Medical students
An interface with undergraduate education
Within the Education Centre, the undergraduate medical education facilitator provides an interface between undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Each care group has an undergraduate and postgraduate education lead consultant (see Downloads window, right) and the Facilitator supports them to help deliver good quality education.
There are many similarities between undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and, wherever possible, good practice (see Downloads window, right) is shared. For example, communication skills are a theme of both the Undergraduate and Foundation programme curriculum and the development of joint training for communication skills is currently being investigated.
The School of Medicine
Formed in 1971, the School of Medicine is one of the most well-established medical schools in the UK and currently has more than 1000 students on its undergraduate BM programmes.
The School of Medicine has always taken an innovative approach to teaching medical students. The School has grown considerably over the years and now admits 240 students each year on to the four-year, five-year and six-year undergraduate programmes.
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News
Compared with all the other clinical medical schools, the School of Medicine at Southampton scored highest overall in the 2006 National Student Survey. This reflects the students' views of their positive educational experience, much of which had been undertaken within UHSFT.
Bachelor of Medicine curriculum
The " Making Links Handbook for Clinical Teachers " (see Downloads window, right) produced by the School of Medicine provides useful advice and information for all clinical teachers of medical students and also gives details of the Bachelor of Medicine Curriculum
MEDIS
Teachers of Medical students are encouraged to register for MEDIS, the University of Southampton School of Medicine's web-based MED ical I nformation S ystem. Please go to the following link to register with MEDIS:
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QAEV by the SoM
Every three years the School of Medicine meets for one day with representatives from each directorate within UHSFT. The purpose of this Quality Assurance and Enhancement Visit (QAEV) is to review the provision of teaching to undergraduate medical students and to monitor the facilities and resources available to students whilst on clinical placement. It is also an opportunity for those involved in teaching to demonstrate what a good job they do and to feel proud of their efforts!
The last QAEV took place on 10 November 2008 and the School of Medicine were pleased to report that things had significantly improved since the last QAEV, during what was recognised to be a particularly difficult time for UHSFT. The School teams had been especially impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment of all the staff who teach or support education. The full QAEV Report is available to view by selecting the option found in the Downloads box to the right of this page. The next QAEV will be due in 2011.
Service increment for teaching (SIFT)
SIFT is designed to compensate NHS Trusts for the additional service costs incurred as a result of supporting the teaching of undergraduate medical students. For more details on where SIFT comes from and where it goes, please see the SIFT Diagram (Downloads window, right). (Downloads window, right).
Following a reasonable audit last year we have been able to make progress with Finance who hope to be able to demonstrate SIFT funding streams within divisional budget lines from April 2010. If any particular directorate/care group is experiencing difficulty delivering education for medical students from existing resources then you should approach Dr Liz Donovan, Director of Medical Education, with details of these issues and potential costs that may need to be met. Funding streams will be very limited over the next few months with the centrally driven cuts, but we will help where we can. The advantage of seeing funding streams is that it does raise awareness of the importance of delivering high quality education to our medical students, amongst care group management teams.
Medical student electives
If you are a visiting medical student or require information on elective placements, please refer to the Clinical Attachments page on the left or contact Mary Brotherwood in the School of Medicine via email at l.m.pritchard@soton.ac.uk|
Problems whilst on placement
If you are currently experiencing any problems while on placement, please contact your Head of Year Tutor or Dr Liz Donovan (023 8079 4795) or DME@uhs.nhs.uk|