GPME May event 2017 - workshops in detail
THURSDAY MORNING - SESSION 1
Exploring the introduction of Balint groups for GP registrars working with people from different cultural and ethnic minority groups
Bambi Ward, Frank Meumann
This interactive workshop will focus on two main themes:
Bambi Ward, Frank Meumann
This interactive workshop will focus on two main themes:
- The NT experience of Balint groups for registrars doing an Aboriginal health term. This involves Medical Educators working in partnership Aboriginal Cultural Educators
- Ways this model could be used as an example of teaching registrars an approach to working with different cultural and ethnic minority groups in other RTOs
Qualitative Change Management: using research and management principles to evaluate complex processes in your organisation
Andrew Webster, Graham Emblen
When a complex process isn’t working well, it is tempting to just change the way you’re doing it and try something else. This constant change without analysis or evaluation can be stressful for both employees and consumers. All medical educators will relate to the need for frequent change within our organisations due to the shifting goalposts of AGPT, Colleges and local training requirements.
In this presentation, we will recount and experience of using a blended evaluation approach using qualitative research methods and business principles to guide a complex process change. In this case, we explain the review of Training Advisor Meetings within our Regional Training Organisation (RTO) and describe some of the benefits of using a proactive evaluation approach to change.
Target audience – New medical educators, Medical educators, Senior/lead medical educators
Andrew Webster, Graham Emblen
When a complex process isn’t working well, it is tempting to just change the way you’re doing it and try something else. This constant change without analysis or evaluation can be stressful for both employees and consumers. All medical educators will relate to the need for frequent change within our organisations due to the shifting goalposts of AGPT, Colleges and local training requirements.
In this presentation, we will recount and experience of using a blended evaluation approach using qualitative research methods and business principles to guide a complex process change. In this case, we explain the review of Training Advisor Meetings within our Regional Training Organisation (RTO) and describe some of the benefits of using a proactive evaluation approach to change.
Target audience – New medical educators, Medical educators, Senior/lead medical educators
Translating educational research into practice in the Australian GP training program
Parker Magin, Tony Saltis
In medical education, as in clinical medicine, evidence-based practice is essential. Research to produce the evidence that will underpin Australian general practice vocational education and training must be generated in contexts that are generalizable to the Australian GP training setting.
With ERG grants and RTP/RTO research initiatives such as the ReCEnT project, in the past several years there been an appreciable increase in research capability within Australian general practice education and training. There has been a marked increase in the locally generated evidence available to RTOs, Medical Educators and supervisors to inform their educational practice.
In this workshop we will briefly review some of the evidence generated by the research of a group of RTPs/RTOs:
Target audience – All medical educators
Parker Magin, Tony Saltis
In medical education, as in clinical medicine, evidence-based practice is essential. Research to produce the evidence that will underpin Australian general practice vocational education and training must be generated in contexts that are generalizable to the Australian GP training setting.
With ERG grants and RTP/RTO research initiatives such as the ReCEnT project, in the past several years there been an appreciable increase in research capability within Australian general practice education and training. There has been a marked increase in the locally generated evidence available to RTOs, Medical Educators and supervisors to inform their educational practice.
In this workshop we will briefly review some of the evidence generated by the research of a group of RTPs/RTOs:
- Epidemiological evidence suggestive of topic areas in which registrars have particular difficulties or learning needs.
- Epidemiological evidence for areas in which registrars struggle to obtain quality in-practice experience
- Epidemiological evidence for the effect of GP training on particular problematic clinical evidence-practice gaps
- Evidence for the effectiveness of particular educational interventions
Target audience – All medical educators
THURSDAY AFTERNOON - SESSION 3
Scenarios in social media
Edmund Poliness, Patrick Kinsella
Both EVGPT and MCCC have developed some scenarios based around registrars’ use of Social Media and potential issues which may arise. These are used in facilitated small group discussions to allow peer reflection and discussion in some of the more “grey” and evolving areas of our craft and professional interactions.
This workshop will begin with participants experiencing the scenarios – then look to developing scenarios of their own in small groups…..to be used as a GPME Shared Resource.
