The GKT School of Medical Education aims to educate our students to be compassionate, critical thinkers who endeavour to make a positive difference across society.

 

The role of the Medical Education Fellow (Clinical Skills) is to meet the evolving needs of the medical curriculum, using evidence based pedagogical approaches to deliver a range of teaching from clinical skills, full patient simulation and seminar-based workshops mapped to the GMC MLA graduate outcomes.

 

The role of the Clinical Skills Medical Education Fellow is to meet the evolving needs of clinical skills and simulation-based teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education at Kings. The post holder will be a post foundation year Doctor who will be involved in the delivery of a range of clinical practice teaching and simulation. There will be opportunities to support the design and development of teaching, simulation and e-learning resources. The role is designed to provide continuity of educational and operational support to the Head of Clinical Skills. Key working days will be Wednesdays and Thursdays to ensure delivery of key teaching, with the full-time equivalent hours of 1.5 days a week (0.3FTE), achieved over a two week rotation of one or two days a week.

 

This will require the post holder to take a scholarly approach to the design, delivery & evaluation of simulation-based education and  face to face clinical practice skills teaching. You will be part of a dynamic team who work creatively and proactively to improve the student learning experience on campus and across the clinical sites.

 

There are range of expected roles, primarily focusing on teaching foundation clinical skills in a first-year module (Values Based Clinical Practice), small group teaching on Wednesdays for years 2 and 3 (workshops relating to clinical documentation and prescribing), and providing cover for base based discussion (CBD) workshops. Other duties will include facilitating medium and high-fidelity simulation and workshops in the Interprofessional Education (IPE) programme.

 

The strand of IPE teaching provides a range of learning focusing on team-based practice with seminars on (1) Promoting Patient Safety, (2) Pain Assessment and Management, (3) Prevention of Medication Errors. The IPE programme includes Full Patient Simulation (FPS), which focuses on collaborative practice and human factors skills.

Another role is the support of the evolving curriculum in developing e-learning content, as well as supporting assessment (OSCE examining) and marking student submissions in the year 1 module.

 

The post holder will also provide support in the design and delivery of campus-based teaching for Wednesday Small Group and Case Based Learning, that is mapped to the MLA and the GKT graduate outcomes. This teaching is to Stage 2 (years 2 & 3) students at the Guys and Kings campuses on Wednesdays.

 

A key role will be to design e-learning resources on university website (KEATS) for self-directed learning relating to the prescribing workshop content as well as supporting the delivery of peer assisted learning (P.A.L) programme using senior students to facilitate Stage 1 clinical skills. 

 

This is a part-time post (10.5 hours per week), and you will be offered a 1 year fixed term contract