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1 Prof ess ionalSta nda rdsfor me dic al, dentalan d veter inar yed uc ato rsOc tober20 14 Text Academyof MedicalEducators2014 FirstEdition2009 SecondEditionand reprint2012 ThirdEdition2014 All rightsreservedfor documentmay only be copiedor reproducedwith the followingacknowledgement:Academyof MedicalEducators2014To cite this document:Academyof (3rd edn, 2014).Cardiff:Academyof MedicalEducators; 1128988 Companyno: medical,dentaland veterinaryeducators1 Cont ent s2 Fore word4 Int roduction5 Standards for Medical Edu cators6 Pro fe ssional Stan dard s Fra mew ork7 Applicatio n of the Standards8 Con tinuingProfessional Development,Appraisalan d Rev alidation9 GMC Require men ts for Clinical TrainersProf es sio nal St andards Fr am ework10 Core Values of Medical edu cators12 Domain 1 Designing and plann ing learning14 Domain 2 Teaching and fa cilitatinglearning16 Domain 3 Assessmentof learning18 Domain 4 Educat iona l research and scholarship20 Domain 5 Edu cationalma nagement and lea dership2 ForewordI am delightedto writethe forewordforthisupdated ed itionof th eAcademyof MedicalEducators ProfessionalSt is is a fa stmovi ng fieldand weha ve fe lt it timelyandnecessaryto produce a furtherit er ati on to keepthesestandards currentand reflectthe ch angin g rolean d profileof medicaleducatorsacrosstheUKand is re visionwas developedaft er wi de consultationand inputfromtheman y orga nisationsinvo lved in medical.

2 Dentaland havesou ght vie ws on the relevance,cont ent and cl ari ty of thesest an dard s fromthoseprin cipa ll y involvedin del iver ing the educ ationagendawith in the workplace,and we are thereforeconfidentthat thes e standardsrepresent an authoritativecons ens us statementon the values, kno wledgeand behaviourthat can be expectedof a e role of the Academyof MedicalEducators has al waysbe en to raisetheprofileof med ical educators an d ensureprofessionalrecognition for the skillsand competenciesrequired to under take thi s role. Trai ni ng doc tors, dent istsand ve terinarysu rgeonsin th e skil ls , knowledge,competenc ie s and val uesrequiredof modernhea lt hca re practit ionersis best achi evedby properlyappointedprofessionaleducators wit h the training,expertise, time andcommitmentto give to th is role , working wi thin a quali ty educ ationalenv iron medical,dentaland veterinaryeducators3 The Academy s pro fess ion al sta ndardsthereforeplay an esse ntial role for allhea lthc are educators.

3 Th es e st andardscan be usedduri ng the jo b planningprocessto negotiat e the properprotected time and emp has is e theimportanceof the te ach ing role . They ca n be usedat appraisal as evi de nceof skills and cont in ued supportrecr uitm ent, wor kf or ce pla nn in g and facultydevelopmentini Fello ws of th e Academy,throughpromoting thes e Standards ,wor k tog eth er to advocate for bet ter educ ationfo r theirst ude nts, traineesan d would like to ack no wl edgethe efforts of Ian Curran,Jul ie Browneand ot hermembersof the Prof ess ion al Sta ndardscommittee who havetakenon therespons ibilityfor updating thes e st enPres ident4 Int roductionTh e Academyof Medical Educators(AoME) wa s establ ishedin Academy of Medical Edu cators is a char itableorganisatio n developed toadv an ce medical education for the benefitof the publ ic thro ugh:a) the de velopmen t of a prof ess ionalst andardsframework and qualificati onsys tems.

4 B) undertakingresearch for th e cont inui ng developmentof pro fessionalmedical ed ucation; an dc) the pro motionand diss emi nat ion of cur rent best pract ice in Academy of Medical Edu cators developedand launchedthe first edit ionof the ProfessionalSta ndardsFramework for medicaled uc at ors in 200 St and ard s and associ atedass essmentprocessesprovidea robustmecha nism for form al prof ess ionalrecognition for all thos e in volvedin theeducation of docto rs , de nt ist s andThe term medicaleducation encompassesdentaland Fellowsof the Academyare interprofessionalresearchers,managers,le adersand teachers,bothclinicaland non-clinical,whoseprimaryprofessionalfoc usis on the educationof doctors,dentistsand veterinarystudents,bothin medical,dentaland veterinaryeducators5 Sta nda rds forMe dica l EducatorsTh e AcademyProfessionalStandardsFramework, outlined on pag e 6.

5 Makesexplicitth e values, skills,knowledgeandpractical capa bilitiesrequire d of thoseen gagedin Pro fessionalStan da rds Fra mew ork of the Academyof Me dic alEducators (A oME)has beendevelopedin wi de consultat ion with theinte rnat ionalcommuni ty of prof essionalmedi cal educator s. The Standardsfra mew ork is outcome-based and generic in nat ure. The Standardsaredesigned to be inc lus ive and relevantto all cl inicaland no n-cl inicalmedicaleducators irrespec tive of role .The Pro fessionalStan da rds Committ ee of the Academy of Medic alEducators is respons ible for sett ing the standardsand providing gui danceon how to meetthesest an ess ionalSt andardsFr ameworkTh e Ac ademyof MedicalEducators ProfessionalSt andards are organisedin to the followingcorevalues and valu es are at the hea rt of the st andardsframework.

