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This conference provides an opportunity to reflect & discuss current issues in primary care teaching with multidisciplinary learning among GPs, primary & community practitioners, patients & students.
Learning and Working for the Future of Primary Care
This year’s conference is entitled Learning and Working for the Future in Primary Care. The conference will be held at the prestigious venue of Royal College of Physicians.
We will have an exciting range of speakers and workshops to share and discuss and consider diverse perspectives on clinical education alongside opportunities and challenges and the impact this has on patients and students’ patient-based learning experiences.
Date: 14th February at Royal College of Physicians
- Royal College of Physicians -venue details
Royal College of Physicians. 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE
The building is situated on St Andrews Place opposite Regent’s Park, a five-minute walk from Regent’s Park station or Great Portland Street station. There is a lift platform for wheelchair access at our entrance.
- Conference Programme
8.45-9.15 Registration & Breakfast 9.15-9.45 Welcome & Introduction by Dr Will Spiring, Director of UG Medical Education (Primary Care & Community) and Prof Faye Gishen, Director of UCLMS
9.45-10.15 The Student Voice 10.15-10.20 Break 10.20-11.00 Keynote Speaker - Prof. Hatim Abdulhussein 11.00-11.30 Break 11.30-13.00 Morning Workshops 13.00-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-15.15 Afternoon Workshops 15.15-15.30 Break 15.30-16.30 Keynote Speaker - Ms Jools Symons
16.30-17.00 Primary Care Medical Education Tutor & Practice Awards and Close
- Keynote Speakers
Keynote speaker: Prof. Hatim Abdulhussein, CEO Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
Title: Responsible use of AI in Medical Education
Hatim is the Chief Executive Officer for Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex - part of the NHS Health Innovation Network and a GP in North West London. Currently an Honorary Professor of Innovation and AI in the School of Medicine at the University of Surrey, Hatim sits on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Technology Appraisals Committee, the Responsible AI UK Health and Care Group and the Responsible AI Institute Sustainable AI Consortium. Hatim holds Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners, and Fellowship of Advance Higher Education and the British Computer Society. As an international speaker, he has contributed to the publication of academic papers and white papers spanning workforce, education reform, innovation, primary care, digital health, and AI. Hatim is an advocate for safe, ethical, and responsible digital and AI transformation and ensuring workforce preparedness for new innovations and technologies in health and care.
Prof. Hatim Abdulhussein
Keynote Speaker: Miss Jools Symons, Patient and Public Involvement Manager, Communication Skills Lead, School of Medicine, University of Leeds
Title - tbc
Ms Jools Symons
- Student Voice
Ms Angela Boakye, UCL Year 4 Medical student
Title: Barriers and facilitators of self-managing multiple long-term conditions among people of a South Asian background in the UK: A scoping review
Ms Anita Wong, UCL Year 4 Medical student
Title: Supporting older people with care at home through virtual wards: learning from patient, carer, and healthcare professionals’ perspectives
Mr Lee Melo, Final Year Medical student, Lancaster University
Title: Pain management in palliative and end of life care in older adults from ethnic minority groups: a systematic review
- Morning workshop 1
Title: TBC by Prof Cate Whittlesea, Director of School of Pharmacy, UCL, and Prof Mine Orlu, Pharmaceutics, UCL
Prof Mine Orlu
Prof Cate Whittlesea
- Morning workshop 2
Title: Near Peer teaching in General Practice by Dr Anir Renukanthan, Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care Medical Education, UCL Lead for Year 4, and Prof Joe Rosenthal, Professor of Primary Care
Dr Anir Renukanthan
Prof Joe Rosenthal
- Morning workshop 3
Title: TBC by Dr Hanady Hamdallah, Lecturer Medical Education, Years 1 & 2 Patient Pathway and Community Care Lead, Lead for Primary Care Education Research Group (PCERG), and Miss Jools Symons, Patient and Public Involvement Manager, Communication Skills Lead, School of Medicine, University of Leeds
Dr Hanady Hamdallah
Miss Jools Symons
- Afternoon workshop 1
Title: How do we best support students’ learning experience on GP placement? by Dr Sarah Armstrong, IBSc Primary Care Research and Clinical Practice Lead, and Dr Will Spiring, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education (Primary Care & Community) UCL Medical School, Head of Undergraduate GP Teaching
Medical students in 2024 face unique challenges. The on-going legacy of the covid pandemic, the escalating cost of living, and the changing face of 21st century medicine all affect our students. At the same time NHS General Practice is under unprecedented pressure and the role of clinicians in primary care is evolving rapidly. For our future generation of doctors, this significantly impacts the clinical learning environment. As educators, it is important that we have insight onto these challenges, if we are to support our students in their learning.
Join Dr Will Spiring and Dr Sarah Armstrong in this interactive student-led workshop, in which we try to understand what it really means to be a medical student in 2024.
Dr Sarah Armstrong
Dr Will Spiring
- Afternoon workshop 2
Title: The UCL Medical School ePortfolio and its role in Primary Care by Dr Nimesh Patel, Associate Professor and Academic Lead for MBBS Assessment, UCL and by Dr Charlotte Hammerton, UCL Clinical Lecturer (Teaching), Assessment Unit.
The workshop aims to introduce the ePortfolio used in UG Medical Education, outlining its core principles. There will be a focused discussion on how we can work together to integrate UG Primary Care Medical Education into the ePortfolio effectively.
Dr Nimesh Patel
Dr Charlotte Hammerton
- Afternoon workshop 3
Title: TBC
- Primary Care Medical Education Conference Awards
The UCL Primary Care Medical Education teaching team value Community and GPs' contribution to teaching, and admire that tutors are helping inspire and train the next generation of doctors. For this reason, we introduced the Community and GP Tutors' Conference Awards to recognise and celebrate the excellent teaching our students are receiving from Community and GP providers.
We will be contacting the shortlisted practices & community service providers in January 2024. Shortlisted practices & community service providers are invited to attend the conference and winners will be announced during the conference award ceremony.
Excellent teacher demonstrating 'good teaching practice' award
All Tutors are invited to nominate themselves for this award and demonstrate excellence in teaching. The application involves writing up to 750 words on the following areas of teaching, using examples of:
- Facilitation of student learning
- Feedback
- Assessment
- Innovation
If you would like to apply for the award, please contact us for an application form: pcphmeded@ucl.ac.uk, the application deadline is 29 November 2024.
We will notify you if your application has been shortlisted and will inform the winner by mid January 2024. We kindly ask you to attend the conference to receive your award and give a speech of up to 5 minutes, if you are successful.
'Patient -Educator Award (Chris Sandford Primary Care Medical Education Award)'
This year we are introducing a new ‘Patient and Public Involvement in Teaching' Award. This will be awarded to someone from our patient and carer community who demonstrates excellence in, and a commitment to, the education of our medical students. The winner will be announced at our conference. If you would like to apply for the award, please contact us for an application form: pcphmeded@ucl.ac.uk. The application deadline is 8th December 2024.
