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AGENDA BIOS HEADS OF SERVICE MEETING Thursday 17th May 2012 11am start Birmingham Children’s Hospital Education Centre Items for AOB at the end of the meeting. Apologies and attendance Notes of the last meeting including corrections to student items Matters arising Student placement and placement assessments (standing agenda item). Modernising scientific careers and placements for these students BIOS course for lead tutors Visual screening (standing agenda item) 18 week pathway (standing agenda item) Band 5 to 6 run through (standing agenda item) AQP Workforce Themes 2012 – results of SurveyMonkey and initial results from 2012 Workforce Survey if available Clinical outcome – measures and collection Website Heads debating forum Volunteers for Chair and Secretary to National Heads of Service group AOB Date and time of next meeting. BIOS and NHS changes – discussion led by Lesley-Anne Baxter “Information and data collection for the future” presented by Lesley-Anne Baxter. PAPERS Appendix 1 EXTRACT FROM NOTES FROM NATIONAL HEADS OF SERVICE MEETING Thursday 12th May 2011 at Birmingham Children’s Hospital Response from Marie Cleary, Chair of BIOS Education Committee (shown in blue) 4. Student placement and placement assessments (standing agenda item). The universities are still experiencing difficulties with a lack of placement sites. Even if sites only take one student there will still be a shortage. Small departments find it difficult to take more than one student. Many sites find it difficult during the summer months with staff annual leave. Options to consider: Could small departments work with another nearby department in a hub and spoke model, or share 2 students. If this is planned, the departments should inform the BIOS education committee for approval. I have experience of this model, and am happy to discuss with anyone interested. Could the students have shared tutorial / study time or any oth