22 June 2018 (Last updated: 4 May 2020 13:19)
In a key presentation led by Emma Woolley (left) OMFS SAC Chair, the Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST) Chair Gareth Griffiths (below) kicked off the session with an introduction to the principles for the new surgical curricula.
Addressing delegates at the BAOMS Annual Scientific Meeting in Durham Gareth Griffiths began by outlining the problems with the existing processes particularly the granular nature of the current WBAs, selective MSF and superficial supervisor reports. He then explained how the key issues focused on GMC plans to update the standards for the curricula so that they address fitness to practice concerns “and to fit with the Francis Report and the Shape of Training”.
The new curriculum also needs to assess the ‘complete doctor’ and everything that is needed to do the job well, he said. The two GMC documents Excellence by Design and Generic Professional Capabilities framework define the structure and content of the new curriculum. Importantly, overall surgical professional competence will be more explicitly assessed by agreeing what a trainee can be trusted to undertake without supervision. There will be greater emphasis on the supervisors’ reports.
The OMFS specific curriculum format will change to better define ‘Key Topics’. Each key topic will outline the applied knowledge and clinical skills necessary for the award of a CCT in OMFS in a particular area of practice. They will include ‘index procedures’. There will be key ‘critical progression points’, one of which will be attainment of a defined level of competence before eligibility to sit the exit Fellowship exam is considered.
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