The JCST – Our Role in Surgical Education Sallie Nicholas Head of JCST

About the JCST An intercollegiate body working on behalf of the 4 Surgical Royal Colleges of the UK and Ireland Our mission: To develop, promote and ensure the highest possible standards of surgical training for the benefit of patients.

What we do – in brief Enrol trainees, monitor their progress, provide advice, make certification recommendations to the regulator(s) Develop the curriculum for 10 surgical specialties, core surgical training and professional and leadership skills – parent body for the ISCP Work to measure and improve the quality of training Support the General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) “equivalence” process for specialist registration – CESR Support national selection, workforce planning and policy development processes

Our Structure Main JCST – quarterly meetings, reporting to Joint Surgical Colleges 10 Specialty Advisory Committees 5 Training Interface Groups Core Surgical Training Committee Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP) governance structure Quality Assurance (QA Group) Simulation Group Selection Group

Who we work with Deaneries/LETBs and Schools of Surgery Trainee Groups Trainers Lay and patient groups General Medical Council (GMC) Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Government bodies

Some current developments Shape of Training review – focus now on safe emergency and acute care, flexibility, primary/secondary care interface and lifelong learning; Formal GMC recognition of trainers – from 2016 New GMC standards from 2016 – support, resources and time for educators Simulation within the surgical curriculum Generic professional capabilities and credentialing Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) Publication of outcome data – impact on training

Quality Improvement JCST trainee survey – new questions coming soon Quality indicators (QIs) – what each placement should offer Certification and benchmarking guidelines SAC Liaison Members support local Deanery/LETB activity GMC Annual Specialty Reports – opportunity to flag up good practice and problems.

Coming soon – ISCP v10 Final Beta followed by live release – check your accounts, but don’t upload anything new New platform and website Improved navigation Enhanced functionality e.g. mobile access Improved tools, e.g. revised WBA – promote reflection and feedback

Beta Site

V10 – coming later Rolling upgrades – to include Out of Programme Certification SAC Liaison Member area ENT Log Link to endoscopy logbook Links to eLearning

ISCP – other planned projects Introduction of a trainers’ portfolio Revision of the eLogbook – links with ISCP Research: Operative competency vs surgical experience Trainer written feedback – qualitative analysis