Target audience – All medical educators
Edmund Poliness, Patrick Kinsella
Both EVGPT and MCCC have developed some scenarios based around registrars’ use of Social Media and potential issues which may arise. These are used in facilitated small group discussions to allow peer reflection and discussion in some of the more “grey” and evolving areas of our craft and professional interactions.
This workshop will begin with participants experiencing the scenarios – then look to developing scenarios of their own in small groups…..to be used as a GPME Shared Resource.
Target audience – All medical educators
An interactive technique demonstrating the application of Random Case Analysis
Taras Mikulin
This interactive workshop will demonstrate how Random Case Analysis (RCA) may be used to help registrars improve their clinical practice, or assist supervisors to identify registrars in difficulty. Using the techniques of improvisational theatre, the workshop represents a fun activity with a serious objective.
Target audience – All medical educators
Taras Mikulin
This interactive workshop will demonstrate how Random Case Analysis (RCA) may be used to help registrars improve their clinical practice, or assist supervisors to identify registrars in difficulty. Using the techniques of improvisational theatre, the workshop represents a fun activity with a serious objective.
Target audience – All medical educators
Education Theory in action, Introduction for New Medical educators
Graham Lee
Researched theory is the foundation on which best practice starts from. For a new medical educator, this workshop will introduce education theory which may be familiar to experienced educators, but are often exciting new concepts for the first time teacher. This workshop will introduce foundation education principles as published by George Miller (competency) and John Biggs (constructive alignment).
Participants will have the opportunity to put these into practice by designing a mock teaching session in small group setting. The workshop will also discuss opportunities for further personal learning and development.
Target audience - New medical educators
Graham Lee
Researched theory is the foundation on which best practice starts from. For a new medical educator, this workshop will introduce education theory which may be familiar to experienced educators, but are often exciting new concepts for the first time teacher. This workshop will introduce foundation education principles as published by George Miller (competency) and John Biggs (constructive alignment).
Participants will have the opportunity to put these into practice by designing a mock teaching session in small group setting. The workshop will also discuss opportunities for further personal learning and development.
Target audience - New medical educators
Exploring and teaching the art of general practice
Rohan Kerr, Frank Meumann
The skills required for clinical reasoning, rational test ordering, formation of professional identity, development of a patient centred approach and management and tolerance of uncertainty develop over time.
It is difficult to teach these skills and concepts at a single workshop; fostering an awareness and having multiple touch points on these topics throughout training may enhance Registrar’s ability to develop these skills.
Participants will interview each other in pairs to talk about their medical education/learning journey. They will then relate their journeys to times when they have been receptive to developing these skills and what factors have influenced this. Participants will relate these discussions to Registrar teaching.
Target audience – All medical educators
Rohan Kerr, Frank Meumann
The skills required for clinical reasoning, rational test ordering, formation of professional identity, development of a patient centred approach and management and tolerance of uncertainty develop over time.
It is difficult to teach these skills and concepts at a single workshop; fostering an awareness and having multiple touch points on these topics throughout training may enhance Registrar’s ability to develop these skills.
Participants will interview each other in pairs to talk about their medical education/learning journey. They will then relate their journeys to times when they have been receptive to developing these skills and what factors have influenced this. Participants will relate these discussions to Registrar teaching.
Target audience – All medical educators
FRIDAY MORNING - SESSION 4
Simulation in general practice – what to do without machines that go ‘bing’
Paul Grinzi
‘Simulation’ within medical education has often focused on critical care scenarios, often emergency medicine based. Its inclusion within GP training has been minimised, often due to concerns about the applicability of this training, the resources required and the skills needed to run an effective simulation training session.
This workshop will delve further into these challenges and then focus upon areas where simulation lend themselves to GP training scenarios.
The key components of effective simulation will be described. With this knowledge, participants will then develop their own simulation session plans to utilise in their own regional/clinic teaching.
Target audience – Medical educators, Senior/lead medical educators, Medical educator/GP supervisors
Paul Grinzi
‘Simulation’ within medical education has often focused on critical care scenarios, often emergency medicine based. Its inclusion within GP training has been minimised, often due to concerns about the applicability of this training, the resources required and the skills needed to run an effective simulation training session.
This workshop will delve further into these challenges and then focus upon areas where simulation lend themselves to GP training scenarios.
The key components of effective simulation will be described. With this knowledge, participants will then develop their own simulation session plans to utilise in their own regional/clinic teaching.
