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Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland
Workshop 1: “Our shared rules”
Elizabeth Kilgour NES Healthcare Science Specialty Lead; Infection Science
HCS Postgraduate Trainee Event; COSLA 3-2-2017
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Workshop 1- Objectives
- Awareness of NES Knowledge Network and
associated resources
- Understanding and application of NES shared rules-
regulation
- Trainee/ Trainer / support; Special Measures
- HCS Postgraduate Trainee handbook
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NHS Education for Scotland Public Website
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NES Portal
https://www.portal.scot. nhs.uk/
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- Self assessment
- Principles for admissions,
- Principles for practice placement
- Special measures guide
Available at www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/hcstrainees/postgraduates.aspx
NES HCS Knowledge Network
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NES HCS Shared Rules
Cover Scientist Training Programme , Clinical scientist routes and all other HCS postgraduate trainees, regardless of stream/discipline –
HCS Postgraduate community!
- Admission Principles
- Practice Placement Principles
- Special Measures
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NES HCS Shared Rules
Admission principles
Recruitment HCPC SETs – covers ALL HCS postgraduate trainees
Practice placement principles
- HCPS SET’s-covers ALL HCS postgraduate trainees
- Relevant postgraduate course
HEI / professional body guides/ CCL/rotations/monitor progression (annual reporting)
- Safe and supportive environment-prepared!
- Collaboration with HEI
- Approved and monitored placements –(self assessments!)
- Appropriately qualified supervisors (cv’s! )
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NES HCS Shared Rules
Special measures
- In cases where either trainees, supervisors or training
departments cannot demonstrate satisfactory attainment or maintenance of training standards.
- Ensure patient safety
- Ensure trainee progression
- Support to trainee, supervisor and department
- Resolution
- Consequences?
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Trainees in Difficulty
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Trainee and Supervisor Surveys 2016 “Are you aware of Special Measures?
” Supervisors Trainees
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Special measures case study
Case study………….discussion What aspects of Special Measures rules would be invoked in this case…trainee / supervisor /departments perspective ?
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Special Measures – YOUR feedback…..
- What’s your view on how Special Measures has
been promoted…could it be better- if so, how?
- Are Special Measures fair-if not, why not?
- Are they relevant/ fit for purpose-do they provide a
good mechanism to raise concerns- is there a better way?
- Are there any elements missing-how can we better
protect and support trainees? Discussion….
- Leads to Postgraduate handbook
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NES Generic Postgraduate HCS Trainee Handbook…..
- NES aims to provide a generic Postgraduate Trainee
handbook, covering all postgraduate routes, so…..
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NES Medical Careers Handbook
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National School STP Handbook
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Generic NES Postgraduate HCS Trainee Handbook…..
Discussion………. What would be included in our handbook? List your “ Top 5 “ you would like to see included and would find helpful in a NES generic postgraduate trainee handbook.
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THANKS EVERYONE! Elizabeth.kilgour@nes.scot.nhs.uk
