NHS England East of England Autumn Symposium
Returning Face to Face on Tuesday 30 September and Wednesday 1 October 2025
Both days now fully booked!
Please email england.eandtevents.eoe@nhs.net if you would like to join the waiting list.
The Autumn 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.
The next Autumn Symposium is taking place face to face on Tuesday 30 September and Wednesday 1 October at Victoria House, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5XB. The theme of this event will be 'Futureproofing Medical and Dental Education’.
Booking information
Please click the relevant link in the below table to book a space on your chosen day. To help us accommodate as many attendees as possible, please book onto one day only.
We are afraid both dates are now fully booked. Please email england.eandtevents.eoe@nhs.net if you would like to join the waiting list, stating which day you would like to attend.
Day 1Tuesday 30 September 2025 |
Day 2Wednesday 1 October 2025 |
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Open to east of England Educators from across all specialities and all tiers of training. Clinical Supervisors, Educational Supervisors, Directors of Medical Educations, College Tutors, Training Programme Directors, Heads of School, Associate Deans + representatives from non-medical workforce |
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Keynotes:
Workshops: Wide range of workshops, including sessions on:
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Keynotes:
Workshops: Wide range of workshops, including sessions on:
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- FULLY BOOKED - To help us accommodate as many attendees as possible, please do not book onto more than one day. |
- FULLY BOOKED - To help us accommodate as many attendees as possible, please do not book onto more than one day. |
Once registered, please ensure you retain a copy of your booking confirmation and add the event to your calendar. Please ensure you complete all steps of the booking form and that you receive a confirmation email with an order number, as your space is not confirmed without this.
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 Spring Symposium, please click here.
East of England Deanery Update Day, 22 (AM) and 23 (PM) October 2024
Two duplicated virtual half day update sessions took place on the afternoon of Tuesday 22 October and the morning of Wednesday 23 October. The same content was delivered on both days in order to provide as much flexibility and attendance as possible. The days offered a fixed programme of MS Teams sessions in a lecture style format, where attendees could drop-in and out as relevant.
The recording from Wednesday 23 October can be found here or viewed below. The content from Tuesday 22 October was the exact same.
Video Timestamps:
Clicking each title below will also open the relevant presentation:
Expansion and Redistribution: 5:00 – 35:42
Professional Support and Well-being Service: 35:47 – 01:00:23
Assessment, Revalidation and ARCP’s : 01:00:23 – 01:18:04
Quality: 01:18:28 – 01:40:25
Educator Approval Pathway: 01:40:52 – 02:14:22
Senior Leadership Team Update and Q&A: 02:14:22 – 02:58:0
The theme for our 2023 event was 'Reset, Rethink, Reimagine' and around 400 educators and trainees joined us across three days to learn, develop and network in our first face-to-face Symposium since 2019.
Below you can view the agenda from each of the days, along with some of the presentations that were shared from our excellent keynote speakers and workshop facilitators.
Agendas
Presentations
Our speakers have kindly agreed for these to be shared but if using any of the content, please ensure the individuals are credited.
Tuesday 10 October
Keynote, Flip It Thinking, Dave Keeling
Keynote, The Relevance of Diversity and Reflection for Healthcare Educators, Prof Nisha Dogra
Navigating the impact of MAPs on Postgraduate Medical Education, Dr Nigel Penfold
Quality for Medical Educators – how are you doing, Dr C O’Loughlin and Dr N Nathwani
Assessing Examination Skills in GP Trainees, Dr P Wright and Dr J Kanhai
Wednesday 11 October
Keynote, NHS Practitioner Health, Dr Zaid Al-Najjar
Application & Interview Skills Workshop, Dr A Von Essen and Dr N Joglekar
Preparing your GP trainee for success in the SCA, Dr A Sulakshana & Dr K Kothari
Supporting Trainers of Trainees in difficulty, Dr Subir Ghosh
Supporting Trainees involved in a serious incident, Dr D Braganza and Dr C O'Loughlin
Inclusivity in the Workplace, The Kite Trust
Thursday 12 October
Keynote, Leveraging Simulation in the Post Covid World, Prof Makani Purva
Keynote, Reimagining Simulation, Dave Halliwell
Career Progression for Educators, Dr Chris O'Loughlin