KSS DEANERY CONFERENCES 2025
The KSS Educator and Resident doctor conferences 2025!
Thank you to everyone that attended our 2025 Deanery conferences, which were held at the AMEX, Brighton. Both events were very popular and a great success.
KSS Annual Conference for Educators – 27 February 2025
Our third annual educators’ conference was held on in Brighton, with over 100 face to face delegates and an equivalent number tuning in remotely from across the 15 acute, mental health and community trusts, and the primary care networks within the four integrated care boards within the Kent Surrey and Sussex Deanery. The one day meeting, led by associate dean Alison Crocker, consultant obstetrician at Chichester Hospital, kicked off with a key note from Prof Jo Szram, postgraduate dean for KSS on her
leadership journey in education, with a canter through the pathway to becoming
a senior education leader. Three repeating workshops focused on how to ensure
good governance around annual reviews for resident doctors in training,
collaborating within educational networks, and supporting learners and
educators at work with a focus on personal wellbeing. These were interspersed
with two further keynotes, from the legal team who support NHS England with
legal challenges and employment tribunals and finally a collaborative
presentation from the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust leadership team –
CEO Miles Scott and Director of Medical Education Derek Harrington – on the
recipe for a truly combined way of working to deliver service, workforce,
training and education outcomes in a large provider trust. The delegates left
feeling empowered and engaged in their educational aims, ready to work with the
SE WTE team to ensure that we build the KSS Deanery together over the coming
months and years. A follow up event for resident doctors incorporating the
national Medical Training Review (launched by Prof Sir Steve Powys and Prof Sir
Chris Whitty this week) will be held in a few weeks’ time – ensuring our
regional voice is captured in national strategy and delivery planning.
KSS Resident Doctor Conference– 18 March 2025
Our annual resident doctor conference was a great success, with resident doctors from across the KSS region in attendance. The one-day event, led by associate dean Peter Anderson, Intensivist and Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Sussex, focused on Individual development with collective responsibility. The day included 3 key notes, from Dr Paul Snape, MSF Doctor: Develop your professional skills by helping global communities, Prof Bobbie Farsides, Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics at BSMS: Ethics in a changing world- are we prepared for what’s coming and Dr Kate Langford, Chief Medical Officer for NHS Kent and Medway: Doctors as systems leaders- a personal view. Three repeating workshops focused on Building KSS Together: Your Deanery and You, The Psychology and skills of leadership and also human, prioritising wellbeing.
The day also included our annual poster competition with fantastic entries for over 40 resident doctors. The posters were judged by our judging panel over lunchtime, also allowing opportunities for poster viewing to all attendees. A huge well done to all those that entered.
Prizes were awarded to the top three entries:
1st Place: Help on their worst day ( A multi model practical support initiative for women experiencing miscarriage by Dr Lidia Araboo
Dr Lidia Araboo is a Foundation Doctor working at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. She completed my undergraduate BSc at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and then completed my MD (Doctor of Medicine) at Poznań University of Medical Sciences (Poland). Dr Lidia Araboo entered medical school knowing that her passion is in women’s health, and plans to pursue a career in O&G.
2nd Place: Request to Result: Increasing Foundation Doctor Confidence in requesting interventional Radiology procedures by Dr Shreya Saraf
Dr Shreya Saraf is a Foundation Doctor working at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. She was awarded her undergraduate MBChB degree from the University of Birmingham Medical School with honours. She has a keen interest in Medical Education and aims to pursue a career in Radiology.
3rd Place: Quality improvement project to develop a virtual pre interventional Pulmonology Assessment Clinic by Dr Inam Zia.
Dr Inam Zia is a Respiratory medicine ST6 in Darent Valley hospital. He is always looking for opportunities in respiratory interventional research and quality improvement projects.
Please see below for more pictures from the day:
