Faculty development

Forms:

• Educational and Clinical Supervisor Portfolio[docx] 972KB

Guidance:

• Professional Development Framework for Educators [pdf] 1MB

 

What courses do I need to complete to become accredited as a named educational or clinical supervisor?

To become accredited as a named educational or clinical supervisor, doctors need to be trained in all seven of the domains of the Academy of Medical Educator's Framework for the Professional Development of the Postgraduate Medical Supervisor. To achieve this, doctors need to have completed the following courses:

• Educational/clinical supervision

• Trainees in difficulty

• Workplace-based assessments/ePortfolio

• Equality and diversity (needs to be refreshed every three years).

Do the courses which I have taken in the past count towards becoming a named educational or clinical supervisor?

You need to meet the requirements of all seven of the domains of the professional development framework.

If you feel that the courses you have previously completed contribute towards this, then you need to set out the evidence in your educational and clinical supervisor portfolio.

Do I need to re-take the courses every three years?

Once undertaken, it is not necessary to repeat the training. However, educational supervisors are expected to demonstrate ongoing commitment to their development as a medical educator through participation in a three-yearly cycle of review. It is therefore advisable to refresh the training every three years.

The only exception is equality and diversity which needs a mandatory refresh every three years.

Are these supervisor courses mandatory?

The courses are mandatory for all consultants that have educational and clincal supervisor duties. The courses are non-mandatory for consultants that do not have educational or clinical supervisor responsibilities.

How do I fill out my professional development portfolio?

Guidance on completing your portfolio can be found in the Professional Development Framework for Supervisors 2018.

Once you have completed your portfolio you will need to send it to Paul Andrews, Deputy Medical Education Manager in the Education Centre (St Helier).

The Director of Medical Education, will then consider whether or not you meet the requirements to be accredited as an educational or clinical supervisor.

Why is it important that I fill out my educational and clinical supervisor portfolio?

It is important that you complete a portfolio as we need to ensure that all our educational and clinical supervisors are appropriately trained to carry out these responsibilities and are being educationally appraised.

How do I pay for external training courses?

Funding for external courses comes from your service area budget and needs to be approved by your service manager. To do this you will need to complete an application for study leave form, which is available from your service manager.

What elearning courses are available?

You can complete these courses online at the e-Learning for Health website which now has consolidated all of the online training modules. It doesn’t take long to register (make sure you put yourself down as a non-training grade doctor). 

http://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/login 

There are several modules under Educator Training Resources of which the key ones are:

01 – Ensuring Safe and Effective Patient Care Through Training
04 – Enhancing Learning Through Assessment
06 – Guiding Personal and Professional Development