Managing Multiple Learners
Cyrus Fernandes
Trainer and TPD Colchester
Background..
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Trainer in Harlow since 2007
TPD Colchester 2015
18,500 patients at current surgery
6 years ago- one trainer with one registrar
Today we have 3 trainers & 4 trainees; medical
students
• Between 2013-14 = 6 registrars
• Adopted Joint tutorials past 5 years…
Learning Needs….
Topics…
• Joint Tutorials…
Why is this important ? Trainee
perspective
• Increasingly practices have more then one
trainee..
• Trainees learn from each other
• Supportive environment for learners
• Opportunity to cover many aspects of
mandatory training (see later)
• Scope to cover broad areas in curriculum
(see later)
Why is this important- Training
practice perspective
• Joint Tutorials are a means of helping to
provide mandatory teaching for more then
one learner, but reducing impact of loss of
appointments from a trainer
• Rota impact- ease of one tutorial for all/
availability of duty.
Role of the trainer
• Need to an effective facilitator
• Skills required to ensure that all trainees
engage in the process.
• Planning required to ensure that each
trainee is aware of their role in the
tutorials. (next slide)
Group exercise
Role of the trainee
• All trainees have opportunity to discuss
cases from the week …
• ‘Younger’ trainees present guideline/hot
topic – in preparation for AKT
• More experienced trainees Role play ..
either from case discussed or guideline
• Agreement at end of tutorial on who
prepares for next weeks session…..
What can we cover ?
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WBPA- Professional conversion/ teaching
AKT preparation- e.g angina guideline
CSA preparation- e.g symptoms of angina
CBD
COT – reflection on video
Typical Tutorial at Lister…
• See handout
Challenges…
• Trainees who do not engage in team
approach/joint learning…
• Difficult trainees need more time- this
format does not always provide
• Dealing with trainees at different
experience levels.
• Time
Thoughts of trainees…
Thoughts of trainers….
Questions….