We are delighted to share that an LRDP member has recently registered with the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC) and is looking forward to joining the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust as a doctor! Well done, doctor, and thank you to our incredible team of English Language teachers and clinicians who work so hard alongside members to achieve these results. #WeCannotWalkAlone
LRDP has a new team member!
English teacher Jennifer will be helping our doctors to refine their English skills and pass the medical English test: OET.
” I am utterly over the moon to have started working with LRDP this week as their English Language Teacher, and what a week to start on: Refugee week – #Wecannotwalkalone. I am really looking forward to walking beside these wonderful doctors, supporting them on their journey with language acquisition, and helping them to grow in confidence with their communication skills.
This is a fantastic project that I am extremely proud to be a part of. “
– Jennifer Birch.
This week, LRDP met with staff and students from the MA Ed TESOL programme at Bishop Grosseteste University to talk to them about the OET test, and the invaluable work that our OET and ESOL teachers do in supporting our members to achieve GMC registration.
Dr Kay Johnson, who is the BGU’s MA TESOL programme leader, said that: ‘Guest lectures delivered by LRDP for the university have demonstrated what a valuable role LRDP play in unlocking the potential of the doctors they support. Thanks to these lectures, students from BGU’s MA and BA TESOL programmes have been able to see even more opportunities for them to apply the language and teaching knowledge and skills they develop at university when they graduate. Our students left inspired and enthused, thanks to the expertise and passion shown by LRDP staff for what they do – thank you LRDP!’
We look forward to further collaborations with BGU in the future – and very much hope that we might have inspired some future OET teachers.
We are delighted to present this independent review of our work to date, which describes what we have achieved so far on our journey.
Can we thank all those who contributed to the production of this review, especially our members whose journeys to join us, continue to amaze and reward us and why we are delivering this project?
We also wanted to thank those in the population of Greater Lincolnshire who have helped us to date and ask them and more to continue to support our community-based work.
This is a description of our beginnings, there is much more to be done, including a further review of our work to detail our effectiveness and value for money and we hope to commission this in the next few years.
Vince Ion,
Chair of the Board
Another double celebration for LRDP this month.
Huge congratulations to members Dr Khrebeh and Dr Alali, who have recently passed the medical English test OET, and have achieved the excellent grades required for registration with the General Medical Council.
Congratulations to two of our members who are celebrating passing the General Medical Council’s Plab 1 test today!
Eman and J will now prepare for the second part of the test – Plab 2 – after which they will be eligible for GMC registration.
Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project (LRDP) is expanding in Lincoln and North East Lincolnshire in 2021!
… and we need social mentors just like you to help make it a real success!
You are invited to an information event for prospective social mentors that will take place on Wednesday 31 March, 6-7pm, via Zoom.
Please register in advance (it takes literally 20 seconds!):
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-qhrT8uHtFZn3pbEcYsDI-RWqmXlrvd
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting.
To learn more about LRDP in the meantime, visit us on Facebook and Twitter.
We look forward to meeting you!
Ben Hudson, LRDP Board Director
Ruth Ingamells, LRDP Director of Operations
We are excited to share that we are now collaborating with primary care educators, the Lincolnshire Training Hub (LTH).
The partnership will complement our existing teaching programme which is based around the topics and skills required to pass the GMC’s Plab tests. For LRDP members this collaboration will deliver teaching sessions, access to LTH webinars and courses, as well as clinical placements in General Practice.
LRDP medical support workers practising suturing, during a surgical skills session delivered by Dr Ali Syed at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Our members are taking part in regular departmental training at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital as part of the medical support worker role. They are also being coached in the development of portfolios, so that all training is documented.
We constantly strive to improve what we offer to members, both current and future.
Thanks to funding provided by Research England’s Strategic Priorities Fund, LRDP is collaborating with researchers from the Lincolnshire Open Research and Innovation Centre (LORIC) at Bishop Grosseteste University, to evaluate the success and impact of our first year in operation. The project will focus on the impact that LRDP has had, not only on its participating doctors, but also on local NHS services, and will be completed by April 2021.
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