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Changes to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme

Changes to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme. Ian Eardley Surgical Director of ISCP. Changes to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme. The new Surgical Curricula ISCP Website changes. Surgical Curricula Approved in 2007. Competence based

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Changes to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme

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  1. Changes to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme Ian Eardley Surgical Director of ISCP

  2. Changes to the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme • The new Surgical Curricula • ISCP Website changes

  3. Surgical Curricula Approved in 2007 • Competence based • Written as run through curricula • Used MRCS to assess early years training • Although the syllabus for the MRCS exam was not blue-printed to the curriculum

  4. Since 2007 ….. • MTAS, Tooke Report • Decoupling for many specialties • Regional variations in Programme structure • PMETB Standards for Curricula • Explicit blue-printing of assessment to curriculum • AoMRC templates on Leadership and Core Competencies needed incorporation

  5. Challenges for the New Curricula • Flexible enough to accommodate both run-through and decoupled training • Assessment system that mapped to the curriculum (especially wrt Core training) • Incorporate an enhanced emphasis on basic surgical sciences • Incorporate generic Academy curricula regarding Leadership and Core competencies

  6. So what has changed in 2010? • Structure of early years training • Early years syllabus • Definition of knowledge level in early years • Professional Behaviour and Leadership Syllabus • MRCS • MRCS(ENT) • Intermediate and Final stage General Surgery • Head and Neck special interest module in 3 disciplines • Workplace based assessments

  7. Structure of Core Surgical Training • Most specialties requested up to 3 years of core surgical training • PMETB dictated that Core training be 2 years • Programmes structure determined by Schools of Surgery and are either themed or generic

  8. Some regions and specialties Assessed by FRCS and WPBA FY 1 Generic FY 2 ST 3 ST 4 ST 5 ST 6 ST 7 ST 8 ST 1 ST 2 CCT Selection Selection CT 1 CT 2 Assessed by MRCS and WPBA The Current Curriculum

  9. Core Surgical Syllabus • Basic Science Knowledge relevant to surgical practice • Common surgical conditions  • Basic surgical skills • The principles of assessment and management of the surgical patient • Peri-operative care of the surgical patient • Assessment and early treatment of the patient with trauma • Surgical care of the paediatric patient • Management of the dying patient • Organ and tissue transplantation • Professional behaviour

  10. Early Years Knowledge and Clinical skills levels

  11. Professional Skills and Leadership • Based around principles of GMP • Good clinical care • Being a good communicator • Teaching and training • Keeping up to date • Manager • Promoting good health • Probity and ethics

  12. MRCS • Now blueprinted to generic component of early years curriculum • OSCE (Part B) expanded to 18 stations • Stations re-configured to four broad content areas

  13. MRCS (ENT) MRCS Part A 4 hour MCQ (Applied Basic Sciences and Principles of Surgery in General) DO-HNS Part 2 OSCE MRCS (ENT)

  14. Specialty Curricula • All underwent minor changes • However, General Surgery underwent a significant re-write • 4 stages, each of 2 years • Early years • Intermediate: Elective and emergency general surgery • Final I: Specialist surgery • Final II: Specialist surgery

  15. Website Changes • April and May 2010 : Version 6 • Significant functionality changes • August 2010: Version 7 • Incorporation of the new surgical curricula • January 2011: Version 8 • Incorporation of OCAP

  16. So what has changed in 2010? Structure of early years training Early years syllabus Definition of knowledge level in early years Professional Behaviour and Leadership Syllabus MRCS MRCS(ENT) Intermediate and Final stage General Surgery Head and Neck special interest module in 3 disciplines Workplace based assessments

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