Doctors in Difficulty? Strengthening Foundations in the Early Years
26th May 2011, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London
9.30am
Registration/coffee
9.50am
Welcome/introduction – Professor Lis Paice, London Deanery
10.00am
What are the issues?
Overview of findings from 6 years of supporting doctors during their training
Dr Jo Jones, Associate Postgraduate Dean, East Midlands Deanery
10.30am
Failing to fail – the culture of faculty and the environment
Results of research undertaken in 2 UK medical schools
Lynn Monrouxe, Director of Medical Education Research, School of Medicine, Cardiff
University
Experience of applying these results to faculty development.
Hilary Neve – Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth
11.10am
Coffee
11.30am
Mental health issues in medical students
An overview of literature and current research
Dr Andy Grant, Director of Undergraduate Education, Department of Primary Care & Public
Health, Cardiff University
11.50am
Selecting at 18 for success at 35 and beyond
Can we predict future performance?
Professor Eamonn Ferguson, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
12.10pm
Coaching and mentoring
Experience of over 500 trainees
Rebecca Viney, London Deanery Coaching and Mentoring Lead and Associate Director GP
Postgraduate Education
12.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
Presentations of research/experience in this area:
1. Developing mentoring skills amongst medical students to strengthen their ability to cope
with medical school and the NHS – Rakesh Patel
2. Supporting Medical students with specific learning difficulties: an international comparison
of institutional provisions and perceptions – Duncan Shrewsbury
3. Human Factors associated with doctors in difficulty: a self-awareness intervention to
support doctors in early training – Anna Koczwara
4. Preclinical attitudinal scores are the best predictors of frequent relative underperformance
in professionalism at the bedside – Manuel J Costa
2.30pm
So what? What should we do now? What more evidence do we need?
Workshop discussions with experts
1.
Translating research into action: Just do it or research the impact?
Lynn Monrouxe, Eamonn Ferguson & Hilary Neve
2.
Changing the culture in medical education. Jo Jones & Rebecca Viney
3.
Addressing health issues – the doctor as patient. Andy Grant & Lis Paice
3.30pm
Tea
3.45pm
Report back from workshops
4.15pm
Summary & next steps Liz Spencer, Clinical Tutor, Gloucestershire & past chair NACT UK
4.45pm
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