PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Punith Kempegowda
AU  - Timothy D Robbins
AU  - Kristien Boelaert
AU  - Wiebke Arlt
AU  - John Ayuk
AU  - Sailesh Sankar
AU  - Muhammad A Karamat
TI  - Improving diabetes and endocrinology specialty training with modest resources: the Health Education West Midlands model
AID  - 10.7861/fhj.2020-0091
DP  - 2021 Nov 01
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - e644--e647
VI  - 8
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/3/e644.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/3/e644.full
SO  - Future Healthc J2021 Nov 01; 8
AB  - Introduction In the current pandemic, there is a significant disruption for medical training. It is essential that clinicians can access high-quality, targeted educational content to support their clinical working and training development. This content must be delivered on a background of increasing clinical pressures and budgetary restrictions.Methods Educational innovations and supplementary educational content (such as digitisation, simulation, curriculum mapping, trainee representative role definition, research and innovation training) were implemented. We measured the impact of these interventions on cost reductions and changes in trainees’ self-reported confidence levels to manage various clinical scenarios post-interventions.Results Using digital technologies reduced both costs and administrative burdens. Simulation-based learning helped improve trainees’ self-reported confidence levels.Conclusion Collaborative working across training programme directors, specialist training committee members, educational supervisors, trainee representatives and trainees themselves can develop high-quality educational programmes that support clinical exposure. We propose that elements of the model described here can be replicated across regions and different specialties to support the highest quality of education for UK trainees.