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On completion of medical training most doctors are on apprenticeship based training schemes where the transmission of knowledge and clinical skills is based on the principle of, ‘learn one, see one and do one”. However, with greater accountability and greater societal and regulatory expectation of doctors, with the advent of an increasingly litigious climate in many developed countries, it becomes imperative that medical officers and trainees doctors undergo a more robust outcome or competency based training. This would require greater planning and commitment on the part of trainers to ensure the outcome is achieved. Outcome based training implies setting clear goals at the outset before commencement of training and ensuring the trainees develop these competencies at the end of training. Hence trainers need to be equipped with the understanding and skills to deliver such training. Although it is an accepted norm, but one cannot always assume that the senior Doctor or Consultant who has numerous responsibilities on his/her plate is equally equipped to teach and transmit his/her area of expertise to a more junior doctor. Not all experts may be, ‘born to teach.’ although we have encountered role models in the past who seemed to have a natural flair for teaching and training. For the majority of good doctors, some form of guidance on how to teach/train effectively would come in handy.

The aim of this workshop is to equip trainers or doctors who have teaching duties, with an overview of the developments in medical education as well as the basic knowledge, skills and tools that may enable them to understand their learners, optimize delivery of training and hopefully, ensure a more optimum end-goal of training.