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Learning activities
Select one or more of the activities below to develop your teaching clinical skills.
If you are registered on the site you can do this in the ‘reflections area’. Click on the ‘my area’ link at the top of the page to access your personal pages. Please note that you must be logged in to do this. Please also note that you will need to contribute to the ‘reflections area’ during the course of the module in order to complete and print out your certificate.
Activity 1
Educational roles and responsibilities
Trainees with difficulties and difficult trainees are often best managed through a team approach. Thinking of your own context, can you readily identify who occupies the following roles and complete the table as is relevant?
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Role/responsibility
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Named individual(s) |
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Educational supervisor for current trainee(s) |
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Foundation programme director for current foundation trainee(s) |
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College tutor(s) for current trainee(s) |
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Director of medical education |
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Medical director |
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Human resources colleague responsible for medical workforce |
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Occupational health colleague responsible for medical workforce |
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Deanery colleague(s) with responsibility for liaison with your trust (where this structure exists) |
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Deanery colleague(s) with responsibility for trainees in difficulty |
Activity 2
Reviewing practice
Think back to your most recent experience of working with a trainee who was experiencing difficulties. Taking into account the ideas introduced and developed during this module, what might you do differently if facing the same situation again?
Activity 3
Using workplace-based assessments more effectively
Identify three or more workplace-based assessment tools you regularly use in your area of practice or specialty.
(a) Consider the ‘diagnostic’ information they may yield for a trainee in difficulty.
(b) Identify how you could use the tool to provide specific guidance for future learning and development.