The Severn Deanery, working with Directors of Medical Education, has prepared a modular programme of Professional and Generic Skills courses, which covers topics such as leadership skills and change management. Specialist Trainees should ensure that they complete this programme.
The training across the patch is being coordinated into a single transferable programme. There are 10 modules which have been split into early, mid and late years of training and include the following topics:
The programme is primary designed for doctors in training working within the Severn Deanery’s jurisdiction.
It is co-ordinated by the Severn Deanery and delivered locally via the Academies (a network of Learning Centres based on major healthcare sites). There may be variation in style and method of delivery across Academies but the programme will be evaluated annually to ensure quality and overall consistency.
However, the long term aim is for the programme to be multi-professional and other Health Care Professionals at a similar level are therefore welcome.
We have also commissioned three of the modules as e-learning from Doctors.net. These are:
If you are registered with Doctors.net, the courses will already be available for you to access. We would be grateful if you could fill in the short questionnaire from Doctors.net after completing a module – this will help us understand your views on e-learning.
Registration, administration and access to e-learning is coordinated on the Managed Learning Environment (MLE) http://lms.e2train.com/nhssw where you can see when and where modules are taking place in each Academy and apply for a place online, and also carry out e-learning. If you do not have a login, please contact Barbara Burgess (details below) who will require your date of birth in order to add your name to the system and issue you with a username.
The first three modules are generally intended for Years 1&2, the second three modules for years 3&4 and the next three for years 5-6. Action learning sets are likely to span a number of years. Click the adjacent link to see the intended learning outcomes for each module.
Professional and Generic Skills Courses
A review by Rebecca main, ST2, Bath
The professional and generic skills courses are open to all trainees in the Severn Deanery and are aimed at developing education, management and leadership skills relevant to a career in medicine. There are nine courses to attend and three e-learning modules. They deliver key topics relating to the GP curriculum statements on ‘Personal and Professional Responsibilities’ and ‘Management’.
The courses are one day long and held in the education centre of a hospital in the Severn Deanery patch. They can be booked through using the Managed Learning Environment website (http://nhssw.e2train.com/PG/SignIn.aspx?ReturnUrl=/PG/Default.aspx), for which you need a log in username and password. Usernames are available from Barbara Burgess, who organises the courses (email: Barbara.Burgess@southwest.nhs.uk). The courses are free to trainees as long as you attend the course you have booked onto. Participants are varied – GP trainees and hospital trainees across the range of specialties and the tutors are all experienced and enthusiastic individuals, keen to share their knowledge and skills with trainees. The courses available are 1 Introduction to the Programme and Learning Styles 2 How Understanding Personality Types can Improve Communication 3 Career Management 4 Patient Safety 5 Introduction to Medical Ethics and Law 6 Becoming a Teacher 7 Leadership and Management 8 Understanding the Health and Social Care Economy 9 Managing Change and Transitions I have attended six of the courses so far as part of my study leave during the GP VTS and have found them to be excellent and relevant to developing skills for a career in primary care. Introduction to different learning styles and models of learning is helpful to personal study and relevant when planning teaching sessions. The module looking at personality types involved completing a personality typing questionnaire based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and was interesting both on a personal level but also for understanding others in a team and how you can work together more effectively. The Medical ethics and law module was a fascinating discussion about ethical principles and ways of looking at issues from different ethical perspectives including some complex medical cases. The teaching module had theory on teaching and practical points about how to plan education and teach effectively with opportunity to practise skills in a small group role play setting. The Leadership and Management module was inspirational and had speakers in both management and clinical roles giving presentations on their roles and responsibilities and how they developed their medical and management careers alongside each other. The chance to think about professional and generic skills with colleagues from different specialties and hospitals is a great opportunity to think about other aspects of working in the NHS which are inevitable for all professionals and necessary for the development and improvement of the service. I would encourage trainees to attend these courses as they are interesting and fun and deliver learning that is essential to covering the GP curriculum. Rebecca Main ST2 trainee, Bath
The courses available are
1 Introduction to the Programme and Learning Styles 2 How Understanding Personality Types can Improve Communication 3 Career Management 4 Patient Safety 5 Introduction to Medical Ethics and Law 6 Becoming a Teacher 7 Leadership and Management 8 Understanding the Health and Social Care Economy 9 Managing Change and Transitions
1 Introduction to the Programme and Learning Styles
2 How Understanding Personality Types can Improve Communication
3 Career Management
4 Patient Safety
5 Introduction to Medical Ethics and Law
6 Becoming a Teacher
7 Leadership and Management
8 Understanding the Health and Social Care Economy
9 Managing Change and Transitions
I have attended six of the courses so far as part of my study leave during the GP VTS and have found them to be excellent and relevant to developing skills for a career in primary care. Introduction to different learning styles and models of learning is helpful to personal study and relevant when planning teaching sessions. The module looking at personality types involved completing a personality typing questionnaire based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and was interesting both on a personal level but also for understanding others in a team and how you can work together more effectively. The Medical ethics and law module was a fascinating discussion about ethical principles and ways of looking at issues from different ethical perspectives including some complex medical cases. The teaching module had theory on teaching and practical points about how to plan education and teach effectively with opportunity to practise skills in a small group role play setting. The Leadership and Management module was inspirational and had speakers in both management and clinical roles giving presentations on their roles and responsibilities and how they developed their medical and management careers alongside each other.
The chance to think about professional and generic skills with colleagues from different specialties and hospitals is a great opportunity to think about other aspects of working in the NHS which are inevitable for all professionals and necessary for the development and improvement of the service. I would encourage trainees to attend these courses as they are interesting and fun and deliver learning that is essential to covering the GP curriculum.
Rebecca Main
ST2 trainee, Bath
Please click here or Contact Barbara Burgess (E mail below) or telephone 0117 9569105