FOI_7952

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7952

Date Request Received: 22/05/2024 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 14/06/2024 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Undergraduate Medical Education Funding

Request Category: Health


Question Number 1: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION Do you host placements for undergraduate medical students in your Trust?

Answer To Question 1: Yes

Question Number 2: From which medical schools do you routinely host medical students in your Trust?

Answer To Question 2: Southampton University

Question Number 3: How much placement funding did you receive from NHS England (NHSE) in the last financial year to support undergraduate medical education in your Trust?

Answer To Question 3: £571,614

Question Number 4: How much paid time does the lead for undergraduate medical education have (either as a percentage of whole time equivalence (WTE) or programmed activities (PAs))?

Answer To Question 4: 1.5 PAs

Question Number 5: What job title do you give your lead for undergraduate medical education?

Answer To Question 5: Associate Clinical Sub-Dean

Question Number 6: How many administration staff (WTE) do you have to support undergraduate medical education?

Answer To Question 6: 0.6

Question Number 7: How many ‘Clinical Teaching Fellows (CTF)’ or similar do you employ to support undergraduate medical education?

Answer To Question 7: Zero

Question Number 8: Please list your current posts for CTFs including their commitment to the delivery of clinical care and base speciality (if applicable)

Answer To Question 8: N/A

Question Number 9: Do you offer CTFs the opportunity for further study, such as a PGCert in Medical Education, and is this paid for by the Trust?

Answer To Question 9: N/A

Question Number 10: Is there any further information you would like to provide regarding the support for undergraduate medical education in your Trust?

Answer To Question 10: For the 24/25 accademic year we have expanded our placement capacity to include a further 18, year 3 students for general surgery placement. We are also hoping to recruit our first CTF in surgery to support this. 60% Med Ed 40% surgical with opportunity to study for PGcert.

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