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6. Guiding personal and professional development

This area is about the support you provide to trainees in relation to their personal and professional development. area 6 graphic

 

The effective supervisor The excellent supervisor also
  • Provides a positive role model
  • Has effective supervisory conversational skills
  • Utilises a range of skills and techniques relevant to personal and professsional development
  • Is able to set and maintain appropriate boundaries
  • Understands when and where to refer on to other agencies, e.g. occupational health, counselling, MedNet, Deanery Careers Unit
  • Ensures that the trainee is aware of the requirements of, and participates in NHS Appraisal
  • Ensures that the trainee participates in 360° appraisal
  • Provides timely and appropriate career guidance and advice
  • Demonstrates a willingness to remain a critical friend and mentor even after completion of training
  • Understands the wider national context of professional development for doctors at all levels
  • Can draw on a wide range of skills and techniques relevant to personal and professional development
  • Provides support for other doctors/supervisors in relation to personal and professional development
  • Is aware of the wider context of professional development for doctors at all levels and from different backgrounds

 

Examples of relevant evidence
  • Courses attended or programmes undertaken, including face to face and online learning
  • PMETB survey results
  • Other feedback from trainees
  • Examples of meetings, records, case studies (suitably anonymised)
  • Examples of support, challenge and careers guidance provided to trainees (anonymised)
  • Feedback from peers