08:45

Registration and coffee

09:15

Welcome and introductions

Professor Martin Beaman

Postgraduate Dean

09:30

Fitness to Practice issues

Paul Jones and David Bennett

GMC Employer Liaison Advisors for the South West

10:30

GMC update

Dr Judith Hulf

Director of Education and Standards, GMC

11:10

Coffee

11:25

Building Resilience

Mr James Coulston

Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

12:00

Move to workshops

12.10

Workshops x 5

Quality improvement and how we make that normal practice

ARCP’s and getting the right outcome

iRIS – web-platform for development and sharing of educational resources

What can the Professional Support Unit offer ?

Quality and Information processes

Dr Wai Tse

Associate Dean for Quality Improvement, Peninsula

Dr Geoffrey Wright

Associate Dean for Specialty Training, Severn

Dr David Grant

Associate Dean for Simulation, Severn

Dr Adam Malin and Dr Hiu Lam

Associate Deans for Performance and Support

Dr Martin Davis and Dr Jon Francis

Associate Deans for Quality

13:05

Lunch

14:00

Debate -

This house believes that workplace based assessments have improved the quality of postgraduate medical education and allow us to identify the poorly performing trainee more easily than in the past’.

For

Dr Raghu Ananthakrishnan and Dr Ted Rees

Heads of School for Medicine and Anaesthesia, Severn

Against

Dr Nick Withers and Mr Mark Westwood

Heads of School for Medicine and Surgery, Peninsula

 14:35

Reflections on Medical Leadership

Dr Mark Slade

Consultant Respiratory Physician

Gloucester Hospitals NHS Trust

15:10

Tea

15:30

Differential Attainment: GMC data

Emily Phillips

Programme Lead for Differential Attainment, GMC

16:10

HEESW Simulation Network: engagement opportunities

Dr David Grant

Associate Dean for Simulation

16:25

Concluding Remarks and Close

Professor Martin Beaman

Postgraduate Dean