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https://www.rcog.org.uk/careers-and-training/training/curriculum/core-curriculum/current-core-curriculum/

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The Training Evaluation Form (TEF) enables you to give direct feedback on your training, and lets the College monitor and improve the quality of training.

This is undertaken once a year.

The next TEF will run from 6 February – 4 March 2024.

You will be emailed directly to remind you to complete the TEF through College communication.

Please save evidence that you have completed this and upload this form under 'Add other evidence'

And ensure you check the box 'ARCP related'

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The Training Evaluation Form (TEF) enables trainees to give direct feedback on their training, and lets the College monitor and improve the quality of training.

To improve the quality of training environment,Training Unit Quality Criteria (April 2023) have been developed. These demonstrate to training units what constitutes a good training unit.

The principal aims of the criteria are to enhance the educational experience of trainees, to drive up the quality of training environments and ultimately to improve patient safety and experience.

The quality criteria will aid units to work towards being an effective training unit, help Heads of School to remove poor quality training posts and help trainees to know the environment and experience they are expected to receive.

When to complete the TEF

The next TEF will run from 6 February - 4 March 2024.

We will email trainees to remind them to complete the TEF through College communication.

Heads of School in some Deaneries/LETBs may ask their trainees to complete interim TEFs between the national TEFs for local quality management purposes.

Training Evaluation Form results

Training data analysis

Our national Training Evaluation Survey collates feedback from the Trainee Evaluation Form (TEF), taking place in the early part of the year, prior to the GMC survey.

It provides the College, schools and individual units detailed feedback on the training and education trainees undertake.

See our detailed analysis of training evaluation data.

Data privacy

The RCOG takes protection of personal information very seriously. Only the RCOG ePortfolio Manager will be able to see individually completed TEFs. These will be downloaded without personally identifiable data and formatted into a series of summary reports to be shared with Heads of School, Postgraudate Deans and trainee reps.

Comments from the TEF will be sent separately in one spreadsheet to each Head of School and trainee rep.For more information, please read the TEF confidentiality statement and data privacy policy.

RCOG education and training awards 2021 - What we can learn from our top performing units

This is the fourth year that the RCOG has recognised the top training units in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the UK based on the results of the training evaluation form (TEF) that trainees completed in 2021. Units were ranked in professional development, obstetric training and gynaecological training and were given an overall ranking based on their performance in these three categories.

The awards were announced to winning hospitals on 24 February 2022. Winners and runners up are listed on the link below.

The winner for overall training, obstetric training and gynaecology training was Peterborough City Hospital (East Anglian deanery). The winner for the Professional Development category was St Richard's hospital (Kent, Surrey, Sussex deanery).

High performing units have been asked to explain what they were particularly proud of and tips on how they provided such good training. Additionally they were asked what they could do to make the training they provide even better.

Units were proud that they:

Had developed a supportive relationship with their trainees

Maintained an educational programme despite the pandemic

Training and education is seen as the responsibility of the whole team

Top tips

A regular trainees' forum to identify and address training issues early with ES presence

'Open door policy' for any trainee requiring extra or pastoral support

Match service requirements with the trainees' interests

Look for means to enhance their CV by encouraging QI projects, research, abstract submissions

Celebrate success and good patient feedback

Effective rostering to allow trainees to attend training opportunities

Establish a learning culture so everyone puts education first - this will result in better patient care

Ensure the trainees feel valued

Even more/better training tips

Ask trainees for feedback regularly

Review the results of the GMC survey /TEF and present these at departmental meetings

Utilise all opportunities on the rota for training

In summary to improve training in any unit consider:

Effective team working for example, improving transparency in teaching /learning opportunities and promoting healthy dialogue and open communication between trainees and potential trainers.

Supporting and respecting trainee development opportunities.

360 degree feedback process to help improve quality of training resulting in high quality patient care.

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The Training Evaluation Form (TEF) enables trainees to give direct feedback on their training, and lets the College monitor and improve the quality of training. To improve the quality of training environment,Training Unit Quality Criteria (April 2023) have been developed. These demonstrate to training units what constitutes a good training unit.

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The matrix of progression details for EACH year of training, what is required. Please use this throughout the year.

This includes what exams and competencies are required.

You will need at least 3 summative OSATS for each competency

It does NOT quantify how many mini cex, CBD or reflective practices are required.

The philosophy of the new curriculum is about quality of evidence rather than quantity and a move away from absolute numbers of workplace based assessments (WBAs) and the tick box
approach

You will need 2 rounds of TO2 feedback for each year

You will require at least 2 NOTSS - one for obstetrics and one for gynaecology.

Please upload evidence of attended courses/booked courses as set out by the matrix

Please see Guidance Part 5 and 6 - CiPS

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Please download this form and use it to complete your expected CCT date.

Upload this form under 'Add other evidence'

And ensure you check the box 'ARCP related'