Resident Doctor Forums

Background

Each Directorate/Department should hold a Resident Doctor Forum (forum can also be trust/site wide, such as Foundation trainee JDF). This is a requirement of the Learning Agreement with Health Education West Midlands which has been signed-off by the CEO.

Requirement

• Recommended - Forum to be held monthly (minimum bi-monthly)
• Organised by the Directorate/Specialty Education Lead/RC Tutor/Chief Resident
• Recommended attendance:
  • Chief Resident, Education Lead, RC Tutor (to Lead/Facilitate meeting)
  • As many Resident Doctors as possible (HEE, LED & ITF)
  • Representation from CSL, Senior Nurse, Directorate/Departments Manager as required.
  • NOTE: Occasionally a RDF can be intentionally trainee led and trainee only attendance.
• Med Ed Quality Team to be included in RDF invite circulation lists QualityTeam-MedEd@uhb.nhs.uk
• Attendance register must be kept
• There should be a standard agenda that maps to the HEEWM required items and must include patient safety and a discussion of SUIs/complaints relevant to trainees/resident doctors (see below)
• The RDF should result in a set of Minutes, Action Plans and Outcomes.
• Actions and Outcomes should be fed back to trainees/junior doctors at the next meeting – can also use ‘You said, We did’ template to feedback (embedded doc below):
• The exact format of the meeting is flexible
• Attendance registers, Minutes, Action Plans and Outcome to be forwarded to:
  • The Divisional Education Board and any themes or patient safety concerns discussed at Specialty/Directorate meeting.
  • The Medical Education Team QualityTeam-MedEd@uhb.nhs.uk entitled:- RDF, Specialty, Site, Month, Year

Agenda Items (not exhaustive)

• Patient Safety
• Bullying and harassment
• Undermining
• Escalating concerns
• Support for trainees
• Wellbeing – including leave, rest breaks, Rest Space
• Appraisal and assessment, including WPBAs & SLEs
• Feedback on work
• Protected teaching – local teaching & access to mandated Trust/Regional teaching
• Service based teaching (shop-floor/ bedside teaching)
• Supervision and senior doctor cover
• Clinical workload
• Audit, QIP, EBM
• Inappropriate tasks
• Rota compliance
• Facilities – including working environment & physical workspace
• Education programme planning and Quality
• Induction and Mandatory Skills Training
• AOB