Educational Solutions for Workforce Development GP Fellowships Julie Reid Medical Education Fellow GPST3 Careers Afternoon

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Fellowships 1 year posts offered by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Opportunity to develop special interest and exposure to different options for future career 3 currently available: –Medical Education –Health Inequalities –Remote and rural Academic – employed by University rather than NES

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Important Info! Salary – ST4 with 45% supplement Study Budget - £1,000 6 weeks annual leave pro rata Advertised now! Closing date Friday 12 th February Interviews March

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Medical Education Fellowship 4 posts at 0.5 wte (1 in each Deanery – East, West, North and South East) 5 sessions No clinical work – own responsibility Encouraged to work towards postgraduate medical education qualification Involved in Postgraduate teaching Research or project

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Typical working week – Medical Education MorningAfternoon MondayLocum TuesdayGPST teaching WednesdayUndergraduate meetingWork on emodule ThursdayUndergraduate teaching Certificate of Med Ed FridayLocum

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Pros –Enhanced CV –Flexible –Qualification +/- publication/poster –New/different skills –Job for a year –Variety Cons –Unstructured –Juggling different commitments –Need to be motivated for PGCertMedEd

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Health Inequalities Fellowship 3 posts (1 wte West, 0.5 wte South East, 0.5 wte East) ‘Introduction to the challenges of delivering primary care to a deprived population’ 5 sessions – mixture of academic and clinical Clinical sessions (2 or 3) in GP practice in deprived area Encouraged to pursue postgraduate qualification and/or research project

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Typical Working Week – Health Inequalities MorningAfternoon MondayLochee surgery TuesdayResearch project WednesdayUndergraduate meetingCertificate in Drug Misuse ThursdayLocum Friday

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Pros –Job for a year –Clinical work involved to keep skills up –Flexible Cons –Unstructured –No other health inequality work so isolated

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Remote and Rural Fellowship 11 posts this year (1 part time) –Borders, Aberfeldy, Auchterarder, Arran, Orkney, Wigtonshire, Skye Work and live in remote countryside Develop skills in remote and rural general practice 6 months service & 6 months education Enhanced study budget

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Pros –Job for a year –Generous study leave & budget –Chance to work and live in remote countryside –Opportunity to see a lot of pathology Cons –A lot of travelling between remote places –Can be very remote – only doctor on call 24/7 –Not suitable for people with family

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Academic Fellowship Employed by University Combines clinical work with teaching, research and management –Teaching – curriculum development, assessment –Research in area of interest, publications –Networking!

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Typical Working Week MorningAfternoon MondayResearch TuesdayClinical work WednesdayCurriculum meetingResearch ThursdayResearchTeaching med students FridayMSc study

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Pros –Variety – no week the same –Stimulating –Flexible –Potential to influence future practice via research Cons –Often require working evenings & weekends to get work finished –Need to be motivated and self-disciplined –Lonely

Educational Solutions for Workforce Development For further information… Medical Education (east) Health Inequalities (east) Rural (Orkney) (Berwick) (Wigtownshire) (Skye) Academic (Dundee)