A8

A8: Better Doctors Better Patients – professionalism training changing doctors behaviours to improve patient outcomes

Session speaker(s):
Dr Charlotte Bates
Dr Rhian Jones
Dr Elizabeth Klein
Dr Srikanth Mada
Mr Paul Clarke
Dr Nigel Stout

Session objectives:

• to understand the need for a professionalism course of this nature early in medical professional’s career
• to analyse the different ways delivery of this course can potentially affect lasting change in behaviours
• to share experiences of creating interactive learning in a virtual environment 

Session summary:
Better Doctors Better Patients Programme delivers professionalism training aiming to influence changes in behaviour to affect improvements in patient outcome. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample some of the innovative delivery utilised by the trainers. We will discuss some of the challenges imposed by the advent of Covid-19 and how we have adapted to accommodate to the changing requirements.                   

Session hosted by:
Health Education England North East 

Session theme:
Teaching and facilitating learning

Target audience group:
Postgraduates
Managers
Administration
Academics
Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
Researchers
Policy Makers

Target care sector:
Postgraduate training