Recruitment into Foundation and Specialist Training Programmes in the UK

12 December 2007 - RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London (Click here for location map)
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Presentations & Papers

Abstracts Book (163Kb PDF)
The US Residency Matching Programme - Henry J. Schultz & Mona M. Signer (1.3Mb PDF)
The GP Recruitment Process - Dr Simon Plint (685 Kb PDF)
Recruitment To Foundation - Prof Derek Gallen (103 Kb PDF)
Selecting Future Surgeons - Prof David Rowley (139 Kb PDF)

Programme

09.30 - 10.00 Registration and Coffee

10.00 - 10.10 Welcome and Introduction
Professor David Blaney, ASME Chief Executive

10.10 - 10.45 MMC MTAS and beyond
Professor Sir John Tooke, Dean, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK

10.45 - 11.00 Questions

11.00 - 12.30 How others do it - The US Residency Matching Programme
Ms Mona Signer, Executive Director, National Resident Matching Program, and
Dr Henry Schultz, President of the Board of Directors, National Resident Matching Program, Washington DC, USA

12.30 - 12.45 Relationship between Scores on US Medical Licensing Examinations and Performance on Specialty Board Certifying Examinations
Dr David Swanson, National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, USA

12.45-1.00 Questions

1.00 - 1.30 Lunch, Poster Viewing and Networking

1.30-2.00 Competency Based Selection
Professor Fiona Patterson, Department of Psychology, City University, London, UK

Three Developing Models of Selection from the UK

2.00-2.20 The GP Recruitment Process
Dr Simon Plint, Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education, Oxford PGMDE, Oxford, UK

2.20 - 2.40 Selection for Surgical Training
Professor David Rowley, Director of Education, The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK

2.40- 3.00 Selection into Foundation
Professor Derek Gallen, Postgraduate Dean for Wales, Cardiff, UK

3.00 Questions and Panel Responses

3.30 The Way Forward?
Professor Lis Paice, Dean Director, The London Deanery, London, UK

4.00 Conference Close

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09.30 - 10.00	Registration and Coffee
10.00 - 10.10	Welcome and Introduction Professor David Blaney, ASME Chief Executive
10.10 - 10.45	MMC MTAS and beyond Professor Sir John Tooke, Dean, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK
10.45 - 11.00	Questions
11.00 - 12.30	How others do it - The US Residency Matching Programme Ms Mona Signer, Executive Director, National Resident Matching Program, and Dr Henry Schultz, President of the Board of Directors, National Resident Matching Program, Washington DC, USA
12.30 - 12.45	Relationship between Scores on US Medical Licensing Examinations and Performance on Specialty Board Certifying Examinations Dr David Swanson, National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, USA
12.45-1.00	Questions
1.00 - 1.30	Lunch, Poster Viewing and Networking
1.30-2.00	Competency Based Selection Professor Fiona Patterson, Department of Psychology, City University, London, UK
	Three Developing Models of Selection from the UK
2.00-2.20	The GP Recruitment Process Dr Simon Plint, Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education, Oxford PGMDE, Oxford, UK
2.20 - 2.40	Selection for Surgical Training Professor David Rowley, Director of Education, The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
2.40- 3.00	Selection into Foundation Professor Derek Gallen, Postgraduate Dean for Wales, Cardiff, UK
3.00	Questions and Panel Responses
3.30	The Way Forward? Professor Lis Paice, Dean Director, The London Deanery, London, UK
4.00	Conference Close