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NEST – North Educator Support & Training
“Helping trainees grow as educators”
Problem Solving
Year
Year 1 & 2 (including ECG tutorial)
Description of Content
2 x 1 hour teaching sessions contextualising the basic science teaching and demonstrating theoretical application to clinical practice. These are classroom, paper-based sessions which run throughout the Winter and Spring terms (Sept-Nov, Jan-Mar) and your role would be to facilitate student discussion on the teaching material. Students receive the questions in advance, tutors receive questions and answers. All tutors will be accompanied and supported by an experienced academic lead.
Leads & Contacts
Dr Alison Jack (Y1)
Dr Pietro Marini (Y2)
Ms Miranda Sametz (Y1) mbchb1@abdn.ac.uk
Ms Elinor Sutherland (Y2) mbchb2@abdn.ac.uk
Existing Training & Resources
Learning materials available prior to event. Students receive the questions in advance, tutors receive questions and answers. All tutors will be accompanied and supported by an experienced academic lead.
Suitable for
Any PG trainee. All medical grades and other professionals.
Timeframe
Winter term (Sept-Nov). Spring term (Jan-Mar)
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Facilitating discussion/basic science/open to any medical grade or healthcare professional
Further info
Andrea MacArthur andrea.macarthur@abdn.ac.uk
Emma Rae emma.rae@abdn.ac.uk
SSC
Year
Year 1 – 3
Leads & Contacts
Dr Andreas Kolb (Y1)
Dr Sergio Dall’Angelo (Y2)
Dr Angus MacLeod (Y3)
Description of Content
Supervision of student research projects which run over 2-4 weeks depending on Year group. Students work in groups of between 5-10 and expectation is supervisors meet their group no more than twice a week and provide guidance but projects are driven by the students themselves. Some marking of the group’s written reports and presentations is usually required.
Existing Training & Resources
A tutor training session is provided in person and recorded for those unable to attend. A tutor guide is also made available to all tutors. The Course Lead and Year Administrator are available throughout to answer queries and provide support.
Suitable for
Open to anyone with an academic background
Timeframe
Y1 – 2 weeks, mid-late March,
Y2 – 4 weeks, February
Y3 – 4 weeks, June
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Supervising research projects – topics vary,
Further info
Ms Miranda Sametz (Y1) mbchb1@abdn.ac.uk
Ms Elinor Sutherland (Y2) mbchb2@abdn.ac.uk
Mr Ryan Watson (Y3) mbchb3@abdn.ac.uk
Clinical Teaching Skills
Year
Year 1 – 5
Leads & Contacts
Dr Leeanne Bodkin
Description of Content
Year 1 – 5 Clinical communication
Year 1 – 5 Resuscitation and Medical Emergencies
Year 1 – 3 Clinical Examination
Year 2 – 5 Practical Procedures
Year 2 – 5 Team Communication
Year 3 – 5 Clinical Reasoning
Year 1 – 5 Developing Learning resources (videos and cases)
Existing Training & Resources
Shadowing and training provided.
Suitable for
All medical grades and other professionals e.g. ACP
Timeframe
Flexible commitment
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Small group teaching and facilitation.
Further info
CS Admin jordanne.atkin@abdn.ac.uk
Simulation Teaching
Year
Year 1 – 5
Leads & Contacts
Dr Jerry Morse
Dr Craig Brown
Description of Content
Year 1 – 3 A-E and Care of Elderly simulations
Year 3 & 5 Ward simulations
Year 4 – 5 Unwell medical/surgical patients
Year 4 – 5 Mental health simulation FY FY simulations
Timeframe
Flexible commitment throughout the year.
Existing Training & Resources
Requires simulation faculty training – TURAS learning for simulation educators from Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network.
Available at: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/33268 (Turas log in required)
This programme is training in SBE and you would need to complete Tier 1 and Tier 2 prior to simulation faculty trainings
Suitable for
All medical grades and other professionals e.g. ACP
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Small group teaching and facilitation.
