Educational Meeting – w/c 12 February

February 9, 2018

Next week will be a session from the Educational Faculty Development Programme – How to Identify Learning Needs – Dr Imtiaz Ahmed

Aim of session:

• To discuss indicators of training needs
• To highlight the importance of identifying learning needs before preparing for a teaching session:
  • Who needs to be trained
  • How many need to be trained
  • To what standard
• Why identify learning needs
  • Performance
  • Motivation
  • Knowledge
• Discuss the importance of identifying the learners objectives from the session
• Discuss the methods that can be  used to identify learning needs
  • Formal – as part of appraisal / supervision process
  • Informal discussions with groups with review of learning objectives from courses
• How to plan a training programme

The session will be held in the Postgraduate Centre at City Hospital on Monday 12 February, 12.30pm start and will be repeated in the Education Centre at Sandwell on Thursday 22 February.

Also next week will be the Diabetes & Endocrinology Grand Round  – ” Reducing Insulin errors and improving DKA management – Is it practically achievable? “

The session will be held in the Education Centre at Sandwell Hospital on Thursday 15 February, 12.30pm start (12noon lunch)