RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 COVID-19 pandemic personal development plan: A model for maximising higher specialty training
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP e80
OP e83
DO 10.7861/fhj.2020-0057
VO 7
IS 3
A1 Jatinder S Minhas
A1 Daniel Pan
A1 Shirley Sze
A1 Manish Pareek
A1 Chris J Miller
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/3/e80.abstract
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.