Further info
CS Admin jordanne.atkin@abdn.ac.uk
Assessment: elective report grading
Year
Year 5
Leads & Contacts
Dr David Nesvadba
Description of Content
Grading elective reports from Y5 students
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Assessing reports using a rubric. Understanding of academic writing.
Existing Training & Resources
Scoring rubric will be supplied.
Suitable for
Clinicians
Timeframe
All year.
Further info
David Nesvadba david.nesvadba@nhs.scot
Dianne Gerrie mbchb5@abdn.ac.uk
Professional Practice Teaching
Year
Year 1 – 5
Leads & Contacts
Leeanne Bodkin
Fiona Thomson
Description of Content
SGT
Year 1 – 2 Application of Ethical Code
Year 3 – 5 Sharing Experiences from practice (FY)
Year 4 – Professional Empowerment
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Small group teaching and facilitation.
Existing Training & Resources
Training given.
Suitable for
All medical grades and other professionals e.g. ACP
Timeframe
Flexible commitment throughout the year.
Further info
CS admin Jordane Atkin
jordanne.atkin@abdn.ac.uk
Invigilating
Year
Year 1 – 5
Leads & Contacts
Jenny Dick
Description of Content
Invigilation of exams in a room
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Ensuring students follow rules and overseeing exam conditions
Existing Training & Resources
Training will be provided. New invigilators paired with experienced invigilators.
Suitable for
Anyone post graduation.
Timeframe
Various times throughout the year.
Further info
Jenny Dick jennifer.dick@abdn.ac.uk
Year 5 Clinical Debriefs
Year
Year 5
Leads & Contacts
Dr Emily Moffat
Description of Content
Contribute to reflective debrief sessions for final-year medical students during their clinical placements. Postgraduate doctors support discussion by sharing relevant experiences from clinical practice, modelling reflective practice in action and helping students explore challenging aspects of transitioning into professional practice. Topics may include communication and conflict, death and dying, mistakes and uncertainty, professional identity, workload, wellbeing and self-care.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Small-group reflective teaching with final-year medical students. Contributors should have strong reflective skills and self-awareness, and be comfortable discussing learning from challenging or uncertain situations. Key skills include active listening, empathic communication, maintaining boundaries, and fostering a safe, supportive learning environment.
Existing Training & Resources
None required. Session-specific facilitator guidance and a briefing will be provided.
Suitable for
PG, FY2 and above. FY1 doctors may also be suitable to contribute to later sessions focused on preparing students for Foundation Training, usually delivered around May.
Timeframe
Opportunities run from August to May. Whole-year, lecture-style panel sessions are scheduled during the first and final PrePP weeks. A further six small-group debrief sessions are delivered during both the Medicine and Surgical blocks, giving a total of 12 in-person small-group sessions across the academic year. A smaller number of online sessions are also offered for Remote and Rural (R&R) students.
Further info
Rowan Cruickshank
rowan.cruikshank@abdn.ac.uk
Case based learning design and development
Year
Year 1 – 5
Leads & Contacts
Dr Owen Dempsey – clinical lead
Mr Douglas Bean (software developer)
Mr Peter Bartlam (softward developer)
Description of Content
Aberdeen students can access >500 cases (both pre-clinical and clinical). We commission new cases or offers of freshening up old cases.
Existing Training & Resources
Co-authorship is welcomed.
Suitable for
All clinicians and medical educators with knowledge of specific areas of the curriculum.
Timeframe
All year round.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Cases are written by in Powerpoint, sent to the team and then using the Learning Technologies teams help, these are coded to place on the MbChB learning platform
Further info
Dr Owen Dempsey owendempsey@abdn.ac.uk
Patient Safety workshops
Year
Year 1 – 5
Leads & Contacts
Dr Helen Vosper
Description of Content
12-14 sessions of 3 hours each
3 components:
- Theory talking about how staff cannot follow written procedures and must adapt their work to match the conditions.
