and Medical Schools’ Council (MSC) • Have participated in pilot projects • Delivery ‘ on-line’ • Could possibly start in 2012/2013 • Need to ensure our students are prepared

  16. Year 5 / FY1 Harmonisation

  17. Year 5 / FY1 Harmonisation Project • For year 5 in 2013 • Final summative assessment will be before start of year 5 • Followed by extensive clinical experience in General practice and secondary care • Training in management of acute problems, with use of simulation and ward experience • Elective • Service improvement projects / leadership

  18. Other projects / changes • Appraisal – ‘one to one feedback’- years 3-5 • Undergraduate Performance Programme • Situational Judgement tests Being piloted by UK Foundation programme Will be part of assessment for entry to Foundation Programme ? 2012 Review of staff training / staff development / appraisal / recognition of teaching as part of job planning

  19. The future • C21 Consultation > 7O% respondents identified areas of strength and good practice within the current course • Dissection / Communication skills / SSC / Oncology project / clinical placements. • ‘Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside’ • Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

  20. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS?

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