Title: Johnny LyonMaris
1Practice visiting in UK Deaneries
- Johnny Lyon-Maris
- Glynis Buckle
- Mohan Kumar
- John Pitts
2Currently what is known
- PMETB in process of developing Quality Assurance
Framework1. - To date all deaneries have developed their own
standards. - Little research Use of QOF on the visit2
- Visits valued
but too much paperwork3 - 1. The PMETB Quality assurance framework
Consultation document 2007 - 2. Swanwick et al., 2007 Education for primary
care - 3. Pitts et al., 2007 Education for primary
care -
3Survey of deaneries Aug-Oct 2007
- Time scales for approval visits.
- Supporting paperwork.
- Visiting teams.
- Use of video teaching.
- QOF.
4Common Features
- All deaneries visit.
- Initial trainer appointment 1-2 years.
- Three year re-approval (many looking to 5 year
periods). - Structured re-approval forms completed
beforehand. - Visit led by senior medical educator.
- Reapproval report sent to trainers.
5Ranges for majority activities
6Composition of visiting team
- Visit lead senior medical educator in 100 1
- Breakdown
- 12/20 same patch
- 2/20 random allocation
- 6/20 remote2
- AD, senior trainer or director
- Forces and NI not applicable
7Composition of visiting team
8Composition of visiting team
- Trainer in 16/22 1.
- In only 10/22 is it considered mandatory for
trainer to be part of team.
1. expenses nil to 225 (5 deaneries pay the
trainer)
9Composition of visiting team
10Composition of visiting team
- Practice manager in 11/22 1.
1. expenses nil to 140 (6 deaneries pay the PM)
11Composition of visiting team
12Composition of visiting team
1. in these representation from 5-25 of visits
13Recommendations
- Time between trainer practice approval visits
- 1-2 years as is current practice throughout the
United Kingdom. The reapproval visit period
currently 3 years, is being prolonged to a 5 year
period in some Deaneries. This extended
reapproval period be evaluated and compared to
current practice.
14Recommendations
- Pre-visit supporting information
- A study be undertaken looking at the approval and
reapproval application forms from all UK
Deaneries to highlight similarities and
differences so that these forms can be
standardised for future use. The forms should
however contain a section for local variance.
15Recommendations
- Visiting teams
- Lead continue to be senior medical educators but
that the teams consist of the key stakeholders,
namely GP Trainers and GP Registrars with the
addition of lay visitors in a pre-determined
percentage of practice visits.
16Recommendations
- Re/approval report
- The re/approval report is made universally
available to the trainers being inspected.
17Recommendations
- Training practice visit processes
- All patches within each Deanery standardise their
visiting processes as occurs in a large number of
the Deaneries, as without standardisation within
the Deaneries national standardisation cannot
occur.
18Recommendations
- Videotaped teaching
- Trainer skills in teaching continue to be
assessed, currently most commonly using
videotaped teaching which is entirely acceptable,
but if this is done that the videotape be
reviewed in the presence of the trainer for
developmental feedback reasons.
19Recommendations
- QOF
- QOF scores be used in part or whole in a
reapproval visit to prevent duplication of data.