Leadership from Foundation to Consultant

1. Leadership from Foundation to Consultant • GMC • Looking Forward • Dr Vicky Osgood • Assistant Director of Postgraduate Education

2. Why does the GMC exist? • ‘… to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public.’ (Medical Act 1983) • Our purpose is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine. • We are the regulator of doctors rather than a professional body for doctors.

3. Our aim • To secure a regulatory system which: • Enhances patient safety • Fosters professionalism • Commands the confidence of all stakeholders • Is independent, fair, efficient and effective

4. What we do Education Register Fitness to Practise Standards

5. UK training pathway Provisional registration Full registration Certificate of completion of training (CCT) Specialty/ GP Training (3-8 years) Medical School (4-6 years) F1 year (1 year) F2 year (1 year) Specialist/ GP Register (to retirement)

6. GMC role in medical education & training • Responsible for promoting high standards of medical education and training • Since the merger of the GMC and PMETB in April 2010 the GMC is responsible for regulating all stages of medical education and training, including: • Undergraduate • Foundation Programme • Specialty, including GP, training • Revalidation and CPD

7. A model for Quality Improvement PG Deaneries & Medical Schools Royal Colleges/Faculties Medical Schools Council & MedicalSchools (Specialty/GP only)

8. QIF – four elements

9. Looking Forward • 2 areas • Support of leadership and management development • Educational leadership and management

10. Leadership and Management • Standards • Revision of GMP and guidance Good Management Practice

11. Education for Undergraduates

12. Education for Postgraduates • Medical Leadership Competency Framework embedded in all 61 curricula

13. How well embedded is it? • Jan 2011 Defining Generic Outcomes research • Management and Leadership 91% curricula cover • Leadership Subsections 74.4% covered • Less clear how these are assessed • Generic outcomes will be a workstream for the future • Looking to work with Colleges and Deaneries to improve

14. How do we develop and assess leadership? • Some ideas: • Fellows schemes National and Local • GMC has one of the fellows • Service improvement • Development courses or qualifications • DONCS?

15. Looking Forward • 2 areas • Support of leadership and management • Educational leadership and management

16. Approval of Trainers M A P P E D • GMC Standards in TTD and TD • GMC Structure for Approval of Trainers • Areas from Academy of Medical Educators Document • Education Organisers • Deaneries and Medical Schools Identification of Trainers • LEP Q A Map current training and identification of trainers against 7 headings with evidence in appraisal

17. Framework

18. Approval of trainers • Define the group • Approve GPs and recognise others (until statute changed) • Trainers will need to collect evidence for their appraisal • Evidence judged against the A of ME Framework • In the future part of scope of practice for revalidation • LEPs to collect information • Deanery and MS training and organisation to meet framework • Deanery and MS to collect and collate information • Deanery pilots engaging with LEPs for information

19. Approval of trainers • Consultation first quarter of next year • No trainers survey 2012 • Piloting this autumn • Implementation 2013

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