This document discusses student selected components (SSCs) and outlines key points about proposing SSCs or clinical attachments to medical schools. It explains that SSCs allow students to explore career options, develop academic skills, or conduct research projects. The document notes some practical considerations for proposing an SSC, such as ensuring the learning environment meets student needs and curriculum requirements. It also addresses difficulties trainees may face in organizing an SSC, such as maintaining continuity across hospital rotations or establishing credibility. Finally, attendees are tasked with drafting an SSC proposal covering aims, learning objectives, activities, assessment methods, and additional details.

1. Organising SSCs and attachments
Dr Kaz Iwata (Clinical Teaching Fellow)

2. SSCs
• Student selected components
• Student selected modules (SSMs)
• Optional module
• Student selected options

3. Objectives
• Know why SSCs are required
• Be aware of the practicalities and logistics of proposing
SSCs or attachments to medical schools
• Draft a proposal for a clinical attachment or SSC

4. • Why do we have SSCs?

5. • Types of SSC
– Clinical: explore potential career options
– Academic skills: teaching, literature review
– Research: library-based research project
– Humanities to broaden horizon in medicine (eg. language
courses, history of medicine)

6. • What can you offer in your specialty/clinical
setting/role?

7. Practicalities
• Being familiar with the medical school curriculum
• Must know what the medical school requires at each
stage of learning
• Is your working environment able to meet the learning
needs of those students?
• Draft a proposal and suggest to undergraduate
teaching leads – title differs between medical school

8. • What are the difficulties of organizing an SSC as a
trainee?

9. Difficulties as a trainee
• Rotation to different hospitals – how do you maintain
continuity with medical school?
• “Credibility”
– Potential solution is collaborate/appoint an academic or
consultant to be the nominal lead
• Will the working environment (clinical environment,
your commitments) allow you to do this?

10. Task
• Drafting a proposal
– Aims
– Learning objectives
– Activities
– Methods of assessment
– Additional information

11. Objectives
• Know why SSCs are required
• Be aware of the practicalities and logistics of proposing
SSCs or attachments to medical schools
• Draft a proposal for a clinical attachment or SSC

12. • Thanks for attending