Membership
- Chair: Associate Postgraduate Dean/Director of Foundation School
- Chair of Directors of Medical Education/Clinical Tutors
- Foundation Programme Directors (up to two per Trust)
- Partnership/Mental Health Trust Representative
- Trust Management Representative (Medical Director or designate)
- Postgraduate Centre Manager Representative (to rotate between Trusts every two years)
- Medical Personnel Specialist Representative (to rotate between Trusts every two years)
- Primary Care Representative
- Bristol Medical School Representative (Clinical Dean/Director of Medical Education)
- Student Representative(s)
- Foundation Programme Trainee Representative(s)
- In Attendance: Foundation Programme Manager (Committee Secretary)
Terms of Reference
- To facilitate the University/Severn PGME/National Health Service interaction required during the Foundation Programme
- To facilitate exchange of information relating to the Foundation Programme
- To ratify and monitor the educational design, content and delivery of Foundation Programmes
- To ratify and monitor the procedures involved in the application process for Foundation Programmes
- To oversee the quality of the teaching and learning experience, and the assessment of Foundation Programme trainees
- To action directives from General Medical Council relating to the Foundation Programme
- To receive and consider reports of Visits to Trusts that are relevant to the Foundation Programmes
- To receive reports from national postgraduate education committees and groups that are relevant to Foundation Programmes
- To act in an advisory capacity to the Foundation Programme Forum in relation to workforce planning
- To receive student input and trainee feedback
Frequency
Quarterly