title: Warwickshire consultants' 'training the trainers' course.
abstract: To train junior hospital doctors more quickly and effectively as envisaged by the Calman reforms, consultants will need to develop their adult education skills. This paper describes a course set up and attended by a mixed group of Warwickshire consultants to improve their understanding of these skills. The course organisation and content is described and the 'learner-centred education' model, educational supervision techniques, giving feedback on performance, goal setting, learning contracts and other topics covered are explained. A 12-month interval questionnaire evaluation by attendants shows that the principles taught in the course were being widely applied a year later. Thus, at a modest cost, consultants can receive a valuable basic training in adult education.
authors.affiliation: George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*