Trainer re-approval no longer feels like this!

 

 

The GP Trainer re-approval process has recently changed in 2008.  Trainers are now being asked to attend a two day Teaching Quality Assurance Seminar (TQA).  This seminar forms part of the new GP Trainer re-approval process and takes the place of the routine practice visit which often had limited time for review and discussion of teaching, trainer and practice development.

The two day TQA seminar

 

Pre-course work

You must complete the Trainer Re-approval Form (click) and return it to Deanery four weeks prior to the seminar.

 

Your Programme Director also completes an approval form about you and your practice (click).

 

Prepare the following which will be used as resources for the seminar and for group discussion. 

 

• Copies of your teaching programme for your GPStR.
• Last 2 Tynedale questionnaires filled in by your GPStR (you should have been sent copies of these, if not these can be obtained from your Postgraduate Centre).
• A copy of the teaching and training section of your last NHS appraisal and / or your trainer appraisal.
• A recent video / DVD recording of your teaching on a consultation with your GPStR using the Consultation Observation Tool (COT).
• A video / DVD of a random case analysis with your GPStR.
• A video / DVD of your teaching with the nMRCGP Case-based Discussion (CbD).

 

 

On the Day

• You will work in small groups with a facilitator looking at RCA, CBD and consultation skills teaching.
• You will have an opportunity to reflect on the other educational opportunities provided for your registrar in the practice.
• You will have an opportunity to discuss your own development and learning needs as a trainer and to plan how these will be addressed.
• You will have an opportunity to discuss the new workplace based assessment process.
• The seminar will be interactive and your feedback will contribute to the development of this process for your colleagues.

Don't forget to see our tips and tools for delivering successful COTs, CBD and RCA.