Quality

The GMC quality assure training schemes and Trusts by triangulating data from a variety of sources. The School of Psychiatry and its partner Trusts have developed processes to ensure that posts, trainers, Trusts and Schemes all meet the necessary standards. These pages bring together all the necessary resources, and sources of information. Quality management has several components:

The Trainee Doctor consolidates the foundation and specialty including GP standards for training, and incorporates the standards for deaneries. There is now one set of standards for all postgraduate medical education and training, from the Foundation Programme to the award of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), published in one document, The Trainee Doctor (pdf). This underpins all School quality processes

Quality matrix - the RCPsych has reinterpreted the GMC standards, with specific relevance to psychiatry. There are responsibilities for Trusts, Tutors, Trainers and Trainees Read More>>

Surveys - these are at the heart of the Quality process. The School and Trusts will be running several surveys per year to anticipate and pre-empt the findings of the annual GMC survey Read More>>

 

Post Approvals

GMC set to Approve Tainers. However, we are well on the way to meeting most of these standards, but there will be some changes ahead no doubt. Please do remember to notify us of any changes affecting the trainee job descriptions, including a change of ES. Please ensure that you continue to update the mandatory training via Train the Trainer days, WPBAs, Completing the Educational Supervisors reports (coming soon), Preparing for the ARCP, Supervising GP Trainees, Doctors in Difficulty, Educational Supervision, Ethics and other school events.

Trainers wanting to take on Educational Supervisor roles should discuss with their Directors for Medical Education the possiblity of moving exiting training posts within their Trust. If the DME agrees to reallocate training posts, then please ask them to complete Form 1. Once this has been done Forms 2 - 6 should be completed by the applicant and submitted to Samantha Abbott (sam@manchesterpsychiatry.net) to be processed for approval. Please not that this can take up to two months to complete.

Changes to existing posts should be made using the post approval forms. The forms are:

• Form 1: Application
• Form 2: Job description
• Form 3: Trainee timetable
• Form 4: Trainer timetable
• Form 5: Learning objective
• Form 6: Educational superisor details

Locum trainers must meet the standards set out in the School Locum policy

 

Safety for Trainees

The safety of trainees is of paramount importance. Standards are described in documents from the RCPsych, the NWDeanery and the School of Psychiatry Safety Policy

In the event of a serious untoward incident, trainees should complete the violent incident form which should be sent to the PostGraduate Education team. In addition, trainees should complete any Trust policies or paperwork

 

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Pastoral Care

The School supports trainees throughout their training, but particularly in times of difficulty or career uncertainty. More information can be found in the relevant career policy, or contact Dr Cathy Shaw, the School's Director of Pastoral Care for more advice

The Deanery has an excellent page on Doctors in Difficulty

In addition, the School of Psychiatry has developed several Speciality Careers Support Policies for Core Training. Specialities and an overarching policy

CAMHS
Learning Disabitly
General Adult
Psychotherapy
Forensic
Old Age

 

Tutor Appointments

The School of Psychiatry recommends that Tutor vacancies should be advertised as appropriate within the Trust, and recruited by interview. The Deanery has recommended guidelines, and the School has also prepared a draft Person specification, Job description and Appointment process for local modification