Notes from Colchester Trainers Workshop Meeting 18/11/10

Update from the Course Organisers

• Educational Supervision Reports due in by 30th November 2010 – please set review date as day of review – this means that assessments done in December and January are then valid towards the May review.
• PMETB survey – two negative areas reported back to the workshop from the recent survey - one was a problem in paediatrics and the other was a low number of hours of education received while in practice – should be at least 4 hours week – 2 hours tutorial; 2 hours debriefing; this is in addition to the VTS scheme which provides about 14 hours a month; there was one registrar who claimed to be receiving no education at all!
• Trainees Christmas Dinner is on Wednesday 8th December – trainers are all to be invited by their registrars!
• Encourage trainees to complete OOH database – their OOH should also be also be recorded by the trainee in their eportfolio
• VTS website has dates for next year on it – including the residential weekend with Roger Neighbour as an invited speaker
• Following Deanery cutbacks Trainer visits/inspections will be less frequent – probably every 6 years with self assessment every 3 years. It is thought that  attendance at trainer workshops will be required – an attendance record of 50% has been discussed as the standard; also peer review of videoed tutorials will be required – replacing the video shown at inspection visits – how this will be organised will be discussed at the next meeting in January as part of our meeting planning for next year
• Trainees are having problems with AKT and CSA – the national pass rate has been a cause for concern and our local pass rate has fallen slightly to around 75% success in each.

Barbara Murray took us through the Learning Log Validation using the RCGP examples
<www.rcgp-curriculum.org.uk/eportfolio/learning_log_stimulus_material.aspx>

Next meeting is at the Ramada on Tuesday 18th January – it is a planning meeting so please come with ideas for the programme – and your diaries to set the dates

Notes from Colchester Trainers Workshop Meeting 15 09 2010

Update from the Course Organisers

• Educational Supervision discussed; no obvious problems yet with new system
• Residential – October Saturday 2nd – volunteers required still to help with CSA
• Expansion of numbers discussed – is likely to be an issue next year – the new Dean is due to have discussions with the Course Organisers
• Training Practices still required particularly in Clacton
• European Time directive was discussed – the effects have recently been raised by a registrar

Average time per week is 48 hours (but this is averaged over 26 weeks) – travel time is excluded; no more than 15 hours in any one day; at least 11 hours after a shift must be taken off – this may be an issue after a late night or overnight OOH shift

• Would Practice Managers like a meeting?
• Dr Thaung drew to everybody’s attention to ‘Education across Essex’ – an initiative of the college faculty

Sajid Rahman and Anthony Ojo made a presentation on Foundation Y2 doctor training

• Background of FY2 doctors discussed
• Planning of the attachments discussed
• Portfolio is now more detailed and requires PDP, reflective writing, and WBA
• About 57% of FY2 doctors in our deanery do a GP attachment though this is lower in North East Essex
• Assessment discussed – similar issues to the registrar assessments though level of competence required is lower
• Supervision of F2 trainers discussed – queries to

Next meeting is at the Ramada on Thursday 18th November – it is a presentation on Work Placed Base Assessment