Careers support at Foundation level and beyond

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Careers support at Foundation level and
beyond 18th March 2009
Dr Helen Goodyear Associate Postgraduate Dean
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Careers support

• Prior to Foundation years
• Foundation years
• Specialty training

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Working document Career management an approach
for medical schools, deaneries, royal colleges
and trusts 14-item delivery model
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Careers support

• Trainees need to be able to make a specialty
  choice by the end of December in F2 i.e. 17
  months into the Foundation programme
• Trainees traditionally use informal sources of
  careers support as they have found these the most
  helpful

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Timeline for Careers in Foundation years

• Four stages of career planning
• Self-assessment
• Career exploration
• Decision making
• Plan implementation
• Elton C, Reid J. The ROADS to success

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Self assessment and career exploration

• Books
• Windmills. ROADS to success, Scheins career
  anchors etc
• So you want to be a brain surgeon Medical
  student career handbook, opportunities and
  options in medical careers
• Websites
• UK medical careers website. NHS medical careers,
  BMJ Careers, Royal college websites

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Careers Fairs and Forums

• BMJ London and West Midlands
• Deanery careers fairs
• Trust careers fairs
• Individual specialty careers fairs
• Face to face personalised discussions

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Aims

• To get Foundation trainee to look at what is
  important to them, realistic and takes into
  account the opportunities available
• Factor in work-life balance, not only now but in
  the future

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Application forms and interviews

• Guidelines on how to write an application form
• Interview tips
• Workshops on these areas

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Psychometric instruments/inventories

• Not useful if used alone
• Sci 59
• MBTI
• Useful for some trainees

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Need expertise in each Deanery

• Trained Educational supervisors
• careers forms part of each educational meeting
• Reflection in portfolio for each 4 month
  placement
• Tasters in F1 and F2
• Referral pathways for educational supervisors

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Deanery Experts in Careers

• Must have training
• Postgraduate Clinical tutor network
• Associate Deans/Foundation programme directors
• Deanery careers counsellor

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Specialty training

• Many doctors enter a specialty and are shocked to
  realise that further decisions must be made
• Royal College information handbooks, websites
  and tutors
• Specialty careers events
• Careers needs to form a part of each educational
  meeting

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Developing specialty careers support

• Life events need to train LTFT
• Change of specialty
• Change of career moving outside medicine
• Careers advisors for each Postgraduate School

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Stress
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Summary

• A lot of good practice in Foundation years
• Careers support needs to be universally available
• Area for growth is careers support within
  specialties