Target audience – Medical educators, Senior/lead medical educators, Medical educator/GP supervisors
Crowd Control – improving your facilitation skills - PART 1
Graham Emblen, Rebecca Stewart, John Buckley
Managing groups is a very common part of many medical educators role. Having a knowledge of core presentation skills and small group dynamics and your role within these dynamics can make your job both easier and more interesting. As such this workshop is designed to provide any person responsible for presentations and small group management with a framework for understanding small group process, and dealing with the different behaviours in a small group.
You will get a chance to get inside the head of some experienced medical educators in relation to how they make decisions and manage groups.
Target audience – Registrar medical educators, New medical educators, medical educators
Graham Emblen, Rebecca Stewart, John Buckley
Managing groups is a very common part of many medical educators role. Having a knowledge of core presentation skills and small group dynamics and your role within these dynamics can make your job both easier and more interesting. As such this workshop is designed to provide any person responsible for presentations and small group management with a framework for understanding small group process, and dealing with the different behaviours in a small group.
You will get a chance to get inside the head of some experienced medical educators in relation to how they make decisions and manage groups.
Target audience – Registrar medical educators, New medical educators, medical educators
The role and career of a medical educator - PART 1
George Zaharias
Through general discussion, video and small group discussion the objectives of this workshop are
Target audience – All medical educators
George Zaharias
Through general discussion, video and small group discussion the objectives of this workshop are
- To list the roles of a medical educator
- To define the competencies of an effective medical educator
- To list what is currently available for the development and enhancement of medical educator skills
- To explore possibilities for a career path for medical educator
Target audience – All medical educators
FRIDAY AFTERNOON - SESSION 5
Inspiring registrars to become educators
Catherine Casey, Marisa Magiros
According to the RACGP, Medical Educators are GPs with a passion for education. GP Supervisors are not only GPs who teach, but also people who inspire and support the next generation of GPs through their years of training.
This session will be an opportunity for MEs to share stories of their journey into Medical Education and Supervision. We will describe the people who were instrumental in inspiring us to teach. We will consider the fears and barriers we overcame in this journey.
The aim of the workshop is to learn from the collective wisdom of the Educators present in considering how we might inspire Registrars to become Medical Educators and Supervisors for the benefit of future GP Registrars and the future of quality General Practice.
Target audience – All medical educators
Catherine Casey, Marisa Magiros
According to the RACGP, Medical Educators are GPs with a passion for education. GP Supervisors are not only GPs who teach, but also people who inspire and support the next generation of GPs through their years of training.
This session will be an opportunity for MEs to share stories of their journey into Medical Education and Supervision. We will describe the people who were instrumental in inspiring us to teach. We will consider the fears and barriers we overcame in this journey.
The aim of the workshop is to learn from the collective wisdom of the Educators present in considering how we might inspire Registrars to become Medical Educators and Supervisors for the benefit of future GP Registrars and the future of quality General Practice.
Target audience – All medical educators
Use your existing clinical skills to identify, diagnose and manage trainees at risk
Dale Hanson, Jan Hanson
Experienced clinicians have no reason to be intimidated by educational assessment and remediation. Bring along your cases and together we will apply clinical problem solving skills you already have to the challenge of managing the trainee at risk.
As in clinical medicine, accurate history and examination, evidence informed treatment optimised to meet your clients’ particular needs, reinforced by a supportive environment is the pathway to effective educational intervention.
Target audience – All medical educators
Dale Hanson, Jan Hanson
Experienced clinicians have no reason to be intimidated by educational assessment and remediation. Bring along your cases and together we will apply clinical problem solving skills you already have to the challenge of managing the trainee at risk.
As in clinical medicine, accurate history and examination, evidence informed treatment optimised to meet your clients’ particular needs, reinforced by a supportive environment is the pathway to effective educational intervention.
Target audience – All medical educators
Crowd Control – improving your facilitation skills - PART 2
Graham Emblen, Rebecca Stewart, John Buckley
Continuation of morning workshop
Graham Emblen, Rebecca Stewart, John Buckley
Continuation of morning workshop
The role and career of a medical educator - PART 2
George Zaharias
Continuation of morning workshop
George Zaharias
Continuation of morning workshop
