NHS England East of England Spring Symposium
29 & 30 April 2025
‘Improving Educational Culture’
Bookings for the 2025 virtual Spring Symposium are now open!
The Spring Symposium runs once annually and provides faculty development for postgraduate educators from the East of England, offering a valuable opportunity to learn, develop, network and share best practice.
Book your space now by clicking the relevant link below:
Tuesday 29 April – Click here to book your space now!
Wednesday 30 April – Click here to book your space now!
This event is open to east of England Educators from across all specialties and all tiers of training:
Associate Deans, Heads of School, Training Programme Directors, College Tutors, Directors of Medical Education, Educational Supervisors, Clinical Supervisors, OOH Clinical Supervisors, Trainees (1st steps to becoming educators) and representatives from the non-medical workforce.
If you have any questions, please contact england.eandtevents.eoe@nhs.net.
For information and resources from past events, please see archived information below.
For information on our Autumn Symposium, please click here.
The 2024 Spring Symposium took place virtually on 23 & 24 April and around 600 educators and trainees joined us across two days to learn, develop and network. The theme of this years event was 'Shaping a Brighter Future'.
Below you can view the agenda from each of the days, along with some of the presentations and recordings that were shared from our excellent keynote speakers and workshop facilitators.
Agendas
Click here to view the agenda for Tuesday 23 April 2024
Click here to view the agenda for Wednesday 24 April 2024
Presentations
- Keynote, Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship, Peter Bishop
- Resources for IMG GP trainees in EOE; The Transition Project and The First year of Training TPD Role
- Everything you wanted to know about the SCA: In 7 easy stages (available upon request)
- Why IMGs are Crucial for the NHS
Recordings
- Keynote, Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship, Peter Bishop
- Keynote, Global Partnerships: The Key to Sustainable Health Transformation in the NHS and Beyond, Professor Ged Byrne
- Fellows Showcase
- Human Rights - Factored In
- Everything you wanted to know about the SCA: In 7 easy stages (available upon request)
- Why IMGs are Crucial for the NHS
- ARCPs: What Goes Wrong and How to Get it Right
- Inclusive Placements Unplugged - Supervisors' Reflect and Reboot
The 2023 Spring Symposium took place virtually on 25 & 26 April. The theme for this years event was 'Current development in Multi-professional Healthcare'. Please see below for access to recordings and presentations from the day.
Agenda and Handbooks
Day One, Tuesday 25 April
Day Two, Wednesday 26 April
Recordings
Day One - Tuesday 25 April
Day Two - Wednesday 26 April
Presentations
Day One, Tuesday 25 April
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Keynote: Team Communication in Healthcare: An Educational Perspective, Prof Walter Eppich
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Postgraduate Medical Expansion and Distribution, Dr Ian Barton & Ms Anna Stockburn
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Reflections on Sharing Medical Education Best Practice Internationally, Dr Safiya Virji
Day Two, Wednesday 26 April
Recordings from Event and Pre-Recorded Resources
Please see our programme here and links to all recordings/resources below.
Day One - Tuesday 15th March
Day Two - Wednesday 16th March
- Keynote 1
- Workshop 1 Sessions
- Keynote 2
- Workshop 2 Sessions
- Workshop 3 Sessions
- Senior Leadership Team Update and Q&A
Day Three - Thursday 17th March
- Keynote 1
- Workshop 1 Sessions
- Keynote 2
- Workshop 2 Sessions
- Workshop 3 Sessions
- Senior Leadership Team Update and Q&A
Presentations
15th March 2021
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16th March 2021
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17th March 2021
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Recordings from Event and Pre-Recorded Resources
Please see our programme attached here and links to all recordings/resources below.
Day One - Tuesday 16th March
Day Two - Wednesday 17th March
Day Three - Thursday 18th March
- Keynote
- Workshop 1 Sessions
- Workshop 2 Sessions
- Workshop 3 Sessions
- Senior Leadership Team Update and Q&A
Presentations
16th March 2021
What Do We Mean by Leadership? - Janet Rutherford, Liam Loftus & Raees Lunat
Developing a Hero to Tackle Carbon Net Zero! - Stella Cockerill & Jan Yates
Feedback and Difficult Conversations - Jane Sturgess
Trainees in Difficulty - Francesca Crawley & Ian Barton
17th March 2021
Active Bystanders: On Being an Ally - Kay Mohanna
Support Trainers of Trainees in Difficulty - Francesca Crawley & Ian Barton
Developing a Hero to Tackle Carbon Net Zero! - Stella Cockerill & Jan Yates
18th March 2021
Educational Supervisors Report - Jane MacDougall
Preparing for your Trainee's ARCP (GP) - Andrew Wright
Spring Symposium - CANCELLED
18 & 19 March 2020
* UPDATE: Please be aware this event has now been cancelled, following concerns around the potential spread of Covid-19. We will be contacting facilitators and delegates to inform them. We do apologise for any inconvinience caused *
The Spring Symposium provides faculty development for postgraduate educators from the East of England, offering a valuable opportunity to learn, develop, network and share best practice.
Both days are opened to East of England educators from across all specialties.
The theme for the Spring Symposium is "Good to great".
