A year in the life of a PDA year in the life of a PD

Dr Sarah EganDr Sarah Egan

PD Milton KeynesPD Milton Keynes

What is a PD?What is a PD?

Program Director (Course Organiser)Program Director (Course Organiser) Oversee all aspects of trainingOversee all aspects of training 3 PDs 1-2 sessions per week3 PDs 1-2 sessions per week Hospital Based Hospital Based Tuesday day releaseTuesday day release

What is the role of a PD?What is the role of a PD?

ManagementManagement

RecruitmentRecruitment Training postsTraining posts AttendanceAttendance Trouble shootingTrouble shooting Budget holdingBudget holding

PastoralPastoral

TraineesTrainees TrainersTrainers Hospital ConsultantsHospital Consultants PD colleaguesPD colleagues Career guidanceCareer guidance

EducationEducation

FormativeFormative SummativeSummative Trainees and TrainersTrainees and Trainers

Quality assuranceQuality assurance

Trainers/Training PracticesTrainers/Training Practices Existing TrainersExisting Trainers Hospital and GP postsHospital and GP posts ARCP panelsARCP panels

Professional developmentProfessional development

Maintain up to date knowledge and skillsMaintain up to date knowledge and skills PD seminars and educational meetingsPD seminars and educational meetings TPD appraisalTPD appraisal

ResourcesResources

www.mkpostgrad.co.ukwww.mkpostgrad.co.uk www.bradfordvts.co.ukwww.bradfordvts.co.uk http://www.educatingthefuturegp.co.uk/http://www.educatingthefuturegp.co.uk/

03%20the%20programme%20director.html03%20the%20programme%20director.html www.ukapd.orgwww.ukapd.org www.gp-training.netwww.gp-training.net www.gpcurriculum.co.ukwww.gpcurriculum.co.uk www.rcgp-curriculum.org.ukwww.rcgp-curriculum.org.uk