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GMC Requirements
Firstly we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for teaching our students. Our role as the Teacher Development Leads is to help with you educational training needs and help you flourish and grow as teachers.
All KUMEC teachers are required to demonstrate ongoing CPD with regards to your teaching portfolio. We encourage all new tutors to attend/complete our core modules over the first two years of teaching with us, and then 2 sessions per year of teacher training. This can be a mix of online modules our yearly conference and workshops.
We have developed a set of Mastering Skills workshops which can enable you to work towards membership of the Academy of Medical Educators. This is done with three essays written over a maximum time frame of three years with formative feedback from the Teacher Development Leads and progression expected in your academic writing style and teaching reflections based on these. We also have a peer review/support system in place. If you would like to organise a peer review of your teaching please do contact Dr Rini Paul if you are interested to find out more, there is remuneration available for the peer reviewer.
We look forward to working with you and wish you every success and joy with your teaching. If you have any suggestions or ideas about Teacher Development don't hesitate to share them with us.
Teacher Development Lead
Dr Rini Paul
Email: rini.paul@kcl.ac.uk
Teacher Development Lead
Dr Laila Abdullah
Email: laila.1.abdullah@kcl.ac.uk
Our latest Teacher Development timetable
Here is our quick reference guide for the upcoming KUMEC workshops for the academic year 2022/23. We are planning to be back to face-to-face for many of our workshops this year but will be adding more Mastering Teaching Skills workshops and responding to your needs.
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SEPTEMBER 2023 |
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Wednesday 13th September 13:30-16:30 |
Stage 2 Year 2 - GP tutor Induction a mandatory session for Stage 2 tutors. This will be run by Dr Liza Kirtchuk, Dr Mydhili Chellappah, Ms Yvonne Batson Wright (stage 2) and Dr Laila Abdullah |
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Wednesday 20th September 13:30-16:30 (F2F Addison House Room: 7.02) Link to book via database |
KITT (KUMEC Introduction to Teacher Training) course, facilitated by Drs Rini Paul and Laila Abdullah from the TD team with a welcome from Professor Anne Stephenson. This is aimed at new teachers who have not done an introductory teaching course elsewhere. It will include lesson planning, giving feedback, learning needs analysis and plenty of opportunity to practice new skills with students. This is a Mastering Teaching Skills session part of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) workshop. For more information on how to apply for AoME please see below the calendar. |
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Friday 22nd September 14:00-15:00 (Online) |
iBSc Tutor Briefing Dr Niki Jakeways will be running this introductory session for tutors who are hosting iBSc students on their clinical placement. |
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OCTOBER 2023 |
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Wednesday 11th October 14:00-16:30 (F2F Addison House, 6.07) Link to register
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Celebrating Diversity and tackling discrimination in the classroom With Professor Anne Stephenson, Dr Rini Paul, Yvonne Batson-Wright We are keen to continue to engage our tutors to develop the skills to create inclusive and equitable teaching environments. This will be an interactive face to face workshop and include an exploration of the impact of discrimination on medical students; how to incorporate appropriate language to manage discrimination and useful strategies to use in your everyday practice as an educator. This is a Mastering Teaching Skills session part of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) workshop. For more information on how to apply for AoME please see below the calendar. |
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Friday 13th October 2023
09:00 - 12:30
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Everything you need to know to be an Educational Supervisor in Stage 2 * This interactive workshop is run by Dr. Sam Thenabadu, Stage 3 Lead at the Medical School, and Deputy Dean. This will bring ESs from Primary and Secondary Care coming and learning together. You only need to attend one of these sessions every 3 years* *External Event |
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POSTPONED Wednesday 25th October 13:30-15:00 Location TBC |
Strategic Mapping for History Taking Facilitated by Dr Khalid Khan Strategic Mapping for History Taking workshop will be introducing a quick one-and-a-half-hour session< Demonstrating convenient method for organising patient histories in a way that integrates both linear and non-linear elements. Strategic Mapping has numerous applications, including the simplification of complex histories and many other uses besides. An essential tool for anyone involved in training. |
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NOVEMBER 2023 |
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Friday 10th November 13:30-16:30 |
Stage 2 Tutor Review Day Mandatory – Stage 2 team |
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JANUARY 2024 |
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Wednesday 24th January 13:30-16:30 (F2F Addison House Room: 6.07) Link to book via database |
KITT (KUMEC Introduction to Teacher Training) course, facilitated by Drs Rini Paul and Laila Abdullah from the TD team with a welcome from Professor Anne Stephenson. This is aimed at new teachers who have not done an introductory teaching course elsewhere. It will include lesson planning, giving feedback, learning needs analysis and plenty of opportunity to practice new skills with students. This is a Mastering Teaching Skills session part of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) workshop. For more information on how to apply for AoME please see below the calendar. |
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Wednesday 31th January 09:00-12:30 Online Event Link to join |
Everything you need to know to be an Educational Supervisor in Stage 2* You only need to attend one of these sessions every 3 years* *External Event |
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Wednesday 31th January 19:30-20:30 Click here to join the meeting
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Everything you need to know about teaching final year students in your practice Meet the stage 3 team and discuss how you might host a final year medical student for their eight-week GP block placement in your practice. This session is designed for GPs who are interested in teaching one (or more) students in any of the three final year blocks. Practice Mangers and Administrators – who are often most involved in organising a placement- are also welcome. |
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FEBRUARY 2024 |
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Wednesday 7th February 13:30 - 16:00 Online Link to access |
Single Best Answer (SBA) with Dr Laila Abdullah In this two-and-a-half-hour workshop you will be guided through the skill of writing single best answer (SBA) questions with the aim of generating high quality SBAs for use in our students’ assessments. You will be asked to complete some pre-reading and bring along 3 potential questions/clinical cases to the workshop where you will have training on the golden rules of SBA writing, time to develop your questions and participate in peer review. This will be a fun, interactive and creative session. We particularly welcome practice-based tutors, those who have experience in writing SBAs or have a keen interest in developing skills in assessment. This is a Mastering Teaching Skills session part of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) workshop. For more information on how to apply for AoME please see below the calendar. |
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Friday 9th February 13:00-14:00 Click here to join the meeting |
Everything you need to know about teaching final year students in your practice Meet the stage 3 team and discuss how you might host a final year medical student for their eight-week GP block placement in your practice. This session is designed for GPs who are interested in teaching one (or more) students in any of the three final year blocks. Practice Mangers and Administrators – who are often most involved in organising a placement- are also welcome.
