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MANDATORY TEACHING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL FOUNDATION DOCTORS

 

It is a requirement of your ARCP to attend a MINIMUM of 60 hours teaching - this applies to both F1s and F2s

 

F1s

 

CORE Teaching

 

The 60 hours must be made up of a MINIMUM of 30 hours of Core teaching - this is the weekly F1 teaching provided by the Foundation Team at the PGMC.  It is held every Tuesday from 13:30 to 15:45 (2hr session with 15m break)  You will be notified by email if for any reason a session needs to be cancelled.   If you cannot make the full 2hr teaching (due to exceptional circumstances) then you must attend at least 50% for the time to count.  We will record your attendance as 1hr if you attend at least 50% or 2 hrs if you attend the full session.  Any missed/short sessions due to departmental pressures must be exception reported. 

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Your foundation organised SIM 1 and SIM 2 sessions can also be counted as CORE hours.  (2 x ½ day sessions making a total of 6 hours)

 

You can, and are encouraged, to do more than 30 hours Core teaching and all core teaching hours will count towards your 60 hour requirement.    Any remaining hours can be made up of a mixture of Core and Non-Core teaching.

 

NON-CORE Teaching

 

Non-Core teaching can be made up as follows:

 

  • Departmental Teaching – this must be FORMAL departmental teaching which means a planned session dedicated to teaching but not part of the day to day clinical work (for example ED run regular sessions dedicated to teaching the trainees off the shop floor) – All formal teaching should be evidenced by a register or attendance certificate, a copy of which should be uploaded to your portfolio.  Trainees also need to complete (on HORUS) an additional achievement; course, seminar, other learning.  Don't forget to populate your teaching log.

  • Grand Rounds

  • Simulation Training organised and completed through your department (not the SIM 1 and SIM 2 sessions organised and booked by the foundation team)

  • E learning although there is no limit to the number of e-learning hours you can do as non-core teaching, please bear in mind that the ARCP panel will be looking for other forms of teaching as a preference to e-learning - it is not just the quantity of teaching but the quality that makes good training 

 

 

F2s

 

CORE Teaching

 

The 60 hours must be made up of a MINIMUM of 30 hours of Core teaching

This must include a minimum of 24 hours Regional Teaching days (each day is recorded at 6 hours)

The remaining 6 hours can be made up from further regional days or from local Foundation Specific training delivered by the PGMC and these dates are on the teaching calendar.

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Your foundation organised SIM 1 and SIM 2 sessions can also be counted as CORE hours.  (2 x ½ day sessions making a total of 6 hours)

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You can, and are encouraged, to do more than 30 hours Core teaching and all core teaching hours will count towards your 60 hour requirement.    Any remaining hours can be made up of a mixture of Core and Non-Core teaching.

 

NON-CORE Teaching

 

Non-Core teaching can be made up as follows:

 

  • Departmental Teaching (same requirement as F1 above)

  • GP Learning Sets (each day is recorded as 6 hours)

  • Grand Rounds

  • Simulation Training organised and completed through your department (not the SIM 1 and SIM 2 sessions organised and booked by the foundation team)

  • E learning although there is no limit to the number of e-learning hours you can do as non-core teaching, please bear in mind that the ARCP panel will be looking for other forms of teaching as a preference to e-learning - it is not just the quantity of teaching but the quality that makes good training 

 

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Additional Information

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E LEARNING

 

The standard ARCP requirements do not limit logging of e-learning as part of a foundation doctor’s mandatory teaching attendance.  However, you are expected to attend a range of teaching opportunities throughout the training year.  Face to Face teaching is considered the best and with any training programme, the quality of teaching is just as important as the quantity.

 

What Cannot Count towards the 60 hours

 

The following cannot contribute to the 60 hours:

  • Statutory and Mandatory Training (although SIM training is mandatory, it has been agreed that attendance can count towards your 60 hours)

  • Induction Sessions

  • ILS/ALS/equivalent

  • Ward Rounds

  • Bedside Teaching

  • Non formal departmental teaching

  • Other foundation training requirements such as assessments / core procedures / SLEs

  • Courses / seminars attended (that are not foundation regional teaching through Maxcourse) Study Leave is still required

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If you have any questions or queries please contact the Foundation Programme Team on 30496 or plh-tr.pgmcfoundation@nhs.net

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The foundation school's teaching policy can be found here

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