enhancing medical students’ employment prospects in rural and remote wales
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Enhancing medical students’ employment prospects in rural and remote Wales
SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS IN WALES
SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS IN RURAL WALES
LOW FOUNDATION YEARSAPPLICATION RATE
COLLEGE OF MEDICINESWANSEA UNIVERSITY
Celebrating its 10th anniversary 2014
• Graduate Entry Medicine
• First graduates completing their degrees this summer.
• St. David’s flag is the basis of the logo – emphasising the welsh roots and foundations of the College of Medicine
GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICINESWANSEA UNIVERSITY
• SITUATED IN THE CLINICAL SETTING
• STUDENT-DRIVEN
• SPIRAL
• SIMULATING CLINICAL PRACTICE
• SMALL
• SERVING THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND THE PUBLIC
GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICINESWANSEA UNIVERSITY
• Learning weeks – University based with clinical teaching• Apprenticeships - learn the ‘practice of medicine’• Specialty Attachments - specialty based
GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICINESWANSEA UNIVERSITY
• HOSPITALS– ABERTAWE
• SINGLETON• MORRISTON• CEFN COED
– NEATH PORT TALBOT– CAERFYRDDIN– ABERYSTWYTH– LLANELLI– HAVERFORDWEST
• GP SURGERIES– ALL OVER!
RURAL HEALTH IN MEDICAL EDUCATIONIN WALES
RURAL HEALTH IN MEDICAL EDUCATIONIN WALES...RECOMMENDATIONS
o ...RURAL MEDICINE FORMING PART OF THE MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AND THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME...
o ...RECOMMEND THE LOCATING OF CAREERS AND TRAINING POSTS, FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND POST-GRADUATE LEVELS, IN RURAL AREAS...
o ...THE LOCATION OF CAREER POSTS HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WHERE DOCTORS CHOOSE TO LIVE...AND THE LOCATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND CAREER POSTS IN RURAL AREAS WOULD PERMIT A TAILORING OF WORKFORCE SKILLS THAT MATCHES LOCAL NEEDS...
RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH INMEDICAL EDUCATION - RRHIME
The RRHIME Track aims to increase the numbers of students and doctors practising in rural Wales and raise awareness amongst the GEM students of the benefits and realities of living and working in rural and remote areas.
Research indicates that early and deep (‘immersive’) experience of rural healthcare by medical students and trainee doctors may facilitate their retention in the rural environment.
RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH INMEDICAL EDUCATION - RRHIME
CURRICULUM ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO RRHIME
• ALL ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION
• PROLONGED IMMERSION
• STUDENT CHOICE
• 30% OF THE CURRICULUM
• OUTCOMES ARE IDENTICAL TO NON-RRHIME CURRICULUM
WELSH LANGUAGE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION - WHY?
Health More than Just Words:
Strategic Framework for Welsh Language Services (2011)
response to Frances Report (2013)
NHS’ commitment (2011) to develop Welsh language services
Education• Enhanced opportunities for
students to study through the medium of Welsh through the Welsh Government Vision for HE (2009)
• CCC funding support for developing Welsh medium higher education
WELSH LANGUAGE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION - WHY?
“It is important for people working in health, social service and social care to recognise that many people can only communicate their care needs effectively through the medium of Welsh. For many Welsh speakers, being able to use your own language has to be seen as a core component of care, not an optional extra.” (More than Words, Welsh Assembly Government, 2012).
WELSH LANGUAGE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION - SWANSEA
Curriculum-embedded Welsh medium interviews Personal tutorials placement opportunities
LOCS, LORS, CBL, Apprenticeships, Speciality Attachments
Assessments Building into the academic
framework Patient facing information for
student projects
Extra Curricular• Welsh language for medicine
course• grant awarded to develop
interactive resources• Swansea Medical Society
WELSH LANGUAGE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION - BENEFITS?
• Increased awareness of Welsh-language needs in the health service• Confident in using Welsh in a professional and clinical setting• Gain knowledge in understanding the linguistic barriers
encountered in the healthcare service.
IMPACT?
PERCENTAGE OF SWANSEA MEDICAL GRADUATES STAYING IN WALES FOR FOUNDATION TRAINING
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