Requirements
for teachers in paediatric endocrinology
All training must be co-ordinated & approved by the local
postgraduate Dean; Regional Advisor and Program Director as well
as the Endocrine CSAC of the RCPCH.
The training staff in a Centre should include at least two teachers.
The Chief of Training or Paediatric Endocrine Training Director
must have been practising Paediatric Endocrinology for at least
5 years and have specialist accreditation. There should be additional
Paediatric Endocrine Tutors who should provide training in all
aspects of the specialty and hold a research tradition in Paediatric
Endocrinology. When an aspect of training cannot be provided in
one centre it would be necessary for the trainee to be taught
elsewhere by a teacher (Paediatric Endocrine Teacher) approved
for that purpose. A Teacher is a person who holds acknowledged
expertise in one or several aspects of Paediatric Endocrinology.
This persons contribution may be restricted to these areas of
expertise.
The teacher should work out a training programme for the trainee
in accordance with the trainees own qualities and the available
facilities of the institution. Regular review will be required
to allow for flexibility and to allow for early identification
of problems/deficiencies.
Teachers are expected to provide appraisal and assessment of
progress. Appraisal consists of sorting out what is needed and
what is the evidence that this has been executed. Assessment concentrates
on what is needed. Trainee assessment should be provided in terms
of:-
training and career ambitions
training experience related to syllabus
achievements related to current plan.
In order to provide a close personal monitoring of the trainee
during his/her training, the number of trainees should not exceed
the number of teachers in the centre. A tutor, preferably an external
teacher, should be appointed to act as an impartial assessor/mentor
for the trainee.
Teachers will meet the trainee at the beginning of the programme
to define the educational contract for that trainee. Reviews of
progress should take place at 3 monthly intervals to appraise
the individual. An annual assessment should be undertaken to state
competencies achieved and to allow progress within the teaching
programme. Assessments should be detailed and contain statements
of theoretical and practical experience accumulated by the trainee.
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