The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme
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The nhsl senior medical saff programme Welcome o NHSL Medical Educaion The NHS Lanarkshire Deparmen of Medical Educaion srives o suppor pahways for clinical learning a he highes level for all medics: from suden o senior consulan. The Healh Board has over 330 consulan and over 120 specialy and associae specialis saff. Such saff will be able o access a range of specialy-specific CPD hrough college and specialy associaion evens. However, NHSL believes ha all senior saff should have he opporuniy of aending locally available qualiy raining, in key generic opics or skills ha are applicable o all medical saff. Therefore, we provide addiional developmen for boh new and esablished senior saff. These are specifically designed no o overlap significanly wih oher sources of provision. They are focussed on he needs of he senior group for whom he majoriy of sessions are available exclusively. es on We hope you will enjoy our varied programmes. In addiion, we hope you will find of benefi he range of faciliies and resources provided. We are consanly sriving o improve our service: please le us know of any suggesions for fuure developmen (meded@lanarkshire.sco.nhs.uk). Medical Educaion: The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme 1
Organisaional mandaory raining Inducion Senior saff are usually appoined individually. Therefore, group hospial inducion has radiionally been difficul o implemen. However, he NHS Lanarkshire Medical Educaion websies (MEDED and STAR, see page 8), provide access o generic hospial inducion-relaed opics. Deparmenal and sysems inducion is provided on an individual basis by deparmens. Core raining The principles of clinical governance as well as direcives from governmen require ha he following opics are regarded as core raining for all medical saff: equal opporuniies diversiy and disabiliy inerviewing skills fire lecure child proecion domesic abuse blood ransfusion healhcare associaed infecion resusciaion and emergency skills (see separae secion) The Deparmen of Medical Educaion is working wih NHSL medical managemen o find pracical ways of enabling saff o aend and mainain raining in hese. Several are provided online and we are working o exend his (see STAR, page 8). Clinical CPD To suppor saff no able o aend paricular inernal hospial CPD meeings, several evens have been web sreamed and can be viewed via he MEDED web sie. 2 The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme: Medical Educaion
Senior saff developmen programme The Consulan Inducion and Professional Developmen (CIPD) programme aims o provide specific raining ailored o he needs of new consulan saff, reflecing heir muli-faceed role of uor, eam leader and business manager. Thus i presens sessions on: eaching; rainee appraisal and how o use assessmen ools for clinical supervision effecive complains handling and conflic managemen including he process whereby we migh resolve conflic Symposia Symposia are periodically suppored by NHS Lanarkshire Medical Educaion o provide a locally available, high qualiy CPD even. The focus is usually on he managemen of clinical emergencies or opics ha are paricularly relevan o a variey of specialies. Speakers are drawn from across he UK o complemen hose speaking from our own NHSLbased experise. key financial business skills e.g. sraegic planning, how o develop business cases and service developmens legal aspecs of clinical pracice job planning and appraisal leadership raining In shor he CIPD programme aims o provide raining ha will enhance he skills of Consulan saff in oday s NHS. The programme runs in wo phases, each over hree days. These are regarded as par of inducion o NHSL, for consulan saff new o he organisaion, who are encouraged o aend each phase wihin he firs year of aking up heir pos. Oher senior saff have he opporuniy o book on available single days as desired. Medical Educaion: The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme 3
In addiion o he CIPD programme, a collecion of more in-deph single-focus evens has been provided by NHS Lanarkshire. The providers for each module have been carefully sourced, ofen exernally, from around he UK. We have worked wih hese providers o ensure he programmes are shaped o senior medical needs and evaluae all sessions rigorously. These courses are free o NHSL saff bu are also open o senior medical saff from across Scoland and many receive exernal CPD approval. Examples of sessions are shown below: Managemen skills IT Skills Presenaion Skills Healh Informaion on he Inerne Negoiaion Skills Finance for he Non-Finance Manager Managing Conflic Influencing Skills Chairing Meeings Leadership Skills Microsof Excel Microsof Oulook Microsof Powerpoin Microsof Word Medico-Legal Skills Personal Skills Medico-Legal Repor Wriing and Giving Exper Evidence Time Managemen Handling Complains Sress Managemen Communicaion Excellence in Clinical Pracice Asseriveness Skills 4 The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme: Medical Educaion
Resusciaion and emergency skills Resusciaion Council life suppor courses Courses in Basic, Immediae, Advanced and Advanced Trauma Life Suppor for senior saff are available. Medic a he roadside This full-day module aims o equip senior medical saff wih a summary of wha can be done (and wha should no be done) in emergency ou of hospial siuaions. I includes aspecs such as general paien assessmen, basic paediaric resusciaion, general rauma care and iniial managemen of medical emergencies ou of hospial. The focus of he course is on he pracical sessions around which relevan heoreical elemens are also presened. The course faculy includes senior saff from he Emergency Deparmen and paramedics, as well as involving members of he fire brigade in a simulaed RTA seing. Medical Educaion: The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme 5
Faculy raining General eacher raining The Deparmen of Medical Educaion is commied o developing a highly rained eaching and raining faculy. Where possible, local provision of courses, e.g. PBL raining, supervisor raining will be sourced. 6 The NHSL Senior Medical Saff Programme: Medical Educaion
Involvemen as a medical eacher/rainer Mos consulans and many SAS saff underake eaching / raining as par of heir usual job plan. However, some may choose o develop his furher and enjoy a specific sessional commimen o medical educaion hrough joining our core faculy of experienced eachers and rainers. Posiions include hose of Lead Clinical Trainer working as par of our skills faculy, or eachers wih a regular commimen as par of our core addiional undergraduae faculy. The Direcor is always pleased o discuss any such opporuniies wih any ineresed NHSL saff, or hose considering reaining involvemen in medical educaion subsequen o heir reiral from clinical work.
General suppor Video conferencing nework Each medical educaion office is equipped wih a VC sysem. These are porable and allow VC links o be used from almos any room in each of he hree hospials. They are primarily used for eaching and raining evens raher han clinical or MDT evens, which are served by he Trus VC nework. In addiion, here are faciliies o record lecures and web-sream evens. Saff wishing o link deparmens across NHSL or o exernal eaching or educaion meeings or make recordings of eaching should conac he IT lead hrough he Medical Educaion Office. STAR www.medednhsl.com/star STAR is a complee online managemen raining sysem launched in 2010-11. The web sie has been creaed specifically o make learning and reflecion available in a forma ha beer suis he availabiliy of senior medical saff, and o provide cerificaes as evidence of coninuing professional developmen. I will also deliver on raining required o suppor core clinical service. STAR has been commissioned by NHS Educaion for Scoland o deliver e-eaching maerial for supervisors. A he momen opics covered are: Appraisal and feedback for rainees; Docors in difficuly (rainees); Workplace based assessmen of rainees. MEDED www.medednhsl.com The websie of he Medical Educaion Deparmen makes he following available o senior saff: clinical guidelines a collecion of eaching and raining-relaed websies guidance for supervisors an online appraisal guide wih forms ha can be downloaded a MEDED course booking sysem cerificaes of aendance a NHSL Medical Educaion raining courses eaching resources, e.g. images.md Skills raining equipmen A range of equipmen is available o suppor raining sessions, in paricular clinical skills including surgical, obseric and paediaric procedures. The Deparmen is pleased o make his equipmen available o suppor addiional eaching sessions as required by groups of rainees or clinical deparmens. Those who wish o access he equipmen library should conac he Lead Clinical Skills Officer. ind dev
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