Introducing
“Measuring
Professionalism”
Forms
Dr Viktoria Joynes
Interim Director of Studies,
School of Medicine,
University of Liverpool
Spring / Summer 2016
“Concern Forms” – completed when staff had major
concerns about student behaviours
Sense from staff that ‘minor’ concerns were not
important enough to be recorded as receiving a concern
form went onto permanent record
Concern that we were missing the bigger picture
Spring / Summer 2016
The “Measuring Professionalism” Form
-Designed by School and Trust staff
-Can be submitted electronically or on paper
-Covers both ‘minor’ and ‘major’ concerns
-Stopped accepting concern forms, discussed in all meetings
from July 2016 onwards, emails out to all NHS partners, in
all student handbooks, students introduced to form at start of
academic year
Process
-Submitted to one central point in School
-Emails of acknowledgement to student and staff; meetings with
wellbeing team, HoY, DoS, HoS as appropriate – then follow-up
-ALL forms reviewed once a term by newly formed
“Professionalism Panel” – to look at patterns of behaviour /
students receiving multiple forms
-Professionalism Panel terms of reference include ability to send
students to Progress Panels based upon concerns about
professional behaviours
-Complete clarity over possible outcomes for all parties
The picture…to April 2017
Year group
Students
receiving forms
Number of forms
issued
1
77
102
2
31
37
3
30
35
4
50
56
5
16
19
Total
204
249
April 2017
Concluding thoughts…
-Every case is different and needs a different / appropriate response
-Early remediation can avoid SOME later concerning behaviours
-The Liverpool view is that this is very important at the moment:
-PhD study (Dr S. Brockbank)
-Come and talk to us about sharing best practice
-Measuring professionalism is “another part” of the picture
that we all need – but remediation is not convincing without insight…
The bigger picture…?