Quality Manual - KSS Deanery

B. TERMS OF REFERENCE:1. To advise the SEC Strategic Health Authority and its WorkforceManagement structure (KSS Deanery), and appropriate academic andhigher education institutions:• To deliver the education and training of general practitioners to meet the RoyalCollege of General Practitioners and Postgraduate Medical and EducationTraining Board (PMETB) agreed curricula; to the standards set out by PMETB,and to promote excellence in all aspects of the work of the School.• To implement the new MMC training programmes• To manage transitions and rotations within the programmes and to manage entryto the specialty training posts in line with nationally agreed guidelines cocoordinatedby the National Recruitment Office for General Practice.• To ensure appropriate support for trainees in General Practice programmes whoare training to be general practitioners• To ensure that the delivery of training enhances the quality and safety of patientcare for today’s and tomorrow’s patients and produces specialists fit to meet theneeds of the NHS and with the skills to be able effectively to contribute to futurechanges in the health service .• To meet workforce and patient needs by training fit for purpose generalpractitioners - including ensuring that all trainees gain the organisational skills,e.g. team working, leadership, change management, business management -necessary for their role as future general practitioners able to work effectively incomplex organisations and able to lead and implement change in the primary caresetting.• To monitor the quality of training; to evaluate and review local quality controlmeasures and reports and ensure these are used to drive continual improvementto meet the standards that will be set by the Royal College of GeneralPractitioners and the PMETB• To monitor possible discriminatory affects of any policies or procedures and steeraction to promote diversity and equality of opportunity.• To take part in the selection and recruitment of doctors in training to generalpractice training programmes and to contribute to the development of selectionmethodology• To maintain effective formative and summative assessment processes - includingthe annual review of training and the process for the recommendation of theaward of CCT• To work with the KSS Deanery to recognise and to assess trainees in difficultyand provide them with necessary support and to implement appropriate remedialaction.• To manage the career development of trainees in general practice• To develop academic training programmes for Academic Clinical Fellows and forClinical Lecturers and to promote academic training for all trainees• To promote excellence and innovation in training and in training methods and toencourage and develop educational research including development andevaluation of assessment methodologies• To work with the KSS Head of Libraries and Knowledge Management to develop,promote and implement knowledge access and “e” learningKSS GP Specialty School Board, Constitution & TOR v2231 st March 2008