Careers Support Training Workshop

The aim of this practical half day workshop is to equip faculty with the skills and knowledge that they need to assist trainees with their choice of specialty.

The aim is to equip participants with:

• an understanding of the 4 stage framework for providing careers support
• an understanding of the key skills that underpin effective careers support
• knowledge of relevant careers resources
• a commitment to embedding careers support in the foundation programme
• an opportunity to discuss situations where the provision of careers support has been more problematic

Facilitated by medical specialist colleagues from University of London Careers Service.  This workshop is aimed at those who have a role in supervising trainees who are preparing to make a specialty choice. This workshop is relevant for those who supervise foundation trainees and core medical trainees as well as Directors of Medical Education, Faculty Careers Leads and Medical Education Managers.

The workshop is three hours in length and is run centrally. 3 CPD points are awarded for attendance. For more details on how to book onto this workshop, please go to the online booking system by clicking here.

If you encounter difficulties booking online, please email Ran Lee at ran.lee@londondeanery.ac.uk

Dates

15 March 2012 - 10.00am-13.00pm

30 April 2012 - 10.00am-13.00pm

23 May 2012 - 10.00am-13.00pm

14 June 2012 - 10.00am-13.00pm

25 September 2012 - 10.00am-13.00pm

Post Graduate Certificate Course

If you want to explore the issue of medical career development in greater depth – perhaps you might want to consider applying for a place on the PG Certificate in Managing Medical Careers. This is the first and only accredited course in the UK on how to provide medical students/junior doctors with effective careers support.

E learning module in Careers Support

This module looks at how best to support trainee doctors with their career planning – a task that has become increasingly pressing in the wake of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC). After defining some key terms, the module considers why trainee doctors need career support, and who is best placed to provide it. The module then moves on to outline the importance of having a structured approach to career support, and in turn describes a four-stage model.