The post not only involves teaching opportunities but the chance to build your CV when applying for a training number or for any other future post. It offers the chance to undertake a higher degree, via the Masters in Medical Education programme, present at local, regional, national conferences and research innovative ideas in medical education. The Department fully supports all Clinical Teaching Fellows in developing the course and UMED also has its own annual Undergraduate Medical Education Conference, where best and innovative practice can be shared.
Responsibilities:
* To deliver ward based general surgery teaching on the new Surgery curriculum, across both the City and QMC Campus.
* To provide reasonable cover where appropriate for the other Clinical Teaching Fellows (and vice-versa).
* Contribute to the clinical assessment of students during the formal competency assessments.
* Contribute to Induction of surgery students.
* To provide teaching on the Early Clinical Experience Course (14 x Year 1/2 hospital visits).
* Contribute to the formal examination of these students including OSCE examinations and exam question writing. Take part in one-to-one tutoring of students re-sitting their exams and provide one-to-one teaching support for struggling students.
* Contribute in a strategic sense to the evolution of teaching for all the above groups.
* Support teaching across the clinical course as required.
* Working with the Undergraduate Manager and other Teaching Fellows to develop innovative teaching methods across the clinical course.
* Undertake appropriate projects to support your own learning and improve the experience of the Department.
For 50% of the week you will be joining the clinical rota and will be involved in working in a variety of clinical areas. You will also share a slot on the CT on-call rota, which will give you valuable clinical time and experience. Miss Cat Boereboom Colorectal Surgery is the lead for this part of the post.
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.
With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Nick Kythreotis
Job title: Clinical Teaching Fellow
Email address: nick.kythreotis@nuh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0115 924 9924
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