I will supervise General Practitioners

• Mainly focused on helping learners develop their consultations and introduce case-based discussion as a learning and assessment tool 
• Difference between 1’ and 2’ care consultations  
• Tools for use in teaching consultations 
• Introduction to use of assessments as teaching and benchmarking tools 
• Assessing capabilities 
• Doing a COT and a CBD. Giving feedback 
• Learners experiencing difficulties 
• Supervisor wellbeing 

A  named clinical supervisor is a trainer who is responsible for overseeing a specific DiT’s clinical work throughout a placement in a clinical or medical environment and is appropriately trained to do so. The named clinical supervisor leads on providing a review of the DiT’s clinical or medical practice throughout a placement and contributes to the educational supervisor’s report on whether the DiT should progress to the next stage of their training.

Supervise

• GPST1 & 2 Doctors in Training (DiTs)
• Foundation DiTs
• Retained Doctors

Duties

• Clinical supervision
• Workplace-based Assessments (WPBA)
• Clinical Supervisor Report (CSR)

Criteria

• On local Performer’s List
• At least 1-year post-CCT
• 6-12 months in current organisation (to be agreed with Patch AD)
• Supervisors need to be available in their practices for at least four of a supervised doctor’s sessions per week (i.e. 4 sessions of overlap). This can be reduced pro-rata if the supervised doctor is LTFT, but should then be a minimum of 2 sessions of overlap.
• These need to be actual availability, i.e. after outside commitments have been taken into account

Named Educational Supervisor (ES)

A named Educational Supervisor is a trainer who is selected and appropriately trained to be responsible for the overall supervision and management of a specific doctor’s educational progress during a placement or a series of placements. The ES regularly meets with the DiT to help plan their training, review progress and achieve agreed learning outcomes. The ES is responsible for the educational agreement, and for bringing together all relevant evidence to form a summative judgement about the doctor’s progression at the end of a placement or a series of placements.

• Supervise
• GPST1, 2 & 3 Doctors in Training (DiTs)
• Foundation DiTs
• Retained Doctors

Duties

• Clinical supervision
• Workplace-based Assessments (WPBA)
• Overview of educational progress to CCT
• Interim and annual Educational Supervisor Report (ESR)

Criteria

• On local performer’s list
• At least 3-years post-CCT
• 6-12 months in current organisation (to be agreed with Patch AD)
• When the DiT is in the same practice as their ES, the supervisor needs to be available for at least four of a supervised doctor’s sessions per week (i.e. 4 sessions of overlap). This can be reduced pro-rata if the supervised doctor is LTFT, but should then
• be a minimum of 2 sessions of overlap. These need to be actual availability, i.e. after outside commitments have been taken into account.

Becoming a GP Supervisor

In addition to the criteria set out above, Prospective Supervisors are expected to meet the standards set out by the GMC  https://www.gmc-uk.org/education and the Guide to Postgraduate Medical Education in the UK (Gold Guide) https://www.copmed.org.uk/gold-guide

• New prospective supervisors will be required to attend the GP School’s accredited Modular Supervisors’ Course (MMSC).
• Relocating supervisors or those wishing to seek reapproval following a break, will need to discuss their individual circumstances with the local Patch Associate Dean. The criteria set out above still apply.

Modular Supervisors’ Courses take place approximately three times per year. In advance of each cycle local Programme teams use a range of information to identify priority invitees, which can include:

• Creating additional capacity within new or existing Learning Organisations
• Succession-planning, where an existing Supervisor intends to retire or step down from training
• Providing support for Supervisors where they are the only trainer within a practice/Learning Organisation
• Other local intelligence

Course attendance is agreed by the local Programme team, based on need.

Following successful completion of the Modular Supervisors’ Course, you will meet with your local patch AD/Training Programme Director (TPD) who will ensure that you have the required knowledge and skills, where to access resources and support, and put you in contact with your local trainers’ workshop.

This meeting should take place within 3 years of attending the course, or you may be required to complete all or part of the course again.

