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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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!

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

14. 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

15. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development For further information… Medical Education juliereid1@nhs.net (east) Health Inequalities Kirsten.mcinnes@nhs.net (east) Rural charmian_collingwood@hotmail.com (Orkney) malcsimmons@hotmail.com (Berwick) alfibrown@hotmail.com (Wigtownshire) hannahmacleod@nhs.net (Skye) Academic michaelnorbury1@aol.com (Dundee)