MMC Career Service: Oxford Deanery Draft Strategy
MMC -A Career Management Service- Postgraduate Deaneries are expected to work with others to provide a comprehensive Career Management Service for doctors.
- MMC Working Group has produced a document Career Management - an approach for medical schools, deaneries, royal colleges and trusts www.mmc.nhs.uk/download/Career-Management.pdf
1. Career and specialty information (Deanery)
2. Annual career conference with skills workshops (Deanery)
3. Career forum programmes (Medical School)
4. Career handbook / website (Deanery)
5. Online guidance (Deanery)
6. Peer group activities/career management workshops (Medical School/Deanery)
7. Specialist career planning tools/programmes (Deanery)
8. Focused experience (Medical School/Deanery)
9. Designated career adviser (Deanery)
10. Designated trained career contacts (Deanery)
11. Medical school support services (Medical School)
12. PG Deanery Guidance and Support services (Deanery)
13. Occupational Health and occupational psychology (Deanery)
- The Deanery, Medical School, BMA and others already provide elements of the service as outlined.
15. Oxford Medical School provides 11,6
16. The BMA provides a limited version of 2.
- The following strategy is suggested to develop a comprehensive career management service in line with MMC guidance. The Career Development Unit (Oxford PGMDE) will lead on this, working with the medical school, the BMA and others such as the Occupational Health service.
- Local career and specialty information
- Careers handbook
- Online guidance
- Specialist career planning tools
3. Training in career advice for key personnel - Oxford College Tutors, programme directors, Clinical Tutors.
4. Career management workshops - incorporate into the medical school and foundation school educational programme.
5. Focused experience - develop opportunities for work experience/career tasters.
