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EDU Annual Report 2013-14

Faculty of Medicine
Workshop Strand

Meeting the training needs of Imperial and NHS staff
who teach Imperial College undergraduate medical
students.

Since 2001, the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Education Office (FEO)
has provided additional resources to Imperial’s EDU to run a strand
of educational workshops for Imperial and NHS staff who teach
undergraduate medical students. The FoM workshop strand is
designed to meet the specific needs of clinical staff by emphasising
topics that are of relevance to undergraduate medicine. It is free
of charge to Imperial and NHS staff who teach Imperial medical
students. The funding supports one full-time senior teaching fellow
in medical education and a fractional administrative post, as well
as workshop running costs.

The FoM workshop strand is situated within the on the South Kensington Campus while by-request
wider portfolio of educational activities provided by events are run locally at hospitals in liaison with
the EDU. As well as providing a suite of workshops, Directors of Clinical Studies (DCS), Division Heads of
the FoM tutor contributes to the PG Certificate, PG Teaching (DHT) and teaching coordinators. By-request
Diploma and MEd ULT, often for clinicians taking events are based on one of the programmed events
the programme. In 2013-14 the FoM represented and can be adapted to local needs. The nature of the
a significant proportion of participants in the PG annual workshop programme is decided between the
Certificate ULT, PG Diploma ULT and MEd ULT as these workshop tutor in consultation with FEO’s Director
qualifications are recognised as being particularly of Education in an effort to provide useful and timely
valuable in the medical profession. A consultancy topics to clinical teachers.
service is also provided to FoM staff on the full range
of issues associated with teaching and learning. In 2013-14, the workshop programme consisted of
several introductory workshops, focusing on key
The medical workshop strand consists of programmed issues related to teaching, learning and assessment
and by-request events. Programmed events are run in undergraduate medicine. These workshops

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