The Trainee Experiencing Difficulty & RDM-p
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Dont forget to refer to the resources in the right hand column which may help you.
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You are given permission to cut and paste anything out of Paddy McEvoy's book.
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Remember to see permision for any material that does not belong to you or Paddy. A permission request form can be found in the left hand column.
Pages: 20 sides of A4 (or less)
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Overall aim of this chapter: to give the reader (Associates, TPDs and trainers mainly) insight into how common it is for trainees to have difficulties, what the common difficulties are, how to put measures in place to prevent them, how to recognise and then manage them when they do occur.
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Using Tim Norfolk's revolutionary RDM-p model helps tremendously with identification and causation. Please show how to put it into practice.
- How big is this problem: prevalence
- What happens on average with a 'normal' trainee: anticipated performance
- Why trainees might be experiencing difficulty; where the difficulty comes from: problems with trainees can usually be classed as being due to:
- A personality clash (MAD)
- Health problems (SAD)
- Criminal activity (BAD)
- Failing academically
- Alternatively, use Steinharts model of Teacher: Learner: Environment (in 'the trainee in difficulty powerpoint on the right
- Recognising it/Identifying the problem: RDM-p Tim Norfolk's model
- SID: share, involve, document
- The role of Occupational Health
- Word of Caution! Not to become their personal counsellor/GP (and directing the trainee to the right professionals appropriately)... please make a specific reference to this.
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