Providing Seamless Careers Support The South West Peninsula Journey

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Providing Seamless Careers Support The South
West Peninsula Journey
Cate Bennett, Career Planning Manager
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Outline of Todays Direction of Travel

• An overview of the South West Peninsula Deanery
  (SWPD) and Peninsula College of Medicine and
  Dentistrys (PMCD) journey toward the delivery of
  a seamless career support service
• The challenges
• The rewards
• Sharing your experiences, ideas and suggestions

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The Starting Point an agreement between ...
Professor Martin Beaman was appointed
Postgraduate Dean for the newly established South
West Peninsula Deanery and took up post in March
2005. He is a Consultant Physician and
Nephrologist and continues in clinical practice
one day per week.
Professor John Bligh is Professor of Clinical
Education and Vice Dean at the Peninsula Medical
School . He is the Director of the Institute for
Clinical Education within the School.
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Initial Journey Plan

• A careers service for Year 5s and Foundation
  Doctors

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The Career Planning Team

• January 2006 arrival of a qualified Careers
  Adviser, with HE experience, to Head the Service
• June 2006 arrival of CIAE Co-ordinator

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Reassessing the Journey Plan

• Potential for continuous fire fighting as opposed
  to career planning

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Cont .

• Career planning needs to start early, is lifelong
  and must be owned by the individual
• Step by step will provide individuals with the
  time and tools to take responsibility for their
  own career planning and decision making

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The New Journey

• To work with students from Year 1 through to F2
  and beyond

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The Challenges of the Initial Terrain Travelled

• A time of unprecedented change anger,
  confusion, upset, fear, potential displacement
• Acceptance by the medical profession
• Students
• Junior Doctors
• Consultants

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cont

• Constant moving goal posts in terms of selection
  and training requirements
• Lack of accurate and accessible careers
  information
• Finding the medical career champions
• Timetabling

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The Travelling Companions

• Seeking out the Career Champions
• Careers Working Group made up of
• GP/Consultants/Academics/Undergraduate
  Office/Emily Team
• Students

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cont .

• 2. Clinical Fellows and Specialty Trainees
• 3. Consultants across every specialty
• 4. Postgraduate Centre Managers
• 5. Foundation Leads
• 6. Educational Supervisors
• 7. Academic Tutors
• 8. Heads of Schools
• 9. PMETB

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• Professional Support
• MCAN/AGCAS
• Windmills
• NEAF/UKFPO

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Distance Travelled

• Attendance at Year 1 Information Fair
• Delivery of introductory career planning talk to
  Year 2s
• CV/Portfolio presentation/workshops Year 3
• More in depth career planning workshops Year 4

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Cont .

• Foundation Application Form workshops -Year 5
• Compulsory Year 5/optional Year 4 Careers Fair
• One day career planning programme - Foundation
• Foundation Selection Centre Technique workshops

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Cont

• Portfolio Development workshops Foundation
• 11 Guidance
• Mock interviews
• Tutor/Supervisor training
• Specialty Specific Events

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Cont

• Own Website
• Access to up to date information and data e.g.
  MMC website, Deanery websites, NHS medical
  careers website

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Taking in the View along the Way

• Familiar faces
• Positive feedback at various stages
• More uptake of services provided
• Learning from mistakes and successes
• Knowing individuals who are on the road to
  achieving their career goals

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Obstacles on the Road Ahead

• Staffing Numbers
• Changing contacts
• Timetables
• Quality standards
• Student / junior doctor engagement
• Providing support to Academic Tutors/Educational
  Supervisors

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Are we nearly there yet?

• No!
• But weve taken our first steps, the journey is
  a little easier and were all a little fitter

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Keep in mind

• Happiness is a journey
• not a destination
• Ben Sweetland

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Your Journey towards a Seamless Career Support
Service

• The Challenges youve faced/are facing
• If you have overcome them, how?
• If not, what ideas do you have that will help?
  What help do you need, from whom and by when?
• What rewards do you see materialising from
  developing a seamless career planning service?