Assessment of Needs and Perceived Competence of Novice Clinical Teachers

CeMENT: evaluation of a regional development programme integrating hospital and general practice clinical teaching for medical undergraduates

“…Schools were free to recruit exclusively from those practices already involved in undergraduate teaching or vocational training of GP registrars, or to involve practices with limited academic experience. ‘Teaching the teachers’ courses were delivered jointly by hospital and GP members of the core team aided by the project educationalist 17 . Courses incorporated principles of skills training and adult learning and concentrated on providing the participants with opportunities to revise knowledge, rehearse skills in the relevant clinical areas, and develop and practise their teaching skills 18…”

“…Student evaluation of the attachments was generally positive. They commented on the commitment of GPs to teaching, compared to the rather less consistent performance of the hospital‐based teachers 17 with frequent reference to the excellent GP teaching of clinical skills 25 . Negative comments about the attachments referred primarily to the problems of travelling between hospital and general practice teaching sites and the attendant cost 20 .…”

“…Project-wide studies · Qualitative interview study of effect of CeMENT training and teaching on GP tutors 22 · Qualitative interview study of impact of CeMENT project on hospital specialists involved 23 · Qualitative interview study of strengths and weaknesses of CeMENT project with CeMENT teams at all sites 14 evaluation of the attachments was generally positive. They commented on the commitment of GPs to teaching, compared to the rather less consistent performance of the hospital-based teachers 17 with frequent reference to the excellent GP teaching of clinical skills. 25 Negative comments about the attachments referred primarily to the problems of travelling between hospital and general practice teaching sites and the attendant cost.…”