RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improving diabetes and endocrinology specialty training with modest resources: the Health Education West Midlands model
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP e644
OP e647
DO 10.7861/fhj.2020-0091
VO 8
IS 3
A1 Punith Kempegowda
A1 Timothy D Robbins
A1 Kristien Boelaert
A1 Wiebke Arlt
A1 John Ayuk
A1 Sailesh Sankar
A1 Muhammad A Karamat
YR 2021
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/3/e644.abstract
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.