Sharing good practice

In this section you can find examples of good practice in medical education and training.

We believe by sharing these examples of practices which work well, we can help organisations which educate students and train doctors to drive up standards.

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Theme	Description	Stage	Specialty
Learning environment and culture	An effective approach to departmental induction	Core Foundation Higher	Intensive care medicine
Supporting educators	Implementation of training for clinical and educational supervisors	Core Foundation Higher	Obstetrics and gynaecology
Educational governance and leadership	System for collecting evaluation data from and providing feedback to doctors in training	Core Foundation Higher	Paediatrics
Developing and implementing curricula	Involving the public in undergraduate curriculum development	Undergraduate
Supporting learners	Clinical skill resources developed for undergraduate medical students	Undergraduate
Developing and implementing curricula	Patient involvement in undergraduate curriculum development	Undergraduate
Developing and implementing curricula	Guide to Foundation Training in Women’s Health Care	Foundation	Obstetrics and gynaecology
Learning environment and culture	A neonatal unit that has received excellent feedback from doctors in training	Core Higher	Paediatrics
Learning environment and culture	The use of simulation and clinical skills facilities for the assessment of foundation doctors and doctors in the first and second year of specialty training	Core Foundation
Learning environment and culture	Identification of medical students in clinical placement settings	Undergraduate
Learning environment and culture	Review of Hypoglycaemia detected In Newborn Observations (RHINO)	Foundation Higher	Paediatrics
Learning environment and culture	Morbidity and mortality meetings to improve patient care	Core Foundation Higher	Paediatrics
Learning environment and culture	A comprehensive induction programme in paediatric intensive care medicine	Core Higher	Paediatrics
Developing and implementing curricula	Generic skill learning for doctors in higher specialty training	Higher
Learning environment and culture	A multi-professional point-of-care (POC) simulation programme that enhances confidence and competence of doctors in training	Core Foundation Higher
Learning environment and culture	An electronic induction programme with integrated assessment	Core Foundation Higher
Learning environment and culture	An experiential learning programme to develop quality improvement projects under the guidance of local experts	Foundation
Developing and implementing curricula	An innovative training arrangement that involves general practice training in respiratory rotation in both secondary care and in the community settings	Higher	General Practice
Learning environment and culture	A simulation programme for foundation doctors focusing on the management of acutely unwell patients	Foundation
Learning environment and culture	A placement programme for visiting European doctors in psychiatry training	Core	General psychiatry
Learning environment and culture	An annual forum where doctors in training can showcase local initiatives	Core Foundation Higher
Supporting educators	A course to provide research experience for doctors in psychiatry training	Higher	General psychiatry
Educational governance and leadership	An outreach programme that promotes career in medicine to underrepresented groups	Higher Undergraduate	General psychiatry
Supporting learners	A programme that promotes early exposure to psychiatry for medical students	Undergraduate	General psychiatry
Supporting learners	A scheme of taster days in psychiatry training for foundation doctors	Foundation	General psychiatry
Supporting learners	Indicators that may be used for predicting doctors in difficulty	Higher	General Practice
Supporting learners	Additional support for doctors in training who are identified as at higher risk of failing exams	Higher	General Practice
Supporting learners	Support for doctors in training who have communication challenges due to language or cultural influences	Core Foundation Higher
Supporting educators	A programme to raise educators’ awareness of clinical communication issues	Higher	General Practice
Educational governance and leadership	A tool to codify underperformance issues	Core Foundation Higher
Supporting learners	A comprehensive support mechanism for medical students	Undergraduate
Learning environment and culture	The use of tablet computers to assist learning	Undergraduate
Learning environment and culture	A process to monitor and record training required for taking appropriate consent	Foundation
Learning environment and culture	An evening induction programme	Core Foundation Higher
Educational governance and leadership	A guide to support best practice in Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP)	Core Foundation Higher
Learning environment and culture	A collaborative approach to sharing learning resources	Higher	Clinical radiology
Educational governance and leadership	A widening participation programme helps local applicants enter further education in medicine	Undergraduate
Educational governance and leadership	A medical school that evaluates courses/placements and responds to feedback effectively by making proportionate changes	Undergraduate
Learning environment and culture	Simulation training with focus on learning from serious clinical incident and errors	Core Foundation Higher Undergraduate
Learning environment and culture	A multi-professional training course to improve patient safety	Core Foundation	Obstetrics and gynaecology
Learning environment and culture	Bespoke training packages for doctors in emergency medicine training	Core Foundation Higher	Emergency medicine
Developing and implementing curricula	A programme for learning population health management	Higher	General Practice
Supporting learners	Support groups for students at higher risk of failing	Undergraduate
Developing and implementing curricula	An inter-professional learning scheme for medical students	Higher Undergraduate	General Practice
Educational governance and leadership	A general practice training programme tailored for remote and rural areas	Higher	General Practice
Supporting learners	A regional welcome event for incoming foundation year 1 doctors	Foundation
Supporting educators	An annual seminar for clinical radiology trainers	Higher	Clinical radiology
Learning environment and culture	A multi-professional regional network to promote human factors training, simulation and learning from critical incidents and never events	Foundation Higher Undergraduate
Learning environment and culture	An improved handover arrangement with a designated template	Core Foundation Higher	Paediatrics
Developing and implementing curricula	A research skills training programme for doctors in clinical radiology training	Higher	Clinical radiology
Learning environment and culture	A scheme to provide teaching opportunity for doctors in psychiatry training	Core Higher	General psychiatry
Supporting learners	A multi-professional simulation programme focusing on acute paediatric emergencies	Core Higher	Paediatrics
Supporting learners	A course to support doctors in paediatric training returning to clinical work	Core Foundation Higher	Paediatrics

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