6 Theyre presentacl ea r ex pressionof the bel iefs , valuesand professionalconductexpectedofall Membersand Fellowsof th e Academyof MedicalEducator ve ke y practicedomains havebeenidentified. Eachdomainco nt ai nsdet aileddescriptionsof el ements, outl iningthe expected unde rstanding,sk ills an d cap ab ese detailed outcomesdescribe and underpinexper t prof essional practi ce in ch elem ent is sub-divided in to three levels. The levelsare us ed byAca demyasses sors in con sider ing appl icat ions and are us ed to determinewhet her to awardMembershi p or Fel lows hi e va lue sof me di ca leducatorsTea chi ng andfa cil itat ingle arni ngAs se ss me ntof le ar ningEducati ona lrese arch andsc hola rs hi pEdu cat ion alman ag em entandlea der sh ipDe sig nin gand pla nni ngle arni ngProfessionalStandardsfor medical,dentaland veterinaryeducators7Ap pl ica ti on of theProfes si on al Sta nda rdsWest ronglyrecommend thatmedicaleducatorsusetheMembership orFel lowshipap plicationprocessesas a meansof professionallyvalidatingthe ir cap abilitiesas in th is exper t.

7 Peerrevi ew processal lowsmedi cal edu cato rs todemonstrat e th ey ar e accomplishedas medicaledu cat ors and that theymeet the Professio na l St an dardsof the Academyof Medic al encourage all medic al edu cators, bothcli ni cal and non-clinic al , to useth e Professional Sta ndar ds Fra mework to identify theirdevel opmentneedsan d so sup port and gui de thei r own Professional deve lopment as Pro fessionalStan da rds su ppor t the mai ntenanceof good medicalprac tice and hav e be en used to supportprofessional deve lopment, annualappraisal and reva lid ati on. They are relevantto all educational ro le s andrespons p and Fell ow ship exceedthe minimumGMCrequirementsfor cl in ica l tra in ers .Assoc iat e Membership recognis es indivi dualswho demonstrate acommitment to th e prof ess ion al community of medicaleducator s.

8 To berecognised as an as sociate memberindividualshaveto dem onstrateaprof essional commitment to th e core valuesand an understandingof thekey res po nsib ilitiesof medical recognises demonstrat ed commitmentand achievementas amedicaled ucat or acrossall domains of the Professional enti tles the indi vidualto use the post-nomi nal s MA wsh ip recognise s si gni fica nt commitmentand achievement as a medicaleducator. Fello wsh ip rec ogn is es si gni ficantexpertise as a medic al educatoran d ent itles th e in dividual to use the post -nominals St and ard s can be used by organisati ons to support the de velopmentan d recognise the prof essi ona l achievementsof thei r faculty in a wi de rangeof edu Sta nda rds are usedto set objectives in theappraisal of medi ca l edu cators.

9 Theyare als o us ed in the per fo rmanceas sess mentof medical educators wit hi n organisati ons and ntinuing Prof essionalDevelopment,Appraisaland Rev al idationTh e revalid ationprocess introducedby theGeneralMedical Councilrequir es thatcliniciansactivelydemonstratethatthe yare maintainingthe ir fitness to practiseacrosstheirent ire scopeof profess ion al nua l performancemanage mentthroughthe jobpla nningprocessandde vel op mental appraisal underpinsthefiveyearlyrevalid mo st medical professiona ls havesi gnifi cant educational role s they mustcl ea rly dem onstratethe ir eff ecti venessas a medi cal educ ato r. The y mustals o dem onstratethat the y are acti vely engagedin effec tive an d ap propriateprof ess ionaldevelopmen t. For many,demonstrating appropri at e educationalca pabilitiesis an in tegral par t of demonstrating thei r fi tne ss to practiceas adoct e St anda rds of the Aca dem y of MedicalEdu cat ors providea form alprof ess ionalframeworkfor the annualappraisal and subseque nt re val idationof medi cal ed e Sta ndardsclari fy the Professional characteristicsand ca pa bilitiesthat mustbe demonstratedand maintained by medicaleducators.

10 All Membersand Fel lowsof the Academymustundertakeappropriate educ ational CPDacti viti es. The Standardssupport medicaleducators in id entifying fu rt her professionaldevelopmentnee e AoM E app rovedannu al appraisal processfor medi cal educ at ors willallo w Mem bers and Fello ws of the Academyto demonstrate that theycont inue to meetthe min imu m GM C education requirement s fo r re vali medical,dentaland veterinaryeducators9 GMC Requirementsfor Cl ini cal Trai nersAs th e Acade myof Me dicalEducatorsis theprofessional st an dards bodyfo r medic al educators in the United Kingdomwehaveworkedcloselywiththe General MedicalCouncilto ensuretheAcademySt an da rd s un derpingo od professio na l pr act icein recentyears,the Aca dem y ha s characteris ed spe cifi c educ atio nal rolessu ch as clinicalan d education al supervisors.