Staff Development
The MBBS staff development programme began in 1998, and since then over 5800 healthcare professionals have attended one or more sessions on offer. Sessions are organised in response to the changing needs of the MBBS curriculum.
With the emphasis in Newcastle University's curriculum being on teaching that is less didactic, and involves more active learning, improving communication skills and other areas of personal and professional development, much of the demand for teaching support has been centred around small group work and facilitation of student centred learning.
The teaching sessions are informally run, friendly and participative in nature. Appropriate accreditation is usually available for attendees. The optimum number of participants for each staff development training session is determined beforehand and in most cases the group size is kept fairly small to encourage maximum participation.
Sessions are not just held at the University, to date, over 600 training sessions have been held throughout the region in the clinical ‘Base Units’, with the feedback being overwhelmingly positive. In the majority of cases, participants have felt that their attendance has given them the stimulus to reinforce their own teaching strengths and enabled them to be more reflective about possible areas for improvement or further training.
Northern Faculty of Medical Education Course Recognition
The following Staff Development sessions have been awarded Northern Faculty of Medical Education Course Recognition
Anger and Conflict - strategies for dealing with difficult situations.
Calgary Cambridge Communications Teaching.
Clinical Teaching
In-course assessment
Giving Effective Feedback
Large Group Teaching
OSCE Training - assessing clinical skills
Practical Training in Ethics Teaching
Small Group Teaching
The Northern Faculty of Medical Education course recognition process recognises courses in particular for their contribution to trainer training as defined within the NFME curriculum objectives. Recognition is for three years until 2015 (sessions are subject to annual review by the NFME).
Main contact
Susan McAllister, Deputy School Manager (Teaching) susan.mcallister@ncl.ac.uk.
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