Clinical Education in Podiatry: A Specialist Role in the NHS

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Clinical Education in Podiatry A Specialist
Role in the NHS

• Managers and Educators Conference 25th June 2007

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Welcome Mike PotterDeputy Head of School

• Engaging with Clinical Educators
• Succession Planning
• Consulting With Managers
• Working in Partnership
• Educating The Next Generation
• Reacting Positively to Change

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Keith G McCormick

• The Southampton Model Past Achievements and
  Future Challenges

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Custom Practice Model of clinical
education, BSc(Hons) Podiatry, University of
Southampton
External placements
Southwark
Bognor
Community Placement
SPC Core Clinical Education Centre Theory
practice Nail surgery
Winchester
Ports -mouth
Exeter
IOW
Basingstoke
Newbury
Southampton

Mendip
SPC Southampton Podiatry Centre
Guildford
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Past Achievements

• Pioneering Clinical Model
• 100 Practice Based Learning
• Road show Programme for Educators
• Clinical Educators Website
• http//www.sohp.soton.ac.uk/PracticeEducators
• Access to Black Board For Educators
• Development of Clinical Educators Group (CEEG)

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Future Challenges

• Afternoon Workshops

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Workshop A Competencies and standards for basic
clinical skills in 1st year

• How can we best prepare the 1st Year for their
  2nd year Placement?
• Agree a set of core of competencies which
  incorporate basic clinical skills
• Introduce 1st year earlier to the clinical
  environment?

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Workshop B Developing a Career Framework for
Clinical Educators

• CEEG is the only Podiatry group of its kind in
  the UK
• Use of generic toolkits to introduce new clinical
  educators
• Develop a realistic podiatry specific clinical
  educators programme
• Link in with the new SOCAP board of undergraduate
  education

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Workshop C Improving Communication between
Placements and the University

• Is the Current system of Contacting Educators and
  Tutees by Phone working?
• Could Tutees be responsible for specific clinical
  sites, where better relationships could be forged
  with educators?
• Could we utilise a web based system?

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Workshop D Are we Making the Best use of
Clinical Placements

• External examiners remarks (exam board) re
  observational placements in 2nd and 3rd Year
• More Exposure to Multidisciplinay settings
• What are we training our students for?
• Introducing assessment and competencies

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Keith G McCormick

• The Southampton Model Past Achievements and
  Future Challenges