Medical Education Fellows: Educators of the future

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Medical Education FellowsEducators of the
future

• Miss Nikki Kelsall
• MEF Lead
• Trauma Orthopaedic SpR

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Original development

• 2005 Mr James Gilbert Dr Rosie Lusznat
• The majority of trainees engage in education
• Some do more than expected, in their own time
• This needed formal recognition
• To support the educators of the future
• Professionalisation of educational interests

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Who should be a MEF?

• Full criteria on website
• Champion of education
• Trust, speciality, deanery or national level
• Formal education roles
• Higher educational qualification
• Currently at/above SpR, ST3, GP registrar
• Usually 12-20, 45 have been through the programme

http//www.wessexdeanery.nhs.uk/medical_education_
fellows.aspx
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Excellence in educational supervision
Lead educator development programme
Leadership
Further Educational Development
Educational supervisor
Trust / Specialty lead
CCT
Higher Degree

• Access Wessex educational courses
• Annual conference for MEFs by MEFs
• Active input into deanery work
• Access to bursary scheme
• Facilitated peer group

WPP
Deanery Induction
Wessex Medical Education Fellow
Certificate / Contract
Entry
Education champion
Certificate / Diploma / MA in education
Other experiences
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Benefits requirements

• Certificate contract for portfolio
• Yearly appraisal
• Support with personal projects
• Access to deanery supported projects

• Continue to develop educational portfolio
• Attendance at 2 out of 4 yearly meetings
• Involvement in annual conference
• Evidence that requirements are met

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Validation Recognition Mentorship
Influence Credibility Educational
community Career development Exposure to
deanery business Education conference
planning Haven conference Wessex courses
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MEF Structural Framework
Academia Research
Tomorrows Teachers 1 2
Annual MEF Conference
Flexible Training
Specialty Training
Wessex deanery MEF Strategy Group
Undergraduate Education
GP Training
Multi-professional Education
Mentorship of junior trainees

• Strategy Group Remit
• Strategic input to PGME within Wessex deanery
• Promote medical education at training grade level
• Develop educational activities for trainees

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MEF projects present/ongoing

• The annual Wessex medical education conference
• Tomorrows Teachers (1, 2, faculty franchise)
• Junior trainee development mentorship
• Dorset County Hospital education committee
• Trainee representation on review panel hearings
• Trainee presence at deanery induction/bmjcareers
  fair
• Audit of the MEF programme
• Educational resources
• Undergraduate projects
• Using technology for teaching
• Faculty members on local national courses
• Development of new training opportunities

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MEF projects past

• Developing the MEF role
• Studies looking at
• Educational supervisor development
• Trainee perspectives of educational supervision
• Supporting doctors in difficulty
• Marker motivation in undergraduate assessments
• Quality assurance
• Evaluation of work based learning
• Validity of the OSCE simulated patients in the
  FRCPsych
• Teaching quality improvement at Salisbury
  District Hospital
• Development of speciality specific courses/hand
  books
• Shadow school of surgery
• Selection criteria for core trainees
• Supporting the leadership fellows

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The next steps

• Publicity, recruitment and appointment to role
• Identifying projects (deanery, speciality
  trust)
• Ensuring accountability regulation
• Encouraging MEFs personal professional
  educational development
• MEFs beyond training

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• Paula Hunt Denzil May
• Tomorrow's Teachers co-directors
• Lucy Sykes Mark Szymankiewicz
• Junior trainee mentorship co-developers

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Tomorrows Teachers New Horizons

• Denzil May
• Paula Hunt

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Educator Training Needed by the profession?

• GMCs Good Medical Practice, 2001.  
• - Teaching, training, appraising and assessing
  doctors and students are important for the care
  of patients now and in the future. You should be
  willing to contribute to these activities.
• - If you are involved in teaching you must
  develop the skills, attitudes and practices of a
  competent teacher.
• - You must make sure that all staff, for whom you
  are responsible, including locums and students,
  are properly supervised.
• - You must be honest and objective when
  appraising or assessing the performance of
  colleagues, including locums and students.
  Patients will be put at risk if you describe as
  competent someone who has not reached or
  maintained a satisfactory standard of practice.

