GPSA Placement Lead

at  Imperial College London

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ABOUT THE ROLE

The principal purpose of the post is to direct and manage the undergraduate General Practice placement in year six of the six-year Imperial MBBS programme. This placement allows students to explore general practice and is mainly taught in practices outside of London. General practice contributes to the year 6 finals examinations and the placement lead will contribute to that. You will work with General Practitioner tutors and hospital and other medical school teachers to organise the day to day running of the placement and plan its future development. The appointee will be expected to participate generally in the Department’s activities as agreed and may take on other duties in agreement with the Director of Undergraduate Primary Care Education. Teaching takes place both in General Practices and at the Medical School and encompasses a broad range of contemporary teaching and assessment methods.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

You will:

• Be the academic co-ordinator for the General Practice Student Assistantship (GPSA) placement
• Liaise with GP tutors to ensure a high-quality placement is delivered at each practice.
• Provide GPSA introductory and closing sessions for students.
• Teach across other courses where appropriate.
• Provide formative and summative assessment to medical students. This will at various times include giving feedback, constructing questions, performing clinical assessments, and marking coursework and examinations.
• Review students’ work and performance and provide educational and pastoral support where needed.
• Evaluate placement and teaching activities.
• Develop teaching materials and aids related to the programme of undergraduate teaching.
• Develop and maintain placement guides
• Provide reports on teaching, learning and assessment activities as required.

MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be required to:

• Assist with the recruitment of and support for tutors for the GPSA placement.
• Hold regular GPSA team meetings; brief and debrief teachers and contribute to TaCTIC and other training sessions to facilitate their development.
• Work with the Medical School where appropriate to integrate teaching across placements.
• Work with the medical school to ensure any new material is mapped to the existing primary care curriculum.
• Attend relevant unit, department and faculty meetings
• Work with the Director and Deputy Director of Undergraduate Primary Care Education to develop the placement.
• Work with the faculty development team in order to ensure appropriate evaluation and quality assurance of the placement

• Work with the administrative team to oversee timetabling and administrative aspects of course delivery.

  Publication and Career Development
  You will be encouraged to develop educational and research skills through research, publication and obtaining a higher degree.

You will have opportunities and be expected to:

• Contribute to publications (for example placement guides, websites, newsletters etc.) when requested.
• Undertake research and evaluation projects and present work at meetings, conferences and in appropriate professional journals.
• Gain awareness of current initiatives and trends in education both nationally and internationally.
• Maintain and develop educational skills