PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jatinder S Minhas
AU  - Daniel Pan
AU  - Shirley Sze
AU  - Manish Pareek
AU  - Chris J Miller
TI  - COVID-19 pandemic personal development plan: A model for maximising higher specialty training
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0057
DP  - 2020 Aug 03
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - fhj.2020-0057
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/28/fhj.2020-0057.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2020/07/28/fhj.2020-0057.full
AB  - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to multiple service delivery changes across acute care sectors in the UK. Due to increased responsibility for care of COVID-19 patients, medical trainees across all specialties might experience difficulty in achieving certain competencies for their training curriculum due to changes in learning opportunities. While there might be a tendency to perceive these changes negatively in terms of the impact on training, we think this unprecedented situation might present a unique learning opportunity. A group of geriatric medicine trainees and trainers devised an innovative, forward-thinking specific training plan based on existing Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board geriatric medicine curricula, encouraging development of a personal development plan (PDP) tailored to the pandemic. This model could be considered for all specialty training curricula, providing a proactive approach to optimising training during the pandemic. By formulating a ‘pandemic PDP’ early and considering methods to maximise learning, training needs can be met even in these extraordinary times.