Examples of Good Practice

The HEE Deans’ Group regularly discuss and share initiatives. There has been a recent focus and a commitment to continue sharing good practice examples which have an EDI theme.

Each Postgraduate Dean and their teams have submitted a good practice item that others can learn from, reflect on and consider using or adapting for their region and for their learners.

EDI Good Practice items have been collated and uploaded to our website. Additional resources will continue to be added to this area of the website as a central repository for sharing initiatives we think are worthy of promoting and sharing. You can visit our Good Practice web page here to read examples of equality, diversity and inclusive good practice.

All items have an EDI theme, and they respond to some of the challenges or aim to promote EDI action, discussion, improvement and achieve a tangible difference.

Good practice items have been themed as:

Induction and Support for International Medical Graduates

• IMG Induction programme in Thames Valley and Wessex

• IMG Champions Network in Thames Valley and Wessex

• Enhanced Induction in The West Midlands

• eLearning for Health Module on Welcoming and Valuing International Medical Graduates: A guide to induction for IMGs recruited to the NHS developed by London and KSS

• Social prescribing for International Medical Graduates in Yorkshire and Humber.

Response and initiatives to tackle Differential Attainment (Fair Training Cultures)

• Tackling Differential Attainment in Thames Valley

• Director of Medical Education Interviews in The West Midlands

• Differential Attainment Working Group East Midlands

Governance and Representation including Faculty

• Increasing Diversity in the senior educator group in the North West

• Responsible Officer Advisory Group case discussion with no protected characteristics provided – an Annual analysis of decisions by protected characteristic in The South West

Forums and Support

• Virtual Café in The West Midlands

• In Training Assessment of Performance (iTAP) in The West Midlands

Training and Development

• Enhanced Equality Diversity Inclusion Case Based Training in the North East

• HEE/NHSE EDI combined group, trainee survey to understand needs, bystander training East of England

• EDI workshops and an EDI Ambassador in KSS

• A cascaded Active Bystander Training the Trainer Programme – Step Forward in The North West

Want to get involved? If you have innovative practice with an EDI theme you can get in touch via quality@hee.nhs.uk – we’re especially keen to publish and promote items that exceed standards and that are new and have had a positive impact.

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Study Leave

Study leave is an integral component of postgraduate medical training to assist in the achievement of the knowledge, skills and behaviours defined in curricular.

This is funded via a levy on Education Support money and administered by HEE local offices to be refunded via trainee’s employers. HEE has a formal study leave policy and oversight from a national working group.

The working group has oversight for ensuring fairness of distribution and responding to any issues raised. Currently a standardise ‘Leave Manager’ programme is being rolled out through HEE’s Local Offices.

This will allow much improved monitoring of study leave spending and an EDI analysis of that. All local offices run programmes to respond to the challenges of differential attainment which is linked to EDI. Good practice in this area is being cascaded to ensure all postgraduate doctors in training have access to study leave aligned to their personal needs.