FAILING STUDENTS: Please let Francine Cauchi f.cauchi@qmul.ac.uk know as soon as possible if students are not attending, or you are thinking of FAILING them.
Information given to students:
You are invited to present a patient encounter to your GP tutor in pairs, that demonstrates an understanding of generalism or compassion (the core themes for GP3). To support engagement with the human dimension of the clinical encounter you are also invited to engage in creative enquiry as part of this presentation. For examples see here.
Your presentation/creative piece are to be submitted centrally to QMPLUS accompanied by an individual 500 word reflection relating to your learning on the subject, any creative piece and on the process of creating and delivering your presentation (please also email this to your GP tutor).
You will present this to your GP at a convenient time during the last week of placement and each pair of students should present for at least 5 minutes. You will then receive questions and feedback from your GP tutor.
You can choose any medium to best present your thoughts and findings from power point posters, to short films, photographs, prose or poetry writing etc.
Assessment
You can sign off the students on the placement grade form and offer written feedback on their reflection.
Verbal assessment should also be offered at the time of the presentation - students could feed back to each other first.
Potential points of feedback: content, presentation, collaboration, understanding, aesthetics, reflection, impact.
This will be sent to you to complete with each student. Please discuss feedback with your student. This is an opportunity for identifying student strengths and areas for potential development.
As part of your final assessment tutors must complete a Professionalism Assessment on each students . Tutors are asked to give students formative feedback on their professionalism when they review your progress during the year so you have opportunities to modify your behaviour before you are formally assessed at the end of the year.
Arrive on Time
Inform GP tutor as soon as possible if running late or unable to attend
Inform GP tutor if you need to leave early
Do not book any hospital based or clinical skill training on your GP day
If you have a personal or health reason for absence please discuss with your GP tutor beforehand.
Also new for this year **Mandatory Mid-placement Individual Check-In***
(If there are issues or concerns for particular students especially regarding professionalism please raise in mid-placement check in so students have a chance to improve)
You will be asked to sign off student CEX, DOPS, CBD in their new logbook platform (called Pebble). We ask the students to write up what happened and the verbal feedback they received which you can then sign off. Please can you discuss the following for them to add to the form:
What was done well
What can be improved upon
Agreed Action
The following is the minimum that a student needs to submit to pass the placement (CEX and DOPS will also be done in the hospital).
CEX (clinical examinations - observed history or examination) x 1
DOPS (directly observed procedures e.g. taking a BP) x 1
CBD (case-based discussion) x 1
Continuity of care x 1
Identify a patient with an acute exacerbation of a condition early in your GP block and follow them up on one or two further occasions during the placement (face to face, phone, review of notes) in regard to ongoing management.
Once completed, a reflection should be written, providing a brief anonymous history of the patient and what you have learnt from the exercise.
(Reflection can be written in Word and then uploaded to GP page of logbook)