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Tomorrows Teachers The Advantage to Wessex
Deanery?

• Wessex Trainees have access to a teaching course.
• Cheap for trainees, cost neutral for the Deanery
• Objective evidence that teacher training is
  occurring
• Enthusing work place education
• Platform for Lead Educator Development
• Faculty development
• MEF appointment other educational projects

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Tomorrows Teachers The Past

• Established over 12 years ago
• Number of delegates so far approx 1450
• BMJ Careers Diplomatosis 3rd September 2008
• It increased my enthusiasm and has motivated
  me to pursue medical education training further.
  I would certainly recommend it for anyone who
  wants to improve their teaching skills.

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Tomorrows Teachers The Present

• Increased to 12 courses per year, 18 delegates
  per course (24 soon).
• Currently registered interest to do TT - gt100
• Target audience FY2 to ST5
• Dedicated well trained faculty
• Currently 14 members of faculty

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Tomorrows Teachers Franchising

• Numerous enquiries from outside of Wessex
• Appointed Project Coordinator for TT Franchise
• Raising profile of education within Wessex
• Potential for revenue generation

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Wessex Educator Development
TRAINED DOCTOR
Work Training
ESDP
TALICS
TT
TT2
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Tomorrows Teachers 2

• Demand for further teaching course
• Development funded by Tomorrows Teachers
• Aimed at more senior trainees (ST3 to peri-CCT)
• Focused on facilitation skills

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Summary

• Tomorrows Teachers popular and successful
• Delegate development
• Professional development for faculty
• Franchising
• Funds reinvested into Wessex Trainees
• Educator development from start to end of
  training
• Tomorrows Teachers 2

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Thank You

• If you are unable to explain something simply
  enough then it is unlikely that you understand it
  well enough
• Albert Einstein

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Developing Trainee EducatorsWessex MEF Project

• Mr Mark Szymankiewicz, Dr Lucy Sykes
• Deanery Supervisor Dr Rosie Lusznat

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Developing Trainee Educators

• Cultivate trainees med. ed. experience
• Aimed at pre-ST3 level
• Structured pathway
• Informal mentorship programme

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Structured pathway

• Web-based guidance on how to broaden / enhance
  medical educational experience
• Available to all
• NOT a list of requirements / competencies

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Hello and welcome to the Wessex Deanery Medical
Education Fellows guide on how to develop your
interest in Medical Education. This resource is
aimed at anyone who wants to expand their
horizons in Medical Education. As trainees with
a passion for education and training, we know how
difficult and daunting it can be to start
building up experience in this arena and even to
know exactly what falls under the umbrella of
Medical Education. Having all pioneered a way
through it ourselves, here are our combined ideas
about how to put your enthusiasm to work, develop
opportunities and broaden your horizons in this
area. Have fun!
Deanery structure Explained
Mentorship programme
Who to contact
Sample Teaching material
Educational Journals Further Reading
Project ideas
Recommended courses
Setting up a teaching programme
Higher qualifications
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Mentorship programme

• Recognisable but informal programme
• Complement support Ed. Supervisors
• Named MEF for each trainee / mentee, preferably
  in same trust
• Discussion, guidance, goal-setting

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Mentorship programme

• NOT based on competency or appraisal
• NOT for support of struggling trainees
• MEFs involved receive mentorship training

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Future outcomes

• Formalise develop trainees ed. skills
• Increase MEF numbers, experience expertise
• Stronger links with Ed. Supervisors
• Continue strong Deanery ed. focus
• Regular pathway / programme evaluation

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What happens next?

• Wessex DMEs Oct 2011
• Wessex Ed. Conf Nov 2011
• 8 trainees already registered interest
• Formal written enrolment underway
• 8 MEF mentors undergoing training
• Review of progress Aug 2012

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http//www.wessexdeanery.nhs.uk/medical_education_
fellows.aspx
Aspiring to Excellence Seventh Annual Wessex
Medical Education Conference November 8th 2012