+ Miss Katrina Butcher General Surgery ST4, Severn Deanery Treasurer of TASME

+ The next 15 minutes… What is TASME? The aims of TASME Progress to date and future plans TASME and you

+ ASME - the birthplace of TASME Dedicated forum for anything related to medical education

+ What ASME can offer you? Access to Clinical Teacher and the Medical Education journals plus ASME publications + CPD points Attendance at the ASM will fulfil even more of your own CPD points in medical education for your appraisal

+ Where did TASME come from? TASME (Trainee Association for the Study of Medical Education) is a special interest group of ASME (Association for the Study of Medical Education).

+ What is TASME? Aims to support trainee involvement in medical education and teaching. It is run by a committee of doctors in training from a number of specialties, with the support of the ASME executive committee. New and developing group Promote scholarship in medical education

+ TASME Committee Chairs – Duncan Still GP ST2 (Severn) & David Little Radiology SpR (Severn) Treasurer – Kat Butcher, Surgical SpR, (Severn) Secretary – Julia Vasant (Severn) Events/Workshop Leads – Ping-Yi Kuo, Anaesthetics SpR (London) & Duncan Shrewsbury, Foundation Doctor (Peninsula) Research Leads – Rakesh Patel, ACF (East Midlands) & Cliff Shelton, CTF (East Midlands) Communications Team – Jim McHugh, Opth SpR (London), Esther Mitchell, CTF (West Midlands), Victoria Tippett, Resp SpR (Oxford) Regional Hub Coordinator – Isabelle Hancock, ACCS ST1 (Severn) Social Coordinator – Zoe Cousland, Renal SpR (Scotland)

+ TASME Aims Create a forum for trainees Promote training in medical education and research. Education research initiated by trainees. To promote on-going involvement. Influence medical education policy and practice.

+ Progress to date Formal relationship with ASME/JASME Website, Facebook, Twitter Newsletter Links to other organisations AoME, HEA, AoMRC 2012 ASM Workshops, Social event, networking, hustings Regional hubs and regional events

+ Regional hubs

+ Events for 2013 Conferences East Midlands Winter Conference, 19 th Jan 2013,University Hospitals Leicester along side a HEA workshop. TASME 1 st Annual Conference: Exploring Teaching Opportunities for Trainees, 16 th March 2013, Warwick Medical School, Coventry. ASM 2013 (July) Prize (TASME Teaching Innovation and Excellence Award) Workshops, Social events, Hustings for committee August 2013 – an event for new teaching fellows ‘How to get the most out of your teaching fellow job’

+ Other plans for 2013 Developing regional hubs Bulid links with other SIGs within ASME (JASME, ERG, TEL) Recognition from other institution Newsletter

+ TASME and you – what can we do for each other? TASME can for you; Be an access portal for increasing medical education knowledge for all of your trainees Be a group with a unique outlook on how education and curriculums can be developed What you can do for TASME; Spread the message about TASME and the work we aim to do, to all of your trainees Get us involved in policy, curriculum design, educational practice at local, regional, national levels

+ Joining TASME Membership is open to all trainees from (end of) FY2 to CCT. In order to join TASME you should be a fully paid up member of ASME. Join ASME Reduced rate Mention TASME Benefits of ASME and TASME

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