Miss Katrina Butcher General Surgery ST 4 Severn

+ Miss Katrina Butcher General Surgery ST 4, Severn Deanery Treasurer of TASME

+ The next 15 minutes… n. What n. The is TASME? aims of TASME n. Progress n. TASME to date and future plans and you

+ ASME - the birthplace of TASME Dedicated forum for anything related to medical education

+ What ASME can offer you? n Access to Clinical Teacher and the Medical Education journals plus ASME publications + CPD points n Attendance at the ASM will fulfil even more of your own CPD points in medical education for your appraisal www. asme. org. uk

+ Where did TASME come from? TASME (Trainee Association for the Study of Medical Education) is a special interest group of ASME (Association for the Study of Medical Education).

+ What is TASME? Aims to support trainee involvement in medical education and teaching. n It is run by a committee of doctors in training from a number of specialties, with the support of the ASME executive committee. n n New and developing group n Promote scholarship in medical education

+ TASME Committee n Chairs – Duncan Still GP ST 2 (Severn) & David Little Radiology Sp. R (Severn) n Treasurer – Kat Butcher, Surgical Sp. R, (Severn) n Secretary – Julia Vasant (Severn) n Events/Workshop Leads – Ping-Yi Kuo, Anaesthetics Sp. R (London) & Duncan Shrewsbury, Foundation Doctor (Peninsula) n Research Leads – Rakesh Patel, ACF (East Midlands) & Cliff Shelton, CTF (East Midlands) n Communications Team – Jim Mc. Hugh, Opth Sp. R (London), Esther Mitchell, CTF (West Midlands), Victoria Tippett, Resp Sp. R (Oxford) n Regional Hub Coordinator – Isabelle Hancock, ACCS ST 1 (Severn) n Social Coordinator – Zoe Cousland, Renal Sp. R (Scotland)

+ TASME Aims n. Create a forum for trainees n. Promote training in medical education and research. n. Education trainees. n. To research initiated by promote on-going involvement. n. Influence practice. medical education policy and

+ Progress to date n Formal relationship with ASME/JASME n Website, Facebook, Twitter n Newsletter n Links n n 2012 n to other organisations Ao. ME, HEA, Ao. MRC ASM Workshops, Social event, networking, hustings n Regional hubs and regional events

+ Events for 2013 n n n Conferences n East Midlands Winter Conference, 19 th Jan 2013, University Hospitals Leicester along side a HEA workshop. n TASME 1 st Annual Conference: Exploring Teaching Opportunities for Trainees, 16 th March 2013, Warwick Medical School, Coventry. ASM 2013 (July) n Prize (TASME Teaching Innovation and Excellence Award) n Workshops, Social events, Hustings for committee August 2013 – an event for new teaching fellows ‘How to get the most out of your teaching fellow job’

+ TASME and you – what can we do for each other? n n TASME can for you; n Be an access portal for increasing medical education knowledge for all of your trainees n Be a group with a unique outlook on how education and curriculums can be developed What you can do for TASME; n Spread the message about TASME and the work we aim to do, to all of your trainees n Get us involved in policy, curriculum design, educational practice at local, regional, national levels

+ Any Questions? n Web: www. asme. org. uk n Email: info@tasme. org. uk n Facebook: http: //www. facebook. com/groups/tasme/ n Twitter: @tasme 1