Undergraduate Leadership Eugene Ong. Projects - Why?

Undergraduate Leadership

Eugene Ong

Projects - Why?

Why?Fun = Great Work

Opportunity to learn

Develop key skillsWorking with othersCommunicationOrganisation

Networking

Improve services

OverviewOpportunities

Projects

Learning points

OpportunitiesMore Time

More Energy

Greater Solidarity

Student Life

Sports (or/and other hobbies)

Social

Study

Compared to…

3W’sWork

Work

Work

Leadership – How?

Just Do It Confidence

Motivation

Initiative

Sports

Sports Leadership

LevelsUniversityMedical schoolCollege

OpportunitiesCaptainEvent OrganiserSports/Societies Rep

Study

“Study” Leadership

Teach, Audits and Research

Organise Teaching

Improve Education

Social

Or…

Social Leadership

Going to Social Events

Organising Social Events

Sports and Social Secretary

Last DayLecture

Anticlimax

ProactiveEmailsOld CommitteePromotion

With Yearbook Committee

Better atmosphere

Sponsorship Last minute

£700 worth

Medical Equipment

Refreshments

Sport

Bouncy Castles

Inflatable toys

Dinner and Night

Just Do It Confidence

Motivation

Initiative

Sleep

Learning Points4th year Teaching Day

Remainder of Talk

Lessons I learnt

Importance of Motivation

Art of Delegation

Dealing with problems

Human Resource

Lesson 1: Be MotivatedHave a Vision

Know Why?

Inspire yourself before you Inspire others

June 2010Student-Run; Student Taught

Prepare for their end of 4th year OSCE exams

I Tutorred

Vision - June 2011Expand Scope

All 4th yearsFully ComprehensiveMore Tutors

Improve the Quality Improve TeachingHighly PersonalisedMore Enjoyable

Why?Benefits

Improving Quality

Learning Experience

Fun/Sense of Achievement

Costs

Time

Energy

Risk of Failure

Lesson 2: The Art of Delegation

• Right People

• Share Responsibility

• Check Progress

Right People

Skills

Personalities

Motivations

Share Responsibility• E.O.• Sponsorship

• Recruitment

• J.C. • Securing Venues

• D.G.• Feedback and Publication

• T.B. • Senior Advisory Role; Creating Certificates

• Examiner’s teaching day

Check on your Team but not too much

• Check progress and set deadlines

• Don’t be a Control-freak

• Trust your people to do a good job .

Lesson 3: Things often don’t go to plan – deal with it

Delays in communication

Timetable

Recruitment

Timetable Breaks 9:00-10:30 – Lectures and Registration

10:30-11:00 – BREAK/Debriefing of Tutors

11:00-11:45 - Station 1

11:45-12:00 - BREAK

12:00-12:45 – Station 2

12:45-13:00 – BREAK

12:45-13:45 – Sponsored Lunch

14:00-16:45 – Station 3,4,5 BREAKS

17:00 – Debriefing, Mark-sheet Collection; Final Words

17:30 – Osler House Bar and Sponsored BBQ

Recruitment

Recruiting StudentsIncredible teaching day

Great Tutors

Free

Recruiting Tutors70+

IncentivesTeaching experience Teaching Feedback and CertificatesFree Examiner’s teaching courseLunch and BBQ Dinner

Getting DesperatePre-clinical med-students

Act as patientsOpportunity to see clinical exams/student

facilities, ask questions to older clinical students

Two non-medic helpersHelped with food preparation, BBQFree drink, food and money

Dealing with ProblemsTime

Planned for them

Innovation

A bit more about the day itself

Structure of the day

Recruitment

LocationsLecture Theatre

Student Facilities

Outpatients Department

Outpatient Blue Room

No

11:00 - 11:45 12:00-12:45 14:00-14:45 15:00-15:45 16:00-16:45Tutor Pair

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E

1Jack Ross Emma Ladds

Manaka Paranathala Ed Watson Dinesh Addala Dr Adam Barnett Lisanne Stock

2Elizabeth Brett Laura Crosby Nicholas Sunderland Samantha Henderson Kamal Patel Dr Rachel Brettell Felicity Devere

3Will Owen Fariha Naeem Lucy Taylor Henno Martin Sarah Montgomery-Taylor Dr Joyee Basu Nick Li

4Myura Nagendran Neelam Hassan Nadine Hack-Adams Julian Dickmann Philip Gregory Dr Heather White Daniel Casey

5Fedde Groot tara masilamani Denesh Srikantharajah Jonathan Smith Kat fordwor Dr Rachel Taggart Jonathan Looms

6Gabrielle Goldet Joseph Collinson Anna Seeley Alexander Deng Nick Denny Dr Ed Musanhu Hannah Thould

7Arvind Singhal Aakash Aamlani Martin Ince Rebecca Kaye Alice Blake Dr Tim Lim Nicholas Roberts

8Dariush Ahrabian Timothy Parker Kyriacos Mouyis Michael Allum Rachael Burke Dr Jon Wordsworth Annabel Gilbert

9Maria Tsakok Anna Francis Maria Mcphee Carwyn Watkins Ruth Corrigan Amun Sachdev Rebecca Howett

10Christopher Mcgurk Keelan Jerram Tanya Freeman John Kinsella Abi Moore Jemima Scott David Burke

11Keira Skolimowska Alistair Brown Maya James Shivani Patel Amelia Davies Anna Forbes Shaun Thein

12

Jiliu Pan Navamayooran Thavanesan Sophie Hanina Charlotte Young Jonathan Fee Rebecca Anderson Sarah Bishop

2:1 Teaching

Results?

Feedback Forms

ResultsVirtually 100% candidates filled in forms

Only 97 (~2/3) candidates correctly completed Marked both forms with unique identifiers

Comments section provided valuable feedback for future

Submitted the findings and outline to “The Clinical Teacher”

Improvement

Ratings

FeedbackEven more examination practice

Even more supervision

Make correct filling of feedback forms compulsory

Budgeting• BBQ - £350

• Staff - £60

• Plastic Cups £60

• Certificates £25

• Lunch – Covered by MDU

• Printing – Covered by Medschool

• Sponsors – WMS, MPS, MDU

Lesson 4: People are the most valuable and expensive

resource

• Med-students• Highly Trained• Highly Intelligent• Highly Motivated

The Future• 6th year teaching day + 4th years in June 2012

• Insight Day for access students

• Tutorial Booking Website

Take Home MessageLeadership

Key SkillsNetworks Improve Services