Clinical Debrief Facilitator

Clinical Debrief sessions are delivered in small groups of five to ten students. They are facilitated by the same GP for two blocks of 14 and 10 consecutive weeks, with each session lasting for 2.5 hours.

They are friendly teaching experiences and promote sharing of the students’ professional and clinical experiences.

At its core is the practice of history-taking and presentation skills away from the hustle and bustle of the ward.

This expands into Clinical Reasoning, the thought processes behind formulating differential diagnoses and choices for investigation and further management.

This allows students to practice weighing up clinical decisions in complex, real-life scenarios and to stand in the shoes of their practising seniors.

 

“Teaching CD has prompted me to be much more up to date in my reading and has made me much more mindful of my own clinical reasoning processes.”
Dr Mervin

What the sessions involve

Tutors get to know their group and tailor their teaching sessions to the students’ needs by way of learning outcomes generated in the session by the students. It is a free space where students can ‘unload’ by debriefing their week.

Areas that can be taught include:

  • Clinical Reasoning
  • investigations and critical reasoning
  • investigations and management choices
  • professionalism and emerging professional identity
  • current newspaper articles or hot topics
  • ethical scenarios
  • Situational Judgment Test practice
  • Clinical Skills Assessments (CCAs)/practical exam skills.

This can be done with thought-provoking pieces from newspapers, videos, real-life examples, group discussion and debate around broad-based themes. You and your group decide what you want to get out of the sessions.

Feedback scores from students are always very high, especially when their tutors are enthusiastic, experienced GPs, so we are always looking for new tutors that fit this brief.

Support for GPs

You will attend a half-day training session prior to starting your teaching and you will also be expected to attend the annual Clinical Debrief Tutor conference.

Dates for 2022-23

Sessions run from 26.09.22 – 13.01.23 and 16.01.23 – 24.03.23.

 

“By discussion of events [and] personal experiences on the ward, and by listening to the group’s interpretation of these events, I have been able to reflect in my portfolio with a deeper level of understanding.”
Student

Payment

You will be paid at the commensurate hourly rate as an employee of The University of Manchester.

Find out more

If you are interested in becoming a Clinical Debrief tutor, please contact clinicaldebrief@manchester.ac.uk for more information.