Teaching Fellows in Surgery

Job responsibilities

A) THE TEACHING COMMITMENT

The teaching will involve a range of activities such as tutorials, skills laboratory, bedside teaching, and dedicated teaching clinics on an out-patient basis. To teach on medical simulation training sessions for Foundation doctors.

Time is allocated for preparation of tutorials, lectures & teaching materials such as handouts. The teaching fellow will be also encouraged to show initiative & develop other teaching ideas such as student case presentations and student grand rounds and role playing. All teaching should be patient-centred approach.

A major emphasis of the teaching will be focused on the core curriculum and clinical skills required for the year 3 students during their main 8-week medical/surgical attachment to the campus. There will also be basic clinical teaching of a very general clinical nature to the two-week introductory course in year 2 in December & March and year 1 in May (with the emphasis on history taking) and a subsequent 8-week secondment at the start of year 3 (with the emphasis on system clinical examination).

Post holder will supervise and co-ordinate acute takes and major surgery lists provide small teaching and surgical skills teaching at Northwick Park and to help with Thursday afternoon surgical lecture programme.

Although the focus is mainly on Year 3 students the TF will have commitment as a Tutor for the Final Year 6 Students from August to December. This will take form of a lecture-based course and small group bedside teaching. The TF will be expected to play an integral role in the organisation and delivery of this course e.g., PACES and OSCE stations.

In addition to teaching undergraduates the post-holder may be asked to teach on one of the many postgraduate courses run on the site, where relevant to their chosen discipline, and to the in-house junior staff both medical and non-medical

Organisational Responsibilities

There will be a strong organisational role. This will involve helping the Undergraduate Co-ordinators and DCS on the campus to draw up the medical teaching timetables for year one, year two-and year three. There may also be involvement in helping to establish a patient data base for use in dedicated teaching clinics. The teaching fellow will also be expected to co-ordinate the end of attachment Mock OSCE, mark the Extended Case Assessments & prepare and mark other small tests. They will help organise the clinical component of the final MBBS if held on the site. He/she will become an OSCE examiner after suitable training and may be involved with simulation equipment teaching after suitable training. Once a year to teach on SIM session at Chelsea in Westminster Hospital.

Example of Teaching Commitments per week

(When full complement of students is on site)

• bedside & topic teaching
• specialist teaching clinic
• teaching clinics in main surgical outpatients
• final year teaching
• history taking &/or demonstration of system examination.
• clinical skills lab
• preparation of teaching materials (handouts & tutorials etc)
• organisational activities

SECONDMENT DATES FOR THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC YEAR & LIKELY DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH STUDENT YEAR GROUP

(All students are allocated to specific Surgical Firms)

• Year 1 (attachment for 2 weeks mid-May)

• Introduction day
• 1 Skills Session
• Debrief Session

• Year 2 (attachment for 2 weeks from mid-December and 2 weeks in March)

o Mainly history taking,

o Contribute to introduction day.

o Debrief session.

o 1 Skills session & Simulation Session

Year 3 attachment for:

a) 8 weeks from mid- October to December

b) 2nd 8 week from 1st week January to March

c) 3rd 8 from middle March to June

o Examination of the systems

o Contribute to introduction day

o Surgical tutorials

o Teaching clinics

o Teaching ward rounds

o Bedside teaching; weekly in wards hearing student case presentation & demonstrating relevant clinical signs.

o Liaising with firms SpRs & SHOs/F1,2

o Skills Teaching

o Monitoring student portfolios

o Marking extended Case Studies

o OSCE Instructor for the Formative Revision Session & examiner for the Year 3 OSCE (after training)

o Other teaching initiatives

• Year 6
  • Tutor for a group of final year students.
  • Teaching on final year revision course
  • Co-ordinate Year 6 PACEs at Northwick Park and recruit patients for the exams
  • Blood cultures Plus IV access skills training
  • NG Tube and Revision session in skills lab
  • Orthopaedic teaching Year 5

Post Graduate Degree/Education

Successful applicants will be encouraged to avail themselves of some of the modular courses leading to certificates in medical education. Some previous post holders have embarked on masters degrees in Med Ed, on a part time modular basis.

Weekly teaching timetable

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Skills lab (when surgical topic)

Teaching Final years

Education

Sim teaching PG

Education

Bedside teaching -Year 6

Skills lab

CMS 2 firms

Teaching year 3 Bedside teaching CMS 2 firms

Skills lab during surgical topics

Education

Surgical Topic teaching to all year 3 surgical students

Year 6 NG Tube skills lab

Skills lab

Office Accommodation

The teaching fellows share an office and have access to computing facilities as well as administrative secretarial help via each campus Undergraduate office. Regular meetings and reviews are held with the DCS.

Research

It is anticipated that the teaching fellows will develop a research interest. This can be the candidates own idea or selected from projects proposed by the consultant surgical staff at Northwick Park or St Marks. The appropriate consultant surgeon would supervise the in-house project. Research assigned to Med Ed would be supervised by Dr Sharif.

Clinical Responsibilities

Northwick Park site the clinical responsibilities will include undergraduate teaching clinics. And the post holder if appropriate will participate on the Out of Hours service, if agreed by the DCS and relevant Clinical Director.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS

Desirable

• BSc equivalent

Registration

Essential

• Full GMC registration

Knowledge

Essential

• Completed basic general surgical training.
• Presented at clinical/scientific meeting.

Desirable

• Registrar Level experience
• NHS experience within the last 2 years

Training

Essential

• A senior House Officer Surgical Rotation

Desirable

• Specialist Registrar Training

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates.

Desirable

• Have attended teach the teachers courses or equivalent.

Management and Audit

Essential

• Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications.
• Designated rotas

Research/publications

Essential

• Knowledge of research methodology.
• To have shown an interest and have been involved in audit projects.

Desirable

• Previous projects and/or publications/presentations at meetings.

Language

Essential

• Speaks and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements specially for teaching undergraduates.

Personal Skills

Essential

• Effective team member Good organisational skills Effective communication skills Able to relate to students as well as colleague's senior and junior. Flexibility and adaptability

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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