The purpose of the half day release sessions
- Networking and mutual support, peer support, the power of the group process and group identity & identity as part of the training scheme
- The power of ‘Collective Inspiration’
- Improving education skills & feedback skills – for educators and GPRs (latter may be in former role e.g. presentation skills). Role of modelling/group feedback/trainer involvement/relationships.
- Efficient use of time & resources (e.g. core skills like cervical cytology)
- Peer learning:
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- can feel safer >>> increase challenge
- share vulnerability
- can improve learning
- emotional intelligence
- (challenge of no. of learners/learning styles/cultures of learning)
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- Working in groups/skills for future as GPs
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- Registrars will be functioning in groups in the future –
- GP work involves teamworking and working well in groups
- Increased self awareness
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- Value of sharing skills and knowledge
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- Wide variety of levels and perceptions
- Sharing uncertainty
- How to put it into practice – rehearsal, trying things out in safe setting
- Groundwork for more challenging work
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- Establishes prolonged shared learning
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- Allows increase in challenge and increase in depth of learning
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- Developing skills as learners
- Spin off for scheme:
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- We get to know registrars
- Easier feedback and forum for organisational stuff e.g. exam
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Issues
Co-leadership/number of facilitators | ) |
) That’s life – | |
Small groups/big groups | ) use as an |
) opportunity | |
Mixture of levels ST1 to ST3 | ) |
What works
- Opening doors idea – start with content registrars want, which can then lead through to other areas which we know are important
- Group forming – make explicit why we do it – very strong value of early group forming events like Fellside and Hawes End
- Giving group responsibility for organising one/some half day release session(s)
- Retain some flexibility in program e.g. ‘fuzzy time’
- Feedback (that is responded to)
- Enabling GPRs to see wood for the trees & keep focus – intermittent review of process and content
- Have fun!