What You Need To Do

Register with the Royal College of Surgeons

It is a mandatory requirement for all trainees to be registered with the appropriate Royal College, therefore all trainees must be registered with the JCST.  If you are not registered KSS will be unable to complete your Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP).

       

Meet with your Educational & Clinical Supervisors

You will be allocated to an Assigned Educational Supervisoreither for the whole of your rotation / for each clinical placement. The Assigned Educational Supervisor (AES) has an overview and is responsible for your educational planning and career development. The local College Tutor will work with your Educational and Clinical Tutors to assist you with meeting the competencies stipulated in the curricula.  

It is your responsibility to arrange regular meetings with your AES to ensure your ISCP (ePortfolio) is reviewed.  It is recommended that the AES should spend the equivalent of 1 hour per week per trainee to allow time for educational support through appraisal, assessment, teaching or support:

As you rotate through each post you will also be supervised clinically by an allocated clinical supervisorwho is responsible for your on-the-job, day-to-day clinical work. Please understand that completion of your required appraisals, assessments and ePortfolio record is your responsibility.

Ensure you keep a steady update of your ePortfolio and completion of assessments; arrange appointments with your AES in a timely fashion. The more (quality) evidence you have in your ePortfolio the more likely the time spent with your AES will be productive in terms of addressing your PDP and educational planning.

 Complete Workplace Based Assessments (WBA’s)

All trainees are required to undertake regular workplace-based assessments which illustrate their learning throughout the course of their training. These WBA’s are reviewed at each ARCP in order to recognise the progress of each trainee. 

Workplace Based Assessments include:

  • Mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) - is a workplace based method where direct observation of a trainee’s clinical skills during an everyday clinical encounter is assessed. These skills include medical interviewing ability, communication and clinical judgment and vary depending on the specialty.

 

  • Case based discussion (CbD) - is a discussion generally in a reasonably formal setting centered on the trainees reflection on his/her patient notes. The discussion will bring out key messages of trainees knowledge, case management, diagnostic skills and planning etc. A CbD might be included as part of case presentations at department meetings dependent on the specialty.

 

  • Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) - is a clinical encounter evaluating the trainee’s competence in a particular procedure. 
  • Multi Source Feedback (MSF) - is a version of the 360 degree assessment. A number of multidisciplinary raters anonymously score a trainee against a number of domains mostly concerned with attitudes and behaviours.