MIO MSF Medical Doctor Mentor Lector

We are looking for

• Medical Doctor with minimal 3 years’ experience as lector/mentor in OPD consultations and IPD wards rounds in a tropical disease setting.    
• Having followed a specific teacher training program of minimal 1 year is desired.
• Being up to date with modern I.T is indispensable
• Able to step out from the ideal set up and adapt to poor resource settings.
• Capacity to adapt to different contexts and variable workload
• Autonomous planning, organization and coordination once main directions are defined.
• Bilingual French-English (written and spoken)

 What we offer

• 1 year MIO contract (with possible extension)
• Based in Brussels but mainly carried out (up to 70% of the time) in the field - Full time (100%)
• Field position : salary according to MSF-OCB Field salary scale + “recuperation” leaves
• Starting February 2017

Deadline for applications 23^th of February 2017

Application (CV + cover letter) to be sent to Recruit-HQ-DG@brussels.msf.org with “MIO Medical Doctor Mentor Lector” in the subject.

Context

A motion was voted at the OCB Gathering June 2015, stating that “there is an urgent need to formalize, accredit and further develop medical and para-medical training and education in MSF for all staff, with a strong focus on national staff capacity.”

The role of the Medical Academy MIO MSF Experienced Medical Doctor for Clinicians (nurses and Medical Doctor) in the broader set up of the MSF Medical Academy is to support the MSF Medical Advisor in the practical implementation of the motion stated above. So your role will be to implement, monitor and evaluate impact of the MSF Medical academy educational programs

You will work in tandem with an experienced MSF Medical Doctor. This person will go through the whole process described below together with you and won’t necessarily have an academic background in professional teaching. So it will be for you to support him/her to get familiarized with specificities of a Mentor /lector.  It will be for the experienced MSF Medical Doctor to support you to get acquainted with the MSF specificities of OPD consultations and IPD ward rounds.

By doing so we want to create in house expertise in professional clinician mentorship and to create a comfortable and challenging working atmosphere that allows both parties to learn from each other and stay for a longer period on board with us in this project.  

Teamwork with:

• Academic team from nursing school institutions.
• Field team in the project (national and international staff).
• Technical advisors in the medical department.
• Learning and development unit.

Job Profile

In the preparation phase of pilot project in Belgium

 Preparation of the paramedical and medical staff evaluation system

• Develop the practical skills test for the paramedical and medical staff (scoring system based on Standard Operating Procedure applied during OPD consultations and IPD ward rounds).
• Develop the theoretical test for the paramedical and medical staff (focusing on general knowledge on how to structure consultations, guiding principles in making appropriate diagnoses, patient safety, signs of severity, complex patient management, etc.)
• Develop the Attitude and behavioral test for the paramedical medical clinicians.
• Preparation of the practical aspects of the evaluation system and transcribe the results into an objective measurable scoring system.

Curriculum level

• To compose the different thematic/content of the different curricula of Continuous Medical Development courses for the different level of clinicians (Medical Doctors and nurse clinicians).
• To compose the different content of the courses for the different level of clinicians responsible for inpatient care (Medical doctors and Clinical officers).
• To develop learning methods for academic classes and practical classes (skills lab), identify the materials needed, work out a time frame for the learning program, etc.

At the start of the pilot project on field level: Gap analysis/ O scoring of national paramedical staff

• Practical set up of the test on field level (organizing material, equipment, and mannequin in the skills lab, observations during the OPD consultations and observations made during ward rounds).
• Actual evaluation of nurse clinicians, Medical Doctors and Clinical Officers on project level (practical skills, theoretic knowledge and behavioral attitude aspects).
• Analyze results and report outcomes                                                                                                                               

At the development phase of an individual tailored learning program  

Based on the results of the evaluation system

• Development of a training strategy that is most adapted to have impact on quality of care in of the OPD consultation and IPD ward rounds.  
• Work out a pedagogical methodology that takes in consideration the actual qualifications of the student (create a tailored learning path). Can be short courses, workshop on a specific subject, etc.
• Develop a time frame for implementation and evaluation.
• Fine tune and adapt where needed the content of the different thematic modules.
• In development with the international field staff fine tune and adapt the content of different thematic modules.
• In collaboration with the different advisors in the medical department integrate curriculum content (  look into the content of existing short courses developed by the different medical referents)
• Look into the possibility to find facilitators who can support you facilitating certain modules. Those facilitators can come from the MSF academy existing network in the African continent and the medical advisors in the medical department.

At the implementation phase of the individualized training program  

• Organize academic classes and lector.
• Organize the practicalities of the interventions done by other facilitators who will help to facilitate certain modules.
• Organize sufficient clinical contact hours with the students and mentor. 
• Organize regular written and practical exams.
• Collect, analyze and report obtained data on regular basis.
• Adapt where needed the educational program

At the evaluation phase of the pilot program

• Repeat the evaluation process in collaboration with the academic partners to measure difference between before and after (practical skills, theoretical knowledge, attitude and behavior).
• Compile the data and produce a final report with results, conclusions and recommendations.
• Repeat scoring on regular basis to follow up impact.
• To propose subjects for operational research.