An Overview of the Foundation Programme in - London Deanery

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Mark Free – October 2012 F2 Doctors and their Clinical Supervisors Who are F2 doctors? � They are fully-registered doctors. � They are expected to undertake a clinical workload under supervision. � They are not expected to do ‘out of hours’ in General Practice. � They are Trust employees for the whole of their F2 year. � They do not have to be on the PCT performers’ list. � They are covered by the Trust indemnity scheme while working in General Practice and do not have to have additional MPS/MDU cover (but may do so). Why have F2 attachments in primary care? All doctors need to understand ho w the NHS works and the interfa ce between primary a nd secon dary care. The key themes in the curriculum (http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/download.asp?file=FP_Curriculum_2012_ WEB_FINAL.PDF) are: � professionalism � relationship and communication with patients � safety and clinical governance � ethical and legal issues � teaching and training � maintaining good medical practice � good clinical care � recognition and management of the acutely ill patient � resuscitation and end of life care � patients with long-term conditions � investigation s � procedures Foundation Schools and Local Education Providers The F2 doctor’s (F2D’s) Foundation School ma y be your initial point of contact, bu t the doctor’s Local Education Provider (LEP) with whom they are attached will be your main contact operationally during the year. Generally, t he LEP Pos tgraduate Centre Mana ger (PGCM) or Foundation Trainin g Programme Director (FTPD) should be in reg ular contact with you but, if they have not contacted you prior to the commencement of the acade mic year, please contact the PGCM or FTPD directly. Details of relevant PGCMs and FTPDs are available on the London Deanery website: http://www.londondeanery.ac.uk/foundation-schools/foundation-programme-contacts. Synapse Synapse, the London Deanery’s communication tool, will be your main source of London Deanery and Foundation School infor mation. You will be pr ovided with a user name and password. Please regularly log in to Synapse to ensure that you are abreast of London developments in Foundation training. 5
Clinical Supervisors (CS) Clinical sup ervision of F2Ds in General Practice may only be u ndertaken by established GPs who are either approved GP trainers or Dea nery-approved Foundation Supervisors. GPs and practices must meet core criteria similar to tho se required for GP training practices (see Appendix 4). Supervisor approval can be achieved by meeting th e necessary criteria as set out in Appendix 4, and after an approval visit from th e Deanery. All supervisors in General Practice (unless they are an existing trainer) must attend a one-day wo rkshop orga nised by th e Deanery (dates are a vailable on the Deanery website). There is a n obligatio n for established CSs to attend rele vant Foundation Schoo l faculty development events and they are e ncouraged to attend Deanery-run Foundation CS GP c onferences or update s as well as local F2CS group s if practicable. Part-time Clinical Supervisors For approval an F2CS should normally: � Work a minimum of five sessions a cross thre e days per week (four clinical plus one protected educational session). � Ensure that at least four clinical sessions occur in parallel with sessions worked by the F2D who they personally supervise. In addition it is essential that they: � Indentify a named GP colleague to provide face-to-face supervisio n and debriefing for any clinical sessions for which they are not personally available. � Ensure that the F2D receives a tutorial each week. This will generally be led by the F2CS. Job-sharing of F2 supervision Where F2CSs work less than five sessions pe r week, they ma y wish to consider applying as a job share with a colleague. They will both be independently assessed as clinical supervisors but jointly approved as a unit to take one F2D between them. Clinical Supervisor, Educational Supervisor and LEP Foundation Faculty Foundation Programme doctors will have an ES and a CS. The CS is the person responsible for the F2D while they are in their placement (the GP leading on F2 in the practice will be the CS while they are in the practice) For details of the roles and responsibilities of Foundation CSs and ESs, see page 15 of the Foundation Programme Reference Guide: http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/download.asp?file=Reference_Guide_2012 _WEB_Final_August_2012.PDF. The ES is usually respo nsible for th e F2D for the whole year. They may be one of the three CSs and you may be asked to take on this role for one of your F2Ds. The Foundation facult y at the F2 D’s LEP meet regularly to discuss issue s an d concerns in Foundation training. GP Supervi sors are en couraged to attend these meetings. Each facult y meeting concludes with a discussion on individual traine e Mark Free – October 2012 6
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