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Internal Call for Evidence on Existing Education and Training Materials

What we did

We knew that we had to understand what we were already doing and where we needed to act to make the changes needed. An internal ‘Call for Evidence’ was therefore undertaken to find out where our good and not so good practice might be.

The aims of the call were to establish:

what PGMDE teams are currently doing to support EDI
to understand the features of a successful approach
to identify exemplars / existing good practice
to identify barriers to good practice
to enable a gap analysis against trainee priorities
to develop recommendations for the adoption, adaption and spread of effective, evidence-based approaches.

What we learnt

The table below shows the summary of findings.

Local Office		Themes
	Respondent	EDI Committees, Forums, Workstreams		Trainee concerns		PGME faculty				Holding LEPs to account	Leadership / Role modelling	COVID adjustments
		Y/N	Senior buy-in / rep.	Effective channels	Communicating outcomes	Inclusive training environs.	Involving diverse learners	Education packages	Educator guidance
North East	David Turner, Quality Programme Manager	Yes	Yes	4	4	4	4	Yes	4	4	Yes	Yes


Yorkshire & the Humber	Fiona Bishop, Deputy Dean	Yes	Yes	3	5	4	4	No	4	3	Yes	Yes


North West	Claire Inkster, Associate Postgraduate Dean	Yes	Yes	2	3	4	5	Yes	3	4	Yes	Yes


	David Mendel, Head of Professional Development	Yes	Yes	4	4	4	4	Yes	4	4	Yes	Yes

East Midlands	Laure Abbott, Professional Support and Wellbeing Service Manager	Yes	Yes	4	5	4	2	No	3	4	Yes	Yes


West Midlands	Katharine King, Primary Care Dean	No	No	4	5	3	2	No	4	4	Yes	No


East of England
	Janet Rutherford, Primary Care Dean	No	No	3	2	2	2	No	2	1	Yes	Yes

	No contact given	No	No	3	3	3	3	No	3	3	No	No

Kent, Surrey & Sussex	Liz Norris, Head of GP School, KSS	Yes	No	4	4	3	3	Yes	4	3	Yes	Yes


South West	Hiu Lam, Associate Dean	Yes	Yes	5	5	3	4	Yes	3	4	No	Yes


	Lizzie Eley, APD Transformation SW & HoS Primary Care Severn	Yes	Yes	3	4	4	4	Yes	4	4	Yes	Yes

Wessex	Dr Fatima El-Bakri, Assosciate Dean	Yes	Yes	3	4	3	4	Yes	5	3	Yes	Yes

We also conducted a desktop and literature review, to identify cross-sector guidance and exemplars of inclusive working and learning environments to inform a set of recommendations for PGMDE teams.

What we will do

The themes that we took from this review and are going to develop into our action plan are as follows:

We will explore ways to ringfence funding / administrative resource for EDI workstreams and committees.
We will ensure that equality is embedded into existing quality management functions and reporting systems, and that colleagues learn from incidents.
We will utilise resources to improve understanding and appreciation of Deans and faculties and taking a more intersectional approach to inclusive learning environments.
We will provide better opportunities for trainees from underrepresented groups to contribute to learning environments.
We will provide tailored career opportunities for underrepresented groups.web page.

For each theme, we have recommended a set of actions for delivering the commitment, highlighted existing good practice across local PGME teams in England, and signposted resources that can be adapted for other teams’ use. This will provide the basis of a toolkit, which will be accessible on our web page.

Best Practice Exemplar

Trainee EDI Network HEE NW

The Trainee EDI Network in the North West were finalists in the 2021 prestigious British Medical Journal’s annual awards. The network was shortlisted from among 300 other teams and nominees in the Diversity and Inclusion category of the much-coveted BMJ Awards.

The BMJ Awards recognise and celebrate the extraordinary innovative work of healthcare teams across the UK. This year the awards were held virtually on Wednesday 29 September.

The network is a trainee-led initiative that promotes inclusion in the workplace through workstreams, including quality improvement, educator development, content creation and peer support.

More information can be found on the BMJ website

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