Entry criteria:

 Clinical Supervisor: GP On local Performer’s List

• At least 1-year post-CCT
• 6-12 months in current organisation (to be agreed with Patch AD)
• Supervisors need to be available in their practices for at least four of a supervised doctor’s sessions per week (i.e. 4 sessions of overlap). This can be reduced pro-rata if the supervised doctor is LTFT, but should then be a minimum of 2 sessions of overlap.
• These need to be actual availability, i.e. after outside commitments have been taken into account

Entry criteria:

    Educational Supervisor: GP On local performer’s list

• At least 3-years post-CCT
• 6-12 months in current organisation (to be agreed with Patch AD)
• When the DiT is in the same practice as their ES, the supervisor needs to be available for at least four of a supervised doctor’s sessions per week (i.e. 4 sessions of overlap). This can be reduced pro-rata if the supervised doctor is LTFT, but should then
• Be a minimum of 2 sessions of overlap. These need to be actual availability, i.e. after outside commitments have been taken into account.

A  named clinical supervisor is a trainer who is responsible for overseeing a specific DiT’s clinical work throughout a placement in a clinical or medical environment and is appropriately trained to do so. The named clinical supervisor leads on providing a review of the DiT’s clinical or medical practice throughout a placement and contributes to the educational supervisor’s report on whether the DiT should progress to the next stage of their training.

 
Supervise

• GPST1 & 2 Doctors in Training (DiTs)
• Foundation DiTs
• Retained Doctors 

Duties

• Clinical supervision 
• Workplace-based Assessments (WPBA) 
• Clinical Supervisor Report (CSR)

Criteria 

• On local Performer’s List 
• At least 1-year post-CCT 
• 6-12 months in current organisation (to be agreed with Patch AD) 
• Supervisors need to be available in their practices for at least four of a supervised doctor’s sessions per week (i.e. 4 sessions of overlap). This can be reduced pro-rata if the supervised doctor is LTFT, but should then be a minimum of 2 sessions of overlap. These need to be actual availability, i.e. after outside commitments have been taken into account

Named Educational Supervisor (ES)

A named Educational Supervisor is a trainer who is selected and appropriately trained to be responsible for the overall supervision and management of a specific doctor’s educational progress during a placement or a series of placements. The ES regularly meets with the DiT to help plan their training, review progress and achieve agreed learning outcomes. The ES is responsible for the educational agreement, and for bringing together all relevant evidence to form a summative judgement about the doctor’s progression at the end of a placement or a series of placements.

Supervise

• GPST1, 2 & 3 Doctors in Training (DiTs)
• Foundation DiTs
• Retained Doctors

Duties

• Clinical supervision
• Workplace-based Assessments (WPBA)
• Overview of educational progress to CCT
• Interim and annual Educational Supervisor Report (ESR)

Criteria

• On local performer’s list
• At least 3-years post-CCT
• 6-12 months in current organisation (to be agreed with Patch AD)
• When the DiT is in the same practice as their ES, the supervisor needs to be available for at least four of a supervised doctor’s sessions per week (i.e. 4 sessions of overlap). This can be reduced pro-rata if the supervised doctor is LTFT, but should then be a minimum of 2 sessions of overlap. These need to be actual availability, i.e. after outside commitments have been taken into account.

Becoming a GP Supervisor

In addition to the criteria set out above, Prospective Supervisors are expected to meet the standards set out by the GMC https://www.gmc-uk.org/education and the Guide to Postgraduate Medical Education in the UK (Gold Guide) https://www.copmed.org.uk/gold-guide

• New prospective supervisors will be required to attend the GP School’s accredited Modular Supervisors’ Course (MMSC).
• Relocating supervisors or those wishing to seek reapproval following a break, will need to discuss their individual circumstances with the local Patch Associate Dean. The criteria set out above still apply.

Modular Supervisors’ Courses take place approximately three times per year. In advance of each cycle local Programme teams use a range of information to identify priority invitees, which can include:

• Creating additional capacity within new or existing Learning Organisations
• Succession-planning, where an existing Supervisor intends to retire or step down from training
• Providing support for Supervisors where they are the only trainer within a practice/Learning Organisation
• Other local intelligence

Course attendance is agreed by the local Programme team, based on need.

Following successful completion of the Modular Supervisors’ Course, you will meet with your local patch AD/Training Programme Director (TPD) who will ensure that you have the required knowledge and skills, where to access resources and support, and put you in contact with your local trainers’ workshop.

This meeting should take place within 3 years of attending the course, or you may be required to complete all or part of the course again. 

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