Welcome to our Annual Conference 2025 page
Below you will find the programme and speaker presentations to view if permission has been granted.
Thursday 15th May 2025:
Session One:
“Empower”
- “Best practice in rota management – the trainee perspective” – Dr Amanda King, Quality Fellow NHSE WT&E & Specialty Trainee EMSW
- “Rostering with a difference” – Mrs Sarah Sharp, Rota Team Lead & Dr Mark Johnson, Associate Medical Director Clinical Productivity, Buckinghamshire
- Resident Led Session – Supporting your Resident doctor on the Med Ed Ladder – Dr Diluxshy Elagaratnam, Clinical Teaching & Research Fellow, Newcastle University & Dr Melanie Coulson, ACF in General Practice
Session Two:
The Curriculum isn’t right….
- “Enhancing Generalist Skills – Should we widen access to all trainees or leave it for the enthusiasts”? – Dr John Okocha, GP Registrar Hull & East Riding; NHSE YH Future Leaders Fellow in Enhancing GP Generalist Skills 2023-24
- “From the North to the Great White North: A journey of empowerment in Medical Education” – Mr Rory W Clarke MEd (Merit), ICRE Resident Co-Chair, Future Leaders Fellow & General Surgery Registrar, Yorkshire & Humber
Friday 16th May 2025:
Session Three:
“Inspire”
- Small Grant Recipient Presentation 1 – “The trouble with giving feedback: A Educational/Clinical Supervisor perspective” – Dr Judith Cave, Consultant Oncologist & Dr Samantha Montandon, Teaching Fellow, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT
- Small Grant Recipient Presentation 2 – “The power of presence; assessor perspectives on ARCP” – Miss Heather Davis, ST5 General Surgery, Torbay & South Devon NHS FT
- Research Update – “Clinical education research – from practice to programmes” – Prof Gill Vance, Professor of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Newcastle University & Dr Megan Brown, Senior Research Associate in Medical Education, School of Medicine, Newcastle University
Key note speaker:
- “The importance of educators as healthcare leaders – keeping education central within the changing NHS” – Dr Navina Evans CBE, Chief Workforce, Training & Education Officer, NHS England
Session Four:
“Educate”
- “EDI in the North East & North Cumbria, Highlights, Tips & Challenges” – Dr Ahmed Hegab, Associate Postgraduate Dean, NHSE Education NE
- “Redesigning the barrel from inside – understanding why and how to reduce incivility & sexual harrassment & abuse in workplaces” – Prof Rosalind Searle, Prof of HRM & Organisational Psychology, University of Glasgow – RCS Eng Working Party on Sexual Misconduct
Session Five:
“How to ………..”
- Run professional support in your trust ‘The Leeds Experience’ – Dr Dipesh Odedra, Associate Medical Director (Medical Education), Director of Postgraduate Dental & Medical Education, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Run professional support in your region ‘The North East Experience’ – Alyson Williamson, Learner Support & Faculty Development, Head of Professional Support & Wellbeing & Sharon Shenfine, Associate Dean/Director of Learner Support & Faculty Development NHSE NE
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