Multiple awards for Mid Yorkshire’s Medical Education team

The Medical Education Team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) successfully picked up four awards at the recent MEET UP (Medical Education Excellence Through Undergraduate Projects) conference held in Bradford.

Originally piloted by MYTT, MEET UP is an annual conference aimed at bringing together medical and healthcare staff from Trusts across the region, for a day of sharing ideas, collaboration and learning.

The team scooped up the Best Oral Presentation, alongside the Best Poster at the conference, both of which highlighted the importance of evidence-based, innovative education to achieve competence in healthcare. Following the conference awards ceremony, the University of Leeds presented the Medical Education Team with the University’s Clinical Teaching Excellence certificate of merit. To round off the prize giving, a longstanding service award was handed to MYTT’s Fiona Coia, Lead Clinical Teacher, recognising her exceptional contribution to the education of healthcare professionals who pass through the Trust.

In response to the news, Dr Mark Freeman, Deputy Medical Director at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, said: “We are all so proud of our Medical Education team, and Fiona, for receiving these well-deserved awards.

“The team have been instrumental in the development and delivery of the clinical curriculum for medical students, showing enthusiasm and passion in everything they do.

“These awards are a testament to their hard work in delivering an excellent standard of medical education and a very big well done to you all.”

Len Richards, Chief Executive of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, said: “We are immensely proud of our Medical Education team’s success. As we build on our foundation of Teaching status, we remain dedicated to shaping the future of healthcare education and inspiring the next generation of medical professionals."

In addition to their string of awards, the team have recently returned from showcasing their dedication to educating an innovative and diverse NHS workforce at the largest medical education conference in the UK, ASME.

The team presented a total of 11 projects spanning both undergraduate and postgraduate education delivery at MYTT, including subjects relating to addressing medical student neurophobia, trauma course, obstetrics and gynaecology revision weekend, antimicrobial stewardship tutorials, simulated on call and difficult conversations workshops for final year MBChB students. Postgraduate projects presented revolved around the STR1DE core teaching programme for FY1 doctors at MYTT, including a national audit and the use of PechaKucha presentations for peer-teaching.