A Career in medical education

Developing as an educator

The Medical Education SocietyFebruary 2014

Dr Mark Lillicrap

Reflecting on being a teacher

What have you learnt about clinical teaching?What did you enjoy about it?

What is different to what you expected?What would you do differently next time?What would you tell someone else about

being a clinical teacher?

Developing your career

What does your ideal job look like?

Where does teaching/education fit into your ideal job?

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I want to do a bit of teaching like everyone else does

I want to be seen as a teacher/educator– someone who people might expect to deliver teaching

I want teaching to be a significant component of my job– someone who co-ordinates teaching programmes– someone involved in planning teaching delivery– someone viewed as having teaching expertise

I want to be seen as a teacher/educator– someone who people might expect to deliver teaching

– someone with some teaching commitments in their job plan

I want to have a research interest in medical education

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Doctor

Co-ordinator of medical education

Medical Educator

Researcher in medical education

A Career in medical educationRecognition as a Medical EducatorHigher Education Academy (Associate Fellowship)The Academy of Medical Educators (Membership)

Recognition as a co-ordinator of Medical EducationPostgraduate Certificate in Medical Education

Recognition as a researcher in Medical EducationMasters in Medical EducationPhDPublications

A Career in medical educationRecognition as a Medical EducatorHigher Education Academy (Associate Fellowship)The Academy of Medical Educators (Membership)

Recognition as a co-ordinator of Medical EducationPostgraduate Certificate in Medical Education

Recognition as a researcher in Medical EducationMasters in Medical EducationPhDPublications

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• Professional recognition (Standards framework)

• Associate Fellow (AFHEA) – Standard Descriptor 1• Fellow (FHEA) – Standard

Descriptor 2• Senior Fellow (SFHEA) – Standard Descriptor 3

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• Standard Descriptor 1 (an Associate Fellow)• Demonstrates an understanding of the student learning

experience in at least 2 of the 6 areas of activity• Appropriate core knowledge and professional values• Ability to incorporate research, scholarship and professional

practice into their areas of activity

Exampleshigher education teaching staff with no prior qualification or experiencestaff whose role includes a small range of teaching and learning support activity

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• Areas of activity (2 of 6)1. Design and planning of learning activities2. Teaching and supporting student learning3. Assessment and giving feedback to learners4. Developing effective environments/support5. Integration of scholarship research and professional activities

with teaching and learning6. Evaluation of practice and CPD

• Core Knowledge• Professional Values

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• Areas of activity (2 of 6)1. Design and planning of learning activities2. Teaching and supporting student learning3. Assessment and giving feedback to learners4. Developing effective environments/support5. Integration of scholarship research and professional activities

with teaching and learning6. Evaluation of practice and CPD

• Core Knowledge• Professional Values

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• Areas of activity (2 of 6)• Core knowledge

1. The subject material2. Appropriate methods for teaching and learning in the subject

area (at the level required)3. How students learn4. Appropriate learning technologies5. How to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching6. Quality assurance

• Professional Values

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• Areas of activity (2 of 6)• Core knowledge• Professional Values

1. Respect for individual learners2. Commitment to incorporating relevant research, scholarship

and professional practive 3. Commitment to development of learning communities4. Commitment to encourage participation in higher education.5. Commitment to continuing professional development and

evaluation of practice

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How do you get recognised as an Associate Fellow of the HEA?

Have had approximately a year of teaching experience and:

1)Completing a recognised professional development programme (e.g. The Clinical Supervisor Staff Development Programme)

OR

2) By individual application

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In future likely to be important:- GMC- Accreditation as an Educator

The Academy of Medical Educators

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Associate Membership – early careers educators

Membership – professionally involved in medical education - MAoME

Fellowship – a broad contribution to or significant acheivements in medical education - FAoME

The Academy of Medical Educators

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Associate Membership – £10/year as a student

Membership – MAoME - £110/year

Fellowship – FAoME - £135/year

The Academy of Medical Educators

Academy of Medical Educators

Please write a short reflective piece (no more than 500 words) exploring your professional practice as a medical educator, based on the Core Values of the Academy of Medical Educators’ Professional Standards 2012 (pp12-14). Please see note 2. The core values underpin the professional practice and development of medical educators and cover:

Quality (improvement in healthcare)Respect (for learners, patients and public, colleagues)IntegrityScholarship

A Career in medical educationRecognition as a Medical EducatorHigher Education Academy (Associate Fellowship)The Academy of Medical Educators (Membership)

Recognition as a co-ordinator of Medical EducationPostgraduate Certificate in Medical Education

Recognition as a researcher in Medical EducationMasters in Medical EducationPhDPublications

A Career in medical educationRecognition as a Medical EducatorHigher Education Academy (Associate Fellowship)The Academy of Medical Educators (Membership)

Recognition as a co-ordinator of Medical EducationPostgraduate Certificate in Medical Education

Recognition as a researcher in Medical EducationMasters in Medical EducationPhDPublications

A Career in medical education

A Career in medical educationRecognition as a Medical EducatorHigher Education Academy (Associate Fellowship)The Academy of Medical Educators (Membership)

Recognition as a co-ordinator of Medical EducationPostgraduate Certificate in Medical Education

Recognition as a researcher in Medical EducationMasters in Medical EducationPhDPublications

Scholarship in medical education

Membership of JASME is open to all full time undergraduate healthcare students and juniors (up to FY2 Doctor level or equivalent) and includes:•Regular Electronic Newsletter outlining upcoming prizes, events and discussing medical education topics•Access to JASME prizes, grants and educational awards•Places on JASME’s Workshops/Focus Groups and Introductory research courses•Online access to ASME's journals, Medical Education & The Clinical Teacher•Discounts on registration fees for all of ASME's courses, conferences and workshops

£20/year

Scholarship and research

Academic Foundation Programmes

Academic Foundation Programmes in Medical Education

Usually qualitative research work basedMay link with PGCert in Medical EducationUsually link with teaching responsibilities.

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