Ideas and possibilities for education in training practices

 

Group 1

• Make it fun
• Use of partners’ homes as a basis for teaching
• Swapping surgeries with principal
• Modified essay scenarios eg sudden death
• Review of sick notes, prescriptions etc
• Education diary
• Check list/grid
• Swapping of practices
• Chronic care and new discharges from hospital

Group 2

• Use of protected time
• Needs assessment analysis
• Opportunistic teaching
• Use of teaching material including multimedia technology

Group 3

• Introductory pack including how to use the computer
• Hot spot tutorials at early stage eg on sudden death
• Sitting in waiting room and reception
• Task list eg what emergency equipment is in surgery
• Review of notes
• Sitting in surgeries at beginning and end of year
• Revisiting topics in tutorials
• Folder of useful forms
• Visiting another training practice and working in tandem with another registrar

Group 4

• Journal, book, or notes of interest as basis for tutorial
• Reviewing non medical literature
• Don’t bring patient back in less than 7 days or more than 4!
• Use of mnemonic
• Mind mapping

Group 5

• Learning style analysis and learning cycle
• Learning log
• Role model
• Use of coffee break
• Critical incident analysis
• Journal lists
• Going on courses
• Development of environment where learner is able to own prejudices
• Audit!
• Assessment of tutorials
• Portfolio of learning

Group 6

• Confidence building. Empower registrar
• Treat registrar as equal
• Surprise random case analysis
• Role play
• Involvement in partnership meetings
• Allocating a nursing home for the registrar to take responsibility for