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28 September 2023: Miss Helen Cattermole, Head of Generalist School Yorkshire & the Humber and National Clinical Advisor for the Enhancing Generalist Skills Programme, has recently been awarded the 2023 Robert Jones Gold Medal and Association Prize from the British Orthopaedic Association. Read more here
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11 May 2023: To showcase some of the amazing work that is going on in our trailblazer pilots, the enhance team launched 3 regional trailblazer videos. Each trailblazer has piloted the enhance programme in their own unique way to best suit their learner cohort and align with local priorities. From immersive community placements in the Midlands to innovative virtual reality experiences in the East of England, and field trips with a focus on sustainable health in Yorkshire, our trailblazers are inspiring and equipping learners to address specific health challenges in their region. Watch all three videos here
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4 April 2023: Medscape publishes news article featuring our transformative reflection guide: The Importance for Doctors of Taking Time to Reflect
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29 March 2023: We launched our second enhance cross cutting theme, which is Transformative Reflection. We believe reflection is an essential skill for clinicians which is why this new guide has been created in collaboration with a working group of subject matter experts. Find out more about the transformative reflection cross-cutting theme and download the resource guide here.
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14 November 2022: Medscape publishes news article featuring our wellbeing resource guide: Looking After Ourselves is Not Selfish, It's Self-Caring
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3 November 2022: The enhance team presented at the Medical Education Leaders UK webinar: Watch the recording of the event here
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3 November 2022: We launched our first enhance cross cutting theme, which is Wellbeing; a theme which is integral to the programme, as it directly impacts on patient care. The aim of this new resource is to enable healthcare professionals to maintain wellbeing and self-care of themselves and their colleagues, whilst recognising that supporting wellbeing is unique to everyone. It is aimed at multi professional learners, educators, NHS organisations and employers. It also outlines the eight dimensions of wellbeing and gives some practical tips for improving staff wellbeing on an individual, team and system level. Find out more about the Wellbeing cross-cutting theme and download the enhance wellbeing resource guide here.
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4 August 2022: Our enhance: Enhancing Generalist Skills programme reaches its next milestone and is officially launching with 150 learners enrolled. From August 2022 our enhance trailblazers will be welcoming the learners into post across all regions in England.
The enhance programme aims to deliver the recommendations from the Future Doctor report and build on learning from the pandemic. The programme will help healthcare teams develop and evidence their generalist skills, supporting whole person care for complex patients with multiple chronic conditions, and applying knowledge and learning to reduce health inequalities and address local health priorities.
The official programme launch follows the publication of our new enhance learning resources on the HEE TEL Learning Hub. Here you can expect to find training modules on cross cutting themes and education domains. In the coming months we will be adding more resources and learning from across the regions so watch this space!
We are excited to be officially launching the programme and look forward to hearing from our learners about their experiences, how the programme has supported their development of generalist skills, and the impact on patient care.
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4 April 2022: Launch of enhance: Enhancing Generalist Skills programme and programme handbook. Health Education England has recently launched the enhance: Enhancing Generalist Skills programme. This programme details how HEE will deliver the recommendations from the Future Doctor report and build on learning from the pandemic. The programme will help healthcare teams preserve and develop their generalist skills, supporting 'whole person' care for complex patients with multiple chronic conditions, and applying knowledge and learning to reduce health inequalities to address local health priorities. Our new programme handbook outlines the background to the work and expectations of participants, with a structure to guide learning activities that can meet the programme's outcomes.
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Our team recently presented at DEMEC – read our debrief of the event here.
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Keynote by Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer at DEMEC 2021 - The importance of generalist skills for multimorbidity and patient care - read our summary here
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The BGS Newsletter recently discussed 'Enhancing generalist skills development for the healthcare workforce: A new era for training' (Pg. 22-23)
- Read page 212 of the Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2021: Health in Coastal Communities to learn how enhancing generalist skills for all doctors can have a wider benefit for the population within coastal communities
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The Enhancing Generalist Skills Programme: Leadership and Social Medicine has been included as a case study on the BMA website - Click here to read. Please note that this is not a direct link, click on ‘Projects Across the UK’ and it will take you to a map. The case study is part of the Midlands region.
External Newsletters:
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enhance newsletter - August 2022 (launch)