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Wednesday 28th February 14:00 – 16:00 Online Event Link to join |
Coach your way through life Facilitated by Yvonne Batson-Wright, a qualified Coach and NLP Practitioner, this interactive workshop explores the meaning, value, and benefits of coaching. Coaching involves one-one support, aimed at helping another person to define, refine and work towards achieving their goals or something in life that is important to them. Coaching involves one-one support, aimed at helping another person to define, refine and work towards achieving their goals or something in life that is important to them. You will learn about the TGROW coaching model and how to use this as an effective tool to manage difficult or challenging situations in your personal, or work life. The TGROW model is also an effective tool to help you to coach students, patients and to coach yourself! You will have the opportunity to practice coaching skills and will leave the workshop equipped to use these skills immediately, in all aspects of life. |
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APRIL 2024 |
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Wednesday 17th April 13:00-14:00 Online Webinar Link to join |
Sustainable Respiratory Care & Greener Prescribing - Facilitated by Dr Rini Paul This short workshop has been developed by the NCL Training Hub and Education Leads to raise awareness of the importance of better asthma and COPD care, understand how we are doing in the UK (vs the rest of Europe), recognise at risk groups, explain the global warming potential of different inhaler types and how and who to use them with and build on the concept of GREENER more sustainable asthma care as well as providing tools and resources to support the implementation of change within daily practice. This is a teach the teachers model so the slides and lesson plan will be shared with you after the session so you can deliver the session yourself to your students and/or other colleagues. This is a Mastering Teaching Skills session part of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) workshop. For more information on how to apply for AoME please see below the calendar. |
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MAY 2024 |
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Wednesday 1th May 13:30-16:30 (F2F Addison House Room: 6.07) Link to book via database |
KITT (KUMEC Introduction to Teacher Training) course, facilitated by Drs Rini Paul and Laila Abdullah from the TD team with a welcome from Professor Anne Stephenson. This is aimed at new teachers who have not done an introductory teaching course elsewhere. It will include lesson planning, giving feedback, learning needs analysis and plenty of opportunity to practice new skills with students. This is a Mastering Teaching Skills session part of the Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) workshop. For more information on how to apply for AoME please see below the calendar. |
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Wednesday 15th May 09:00-12:30 |
Everything you need to know to be an Educational Supervisor in Stage 2* You only need to attend one of these sessions every 3 years* *External Event |
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JUNE 2024 |
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Wednesday 5th June 09:00 – 17:00 Hodgkin Building on Guys Campus |
Education and Care in Precarious Times (Annual GP Conference 2024)
Please join us! Sign up Now for our Annual GP Teachers Conference |
How to apply for The Academy of Medical Educators (AoME)
Any of our KUMEC teachers can sign up for the MTS workshops via teaching portal access in the usual way. The workshops can be undertaken with the aim of applying for AoME membership, or simply as part of your own ongoing continuing professional development.
If you would like to apply for membership of AoME, you will need to complete a reflective writing piece of work for three MTS workshops, over a course of two years. Titles can be found under workshop details in this handbook and will also be given out at each workshop.Your writing should reflect a personal account of your teaching, what you're learning from the workshop and wider reading has taught you, and how you plan to put this into action. It is a scholarly piece of work, so should contain references and be structured in a formal way, rather than a conversational style, for example avoiding contractions such as “didn’t”, “weren’t” etc. The Teacher Development Lead can support you with this, with previous examples and guidance on scholarly writing.
Written work should be submitted to the Teacher Development Leads for review and formative feedback. On completion of three pieces which have demonstrated progression and incorporating the feedback, you will be issued with a certificate of completion and, a reference for your AoME application, which you will need to submit with your application.
Further details can be found here: http://www.medicaleducators.org/write/MediaManager/Membership_Application_Guidance.pdf
Please keep an eye on our website (and newsletters) for more details of the workshops. You can sign up using the KUMEC portal if you have your login details and/or contacting our Teacher Development administrator or kumecteachers@kcl.ac.uk (some events will have different sign up methods/links).
You may also want to have a look at our KUMEC Teachers YouTube channel which has a growing number of short videos recorded on Educational Theory and Teaching remote consulting and online teaching sessions.
