CBME Annual Education Day - Wednesday 1st May 2024
A Celebration of Generalism
"Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners."
John Holt
Thanks to all those who attended our CBME Annual Education Day: A Celebration of Generalism event on 1st May 2024. We had a great number of our GP Educators attend and contribute and have received positive feedback on how the day left those feeling inspired. To view the live recordings from the day, please visit the presentations and slides tab.
Timetable
09:00 – Registration and Coffee
09:30 – Welcome
09:45 – Student voice
10:15 – Keynote Speaker – Dr Rupal Shah
Fighting for the Soul of General Practice- creating meaning through generalism
10:45 – Coffee Break
11:05 – Panel
12:00 – Keynote Speaker – Professor Alex Harding
The Importance of teaching Primary Care
12:30 – Aman Qamar – Student Song
12:35 – Lunch
13:30 – Afternoon workshops:
A) Assessment, generalism and professionalism – Dr Dev Gadhvi, Dr Leila Saeed
We will review how we assess our medical students from single best answer questions to developing new and innovative OSCE stations. We will consider how we can best assess generalism and professionalism within our frameworks. There will also be opportunity to consider writing scenarios or questions and seeing how challenging this can be.
B) GP curriculum – Dr Will Spiring, Dr Rofique Ali and Professor Alex Harding
We will review the GP curriculum and explore emerging topics in primary care.
C) Belonging – Dr Shabana Bharmal, Professor Louise Younie, Dr Natalie Symes
“Belonging in medical education - the experience of being accepted, included, and valued by others – to improve student outcomes and experiences”. In this interactive workshop we will explore what is belonging in medical education, its importance for our students, and how we can cultivate it in our role as clinical educators.
D) Neurodiversity and the medical school curriculum – Dr Safiya Virji, Dr Rohini Sabherwal
Interactive workshop discussing presentation and management of neurodiversity in undergraduate medical education.
E) Near peer and co-creation – Dr Vidya Mistry, Dr Jinesh Dattani
Sharing experiences of co-creation and collaboration from the Near Peer Teaching SSC/Elective
14:30 – Coffee break
14:45 – Keynote Speaker - Professor Graham Easton
The Most Important Job: why I wrote The Appointment
15:15 – Awards
15:30 – Learning points/feedback
15:45 – Close
Dr Rupal Shah
Rupal Shah is a GP and GP trainer in Battersea, in the same practice for 19 years. She also works as an Associate Dean for NHS-WTE, in the London Professional Development Team, leading on the Enhancing Generalist Skills programme and is part of the Differential Attainment Strategy group. She has published widely in the field of medical education, including a series of articles introducing the hermeneutic window consultation model; and the book, 'Fighting for the Soul of General Practice- the algorithm will see you now.' https://www.intellectbooks.com/fighting-for-the-soul-of-general-practice
Professor Alex Harding
Alex has worked as a GP in Exeter for the last twenty years as a partner in a city centre practice. He is involved at the Medical School as a Sub-Dean, making sure the community part of the medical school programme (about 25%) runs smoothly. He is also involved in curriculum development and innovation and is course director of the Masters in Clinical Education: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/medicine/clinicaledcert/
His research interests are two-fold:
1. Using qualitative approaches to investigate clinical learning in both community and hospital settings. Alex's work focusses on the use of socio-material theories.
2. Educational policy. Alex is chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care SAPC UK Heads of Teachers Group and is involved with formulating national and international policies regarding undergraduate curriculum content and a more equitable way of funding of medical student education in community settings.
https://www.rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/074af536-aaae-4eef-95cb-63ee18e96fda/learning-general-practice.pdf
https://www.rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/bd108a4b-50ce-42f0-9de4-c3083a2c8586/teaching-general-practice.pdf
Professor Graham Easton
Graham Easton is a GP and Honorary Professor of Clinical Communication Skills at Barts and The London Medical School, QMUL. He studied medicine at The London Hospital Medical College before training as a GP on the Oxford Region scheme. After GP training, a master’s degree in Science Communication at Imperial College led to a job as senior producer in the BBC Radio Science Unit, where he presented Radio 4’s flagship medical programme Case Notes for many years. After a spell as an editor at the BMJ, he has combined medical journalism with part-time general practice and medical education. He was acting head of undergraduate GP teaching, and then a Programme Director for GP specialty training at Imperial College, and his research at the Institute of Education explored how lecturers use narratives in medical teaching. He was elected to Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2017. He has written or edited several books, including General Practice at a Glance and The Appointment - the story of a morning surgery told from inside the mind of a GP - which was selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. He has written a chapter about Interactional Knowledge in Generalism in Generalism in Clinical Education and Practice, due for publication by UCL Press in summer 2024. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Appointment-Doctor-Really-Ten-Minute-Consultation/dp/1472136322
