Foundation programme - August 2021 update
Foundation programme – August 2021 update
The Foundation curriculum has now been updated and you will have been invited to sign up to the Foundation elearning programme which aligns with the new 2021 curriculum. Here are some highlighted sessions from the programme:
Failure to prescribe safely is one of the most common causes of untoward patient incidents in medical practice
Available in elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) - these sessions cover areas in your curriculum on; FPC 1: Clinical Assessment, FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation, FPC3: Holistic Planning, FPC 4: Communication and Care and FPC 5: Continuity of Care (Specific Areas of Core Learning - High Risk Prescribing and Patient Safety):
• Prescription Writing
• BNF Usage and Other Prescribing Information Sources
• Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 1)
• Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 2)
• Safe Anticoagulation
• Safe Prescribing in Renal Impairment
• Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 1)
• Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 2)
• Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 3)
• Safe Prescribing of Insulin
• Adverse Drug Effects
• Safer Medicine Use Through Concordance
Supervised Learning Events (SLE) are an essential part of your learning in your 2 foundation years. Find out how to get the best out of them and consider doing the sessions now at the start of the year.
Available in elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) - these sessions cover areas in your curriculum on; FPC 10: Teaching the teacher and FPC 12: Continuing Professional Development:
• Supervised Learning Events in the Foundation Programme: An Introduction
• Principles of Assessment
• Making the Best Use of Multi-Source Feedback: A Trainee Guide
• Getting the Most from Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS)
• Getting the Most from a Case Based Discussion (CBD)
• Getting the Most from a Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX)
• Getting the Most Out of Supervised Learning Events: Feedback and Reflection
• Getting the Most Out of Supervised Learning Events: Reflection After Feedback
You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/
Horus and Turas have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.
SCRIPT elearning for safer prescribing
Created in 2010, the SCRIPT elearning programme was developed by the University of Birmingham and OCB Media and commissioned by Health Education England. The elearning programmes have been designed to encourage safe and effective prescribing and optimal medicines management among healthcare professionals.
The European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) Working Group on education conducted a review to identify and assess the effects of digital learning on learner-related and clinically relevant outcomes.
They concluded that "e-learning is the most-used type of digital learning for safe and effective prescribing education and is efficacious in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate prescribers the required knowledge, skills, and attitudes".
The elearning programmes for foundation doctors is delivered through a dedicated learning platform, specifically designed to help improve the prescribing competency and safety of trainees.
A module usually takes approximately one hour to complete but does not have to be completed in one sitting. Content has been authored by a team of expert healthcare professionals and is reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
You can read more about the SCRIPT elearning programmes on the website.
RadCast Radiology Crash Course
Basic radiology image interpretation is a crucial skill for all doctors, but high quality radiology teaching is hard to come by. That’s why we have created the RadCast Radiology Crash Course to provide non-radiologists with the fundamental knowledge required to safely interpret and act on imaging in the acute setting.
The course comprises a day of live lectures delivered by 3 senior clinical radiologists covering high yield concepts in acute plain film and CT imaging as well as pre-recorded content that will be available to watch in advance to ensure all delegates have a baseline understanding before the live day.
For those of you who consider yourselves budding radiologists, we also have a talk on Radiology as a career and we will be offering 3 national prizes for the best radiology audit, research or reflection which will help to boost your portfolio for when you apply.
For the course fee of £5.99 (bargain) you get access to the live day, pre-recorded content and a recording of the live session which you will be able to re-watch on-demand for a 6 month period to consolidate those important concepts.
If you’re interested, check out the flyer and go on our course website via https://www.radcast.co.uk/courses/rcc
Any questions, feel to get in touch via hello@radcast.co.uk
Anaesthetics survey
Dear Trainees,
Please find below a survey on perceptions of foundation trainees on a career in anaesthetics
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdx5Hdoe9W1lL8ufeTN69oR9MMd0Zwic8UFWKR2QRQJHnZuWQ/viewform
HEE SW Digital and Workforce Showcase Event 12 Oct
Dear colleague,
HEE South West is pleased to open for registration its Digital and Workforce Showcase Event.
At the event, individuals and organisations across the South West will share innovative digital work regarding the workforce in health and social care.
HEE SW welcomes anyone with an interest in digital education and workforce development in health and social care, and those keen to learn about new ways of working digitally.
Event details
Date: Tuesday 12 October 2021
Time: 09:00 - 14:30
Location: Online, free.
The purpose of the event is to:
• Showcase work being done in order to inspire, disseminate and acknowledge achievement.
• To encourage and enable adoption and spread.
• To strengthen regional and national awareness, networking and alignment.
The Showcase event will focus on five themes:
Technology Enhanced Learning: the application of technology to teaching and learning.
Simulation & Immersive Technologies: the design and delivery of high-quality, effective simulation and immersive education.
Future Workforce: developing the health informatics workforce, including clinical digital and data qualifications, AI, and robotics.
Digital First: enabling the workforce to build technical skills and digital literacy, able to trail and adopt new technologies.
Workforce Transformation: areas such as Leadership, Supply and New Ways of Working.
The event will be of interest to:
• Individuals, organisations, and networks already active in the innovative use of digital and technology with regard to workforce, with experience and expertise to share.
• Those at an earlier stage of adoption of digital and technology with regard to workforce who want to find out more.
If you wish to apply to present and/or show a poster, please go to our application site.
https://healtheducationyh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/digital-and-workforce-showcase-presentationposter-applica
The final deadline to request a break-out session presentation slot is 1 September 2021.
The final deadline to submit posters is 20 September 2021.
If you wish to register as an attendee (not presenting or showing a poster), please go to our registration site.
https://healtheducationyh.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/technology-innovation-workforce-showcase-event-registra
Further information:
The event will be delivered online using Microsoft Teams and be supported by a dedicated SharePoint site for the audience to engage with. This SharePoint site will be a display space where you can view posters about work currently underway across the region.
Similar to a physical conference, there will be plenary sessions and breakout sessions where you will be able to engage with speakers, network with colleagues, and share best practices and success stories.
If you have any questions, please contact DigitalShowcase.sw@hee.nhs.uk.
A Career in Anaesthesia information day
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is holding an informal session for medical students & foundation year doctors who are considering a career in anaesthesia.
Anaesthetists form the largest single hospital medical specialty and their skills are used in all aspects of patient care. Whilst the perioperative anaesthetic care of the surgical patient is the core of specialty work, many anaesthetists have a much wider scope of practice.
The career day will provide an insight into life as a trainee and consultant anaesthetist.
Sessions include:
• life as an anaesthetic trainee
• the training programme
• recruitment and application process
• pre-hospital emergency medicine
• intensive care medicine
• question and answer group sessions
• the future of the specialty, skills required and life as a consultant.
Booking information and a full programme can be found on our website.
Date: 14th October
Time: 09:30 - 15:15
Venue: Online
Virtual vs. face-face surgical educational meetings
We are a group of NHS surgical trainees who are looking for medical students, junior doctors, surgical trainees and surgical consultants to fill out this brief 3-minute survey.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the rise in virtual educational meetings (courses, webinars, conferences etc) to maintain a competent standard of surgical undergraduate & postgraduate education. As we exit from this pandemic, we want to assess the preferences of our current surgical trainers & trainees and to assess the best practices for their learning and training.
We can reassure you that all data is anonymized and stored in a password protected format.
Please find the survey link here:
https://bit.ly/3eTBf60