School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health
A101 Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) Students Pastoral Support Pathway

University student services
Registered GP Student Support Services Students Union Counselling Bereavement Advice Occupational Health External Agencies

Medical Families (1st Years supported by 2nd Years) GP Tutors E.C.E

GEM Student School Academic staff e.g Clinical/ Academics. PBL Facilitators. School Office (School Manager)

Mentors

Academic Progress Committee

Senior Tutor Exams Officer Director of Undergraduate Studies Head of School of GEM and Health

Disability Liaison Officer

Associate Dean for Medical Education

• Counselling service (bereavement, mental health issues, anxiety, stress) • Workshops and courses entitled “coping with…..” • Financial advisory • Students Union offer lots of support (housing, legal etc) • University health services • Problem for our students is the geography

Mentoring
Information, advice and encouragement Provide pastoral support

GEM PBL Medical Family
• Each second year group is linked up with a first year group for the first 4 months of the academic year • A time tabled slot in the first couple of weeks enables the second year PBL group to visit their first year PBL group. • A buffet picnic is provided in each of the 13 first year PBL rooms which is sponsored by the MDU and MPS. • Positive feedback • Some groups meet up at other points in the year

Mark assessments GEM mentor Guidance on Action planning/ Goal setting

Encourage development of Reflective practice

Act as referee/ provide references Involved in 360 degree appraisal

Provide feedback Accompany to APC meeting

Additional support A new buddy system
• Student initiative • A group of second year students have signed up to be available to buddy the new first years from Sept 2009 until the end of the course • This will mimic the medical families that run in the Nottingham undergraduate course • At moment the senior tutor will oversee and provide advice if required • In future will hope to recruit a member of staff for each buddy group • • • • •

Very supportive caring staff
Academics and University teachers Clinicians Administrators Librarians GEM office staff (Annemarie, Sarb, Cathy, Victoria and Rebecca who know everything!) • Phil and Jane the building attendants • Karen the café lady

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Support system discussion
• What support systems do others have in place ? • What works well and what doesn’t? • Why do some access the support and others would rather struggle! • How do we get these students to be more open to the available support?

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