E-Learning for Clinical Teachers
Requirements on Trusts and other local education providers
From January 2010, all educational supervisors must be selected and accredited for their role against the London Deanery Framework areas on a regular three-yearly cycle of review.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ but the outcomes of local processes are expected to be that:
1. A database of all nominated clinical and educational supervisors is established and maintained by the Trust or local education provider. This must include a record of training undertaken, accreditation date and recommendations made with regard to future development.
2. A process of portfolio-based accreditation for educational supervisors is established with a rolling three-yearly cycle of review.
3. The accreditation/reaccreditation process is carried out against the London Deanery Professional Development Framework.
4. The process must be linked to a review of results from the PMETB trainee survey.
5. The process must be developmental i.e. it must incorporate identification of needs for further development as an educator in the form of a personal development plan.
6. The review will also result in a formal statement of accreditation from the Director of Medical Education (or nominated deputy) including a recommendation in relation to the supervisor’s educational workload in accordance with the Deanery’s educational tariff. This recommendation should be in the form that it can be carried forward as a basis for negotiation in the annual consultant job planning process.
7. A clear and transparent selection process is established for all new clinical and educational supervisors. Educational supervisors would normally be expected to submit an evidenced portfolio to the Director of Medical Education (or nominated deputy) before taking on their role.
8. In the roll out phase of the Framework in 2009, existing supervisors may initially be accredited for up to three years on the basis of their past experience and job role. This time-limited grandfather clause is subject to the supervisors concerned undertaking to participate in the cycle of three-yearly review when called. This pragmatic measure will
enable the reaccreditation load for Trusts to be spread over a three-year period i.e. not all reviews falling in the same year.
9. Trust and other local education providers must provide an ongoing programme of faculty development in accordance with the identified development needs of all educators within the Trust or provider.
10. Provided the above outcomes are achieved, Trusts may develop their own administrative processes. A sample London Deanery portfolio is provided together with suggestions for implementation.
11. Trusts and other local education providers will be required to demonstrate that they are meeting the requirements of the Professional Development Framework for Supervisors as an integral part of the London Deanery’s routine quality management processes.