- Activity in which learners try to follow written procedures (which they won’t be able to do!) and they have to do a simple systems analysis and articulate their workarounds (the task may be clinical – eg hand hygiene, blood pressure measurement etc, or not – eg knitting, icing biscuits etc).
- Discussion of real-life examples of adaptations (eg corridor care, reduced ‘fresh eyes’ checks in maternity etc).
Existing Training & Resources
Training provided but an interest in Human factors is a bonus.
Suitable for
Any clinician.
Timeframe
First half of May during transition block.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Theory
Practical activity and systems analysis
Discussion of real-life examples
Further info
Dr Helen Vosper helen.vosper@abdn.ac.uk
Active Bystander
Year
Early Term 2
Leads & Contacts
Dr Helen Vosper
Description of Content
Learners work through the materials (which teach them how to identify microaggressions and provide strategies for tackling poor behaviours in the workplace). They are also taught that not standing up is likely to be related to systems factors that make them feel unsafe. They must write a 1000 word reflection on an incident that they have experienced and consider it through a systems lens. This helps them recognise environments where it is safe to speak up and when it isn’t.
Existing Training & Resources
Training provided but an interest in Human factors is a bonus. Resources available to support marking
Suitable for
Any clinician with some experience of reflective practice.
Timeframe
A 3 week slot starting mid-January.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
A 1000-word reflection piece
Marking reflective pieces (~340 to mark)
Further info
Dr Helen Vosper helen.vosper@abdn.ac.uk
SSC Year 1- safety related options
Year 1
Year 1
Leads & Contacts
Year 1 SSC Lead – Andres Kolb
Description of Content
One safety related option
Topics include safer surgery, anaesthetics safety and a more general Human Factors for patient safety.
Existing Training & Resources
General support for staff is provided via the SCC but additional training in Human Factors can be provided by the patient safety lead.
Suitable for
All clinical staff.
Timeframe
2 weeks in March for course and additional 2 weeks for marking.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Report marking (1st and 2nd marker)
Supervising group work (presentation, literature review)
Marking individual reflective pieces
Further info
Dr Helen Vosper helen.vosper@abdn.ac.uk
SSC Year 2 – safety related options
Year
Year 2
Leads & Contacts
Year 2 SSC Lead – Sergio Dall’Angelo
Description of Content
Five safety related options
Students work in groups on producing a literature review around a topic and must write a group report and do a presentation
Existing Training & Resources
General support for staff is provided via the SCC but additional training in Human Factors can be provided by the patient safety lead.
Resources are available to support marking.
Suitable for
All clinical staff.
Timeframe
4 weeks in January/February. Further 2 weeks for marking.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Marking individual reflective pieces.
Report marking (1st and 2nd marker).
Supervising group work (presentation, literature review).
Further info
Dr Helen Vosper helen.vosper@abdn.ac.uk
Medical School Promotion
Year
Pre medical school
Leads & Contacts
Sarah Miller
Description of Content
Promoting medicine as an attractive career and applying to the course.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Various activities talking to aspiring doctors, sharing your story and tips.
Existing Training & Resources
General experience.
Suitable for
All doctors.
Timeframe
Full calendar of event over the year including open days, offer days, foundation apprenticeship visits, So you Want to be a doctor.
Further info
Sarah Miller sarah.miller@abdn.ac.uk
Clinical Skills Outreach
Year
Outreach
Leads & Contacts
Dr Leeanne Bodkin
Description of Content
Running demonstrations and simulations of clinical skills learning.
Existing Training & Resources
Training given.
Suitable for
All medical grades and other professionals eg ACP.
Timeframe
Flexible commitment throughout the year.
Type of teaching/subject/participants/skills required
Various activities including Doctor at Work.
Further info
CS Admin jordanne.atkin@abdn.ac.uk