MEO Post Conference Report and Feedback

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MEO Post ConferenceReport and Feedback

• thirteenth national prevocational medical
  education forum
• 9 12 november 2008

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MEO Report

• 50 MEOs from across Australia and New Zealand
  participated in the MEO Forum.
• The Forum commenced with a lively presentation
  from Debbie Paltridge about skill development
  and career opportunities for MEOs.
• MEOs then spent time in small groups developing
  strategies to overcome challenges they faced as
  MEOs. The challenges were provided by each State
  prior to the Forum.

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Short Results

• MEOs at forum 50
• Age range
• Less than 39 years 20
• 40-49 years 34
• 50 years or more 44
• Worked as an MEO
• 1 year or less 34
• 1-4 years 36
• 4-6 years 14
• 6 years or more 16

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MEO as a Career What does it give me and where
can I go to from here?
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Challenge 1 How can MEOs best support JMOs
psychologically and emotionally in a hospital
environment that demands regular over-time and
heavy workloads?
Feedback Strategies 1 Advocacy policies
- that drive a junior doctor support system
across hospitals for referrals to EAS,
Psychologist, Docs for Docs, AMA
etc2 Activate fatigue management project
- to advocate for JMO health and well being in
relation to overtime, rostering etc3
Investigate IT solutions - to assist
prioritisation of work where stress leads to
distress eg South Australian system
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Challenge 2 How can MEOs best meet the needs of
Generation Y JMOs?
Feedback Strategies 1 Use IT -
on-line resources RRMEO, SMS message, Pod/Voc
cast, Key Point (electronic resources)2
Feedback - on daily basis and mid term,
training for consultant, collated term evaluation
3 Dialogue - personal, valuing,
individualised, visit on wards4 Collaborative
- consult re education program (content
and process) - empowering not
hierarchical 5 Flexibility and incentive
- workforce issues
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Challenge 3 How can MEOs best develop effective
programs that address the AMC requirements for
IMG orientation?
Feedback Strategies 1 Self assessment prior
to starting work2 Evaluation 3 Feedback

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Challenge 4 How can MEOs best give sustained
and quality clinical and non-clinical support to
IMGs in a time poor environment?
Feedback Strategies 1 MEOs to be involved in
initial interview process to assess -
Cultural issues - Clinical skills and
capabilities - English language skills
- Video conferencing to ascertain
verification of person2 Get to know IMGs at
all times - Educational sessions -
Customise ancillary training to improve clinical
and non-clinical skills - Talk to clinical
supervisors/nursing and allied health -
ACLS3 Customise Orientation for IMGs in
areas - Hospital-wide - Unit
specific - Medical education
requirements4 Work with allocations people
and make recommendations regarding suitable
rotations
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Challenge 5 How can MEOs contribute to the
creation of additional high quality Intern
positions that are of the appropriate standard
and have adequate supervision (eg drug and
alcohol posts)?
Feedback Strategies 1 Liaison with State
Health Departments - Find out who can
provide Intern opportunities within relevant
district - Liaise with colleagues re
training requirements and opportunities -
Advertising and promoting concept of Intern
training2 MEOs can link with clinicians of
units to map out ACF against term description
- Link with clinician in clinical areas of
curriculum3 Assistance with Supervisors
- Train supervisors and create incentives for
clinicians to want to be supervisors in a new
unit
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Challenge 6 How can MEOs provide opportunities
for PGY2s to be involved in regular education
sessions?
Feedback Strategies 1 Flexible learning
opportunities - Pod casts - Web x
- Online scenarios - Weekly
bulletins of all education opportunities -
Out of hours - Ethical training record
listing resources and repository for collecting
records of learning2 Creating a learning
portfolio - Link with clinician in
clinical areas of curriculum3 Getting them
involved in teaching - Presenting at Grand
Rounds
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Challenge 7 How can MEOs best develop effective
orientation programs for the increasing number of
Interns when additional time/resources are not
available?
Feedback Strategies 1 On-line - OHS
- Child Protection - Code of
Conduct2 What skills / Competencies do the
Interns bring from Medical School - Will
allow tailored orientation - get a report card
from Medical School - Basic skills
assessment prior to Internship from Universities
- Intern self assessment of skills3
Think about year 4 6 of Medical School and how
that is articulating into the ACF - Deans
of Medical Schools collaborate with CPMEC re
skills required and signed-off on
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Challenge 8 How can MEOs best prepare for
accreditation status in hospitals including
developing new potential term rotations for
Interns?
Feedback Strategies 1 Being fully informed of
standards and making them part of your on-going
core business, particularly with key
stake-holders (job description, rotations
etc)2 Seek advice from relevant PMCs (and if
required in an ongoing strategy)3 Being
involved in surveys (and having JMOs trial
terms)
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Challenge 9 How can MEOs best prepare for
accreditation status in hospitals including
developing new potential term rotations for
Interns?
Feedback Strategies 1 Start early and prepare
for it by maintaining records and evaluating
programs and activities2 writing
policies and collecting data systematically3
Establishing collection of topics folders