15.00
Professor Majeed spends some time revising a research grant application to be submitted by one of his staff. He said: "I've done my time as first author of papers and grant applications and it's great to be able to be in the position to support others who are just starting out. I find that my own research is squeezed in around management these days, but I will always make space for it, as it's how I started and it's important."
16.30
Professor Majeed's last task of the day is to meet with a local Primary Care Trust, which has approached him to ask for advice on a new health centre it is building. He said: "I am working with health professionals to try and configure the best supply of health services for this particular area. Contributing to something like this is really rewarding. After all, we're all going to need these services eventually."
17.30
Professor Majeed spends the last hour of his day at work dealing with emails.
18.30
Professor Majeed leaves for his 25-minute walk home.
Qualifications needed to become a doctor
Academic standards are crucial to get into medical school. A vast variety of GCSEs, plus 3 A levels, or equivalent, are usually essential in the fields of Mathematics and Science. Although a pre-medical year offers opportunities for people applying with non-science A levels. When people are successfully qualified with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, doctors must register with the General Medical Council to practise.
Qualities/Skills required within becoming a Doctor
Different doctors have different skills that are useful in the team. The job is academically demanding, because doctors use their knowledge on a day-to-day basis. It requires very hard work and can be emotionally taxing. Important abilities are an enquiring mind, concern for people, a rational approach and the ability to handle pressure.
- You must be able to listen carefully to patients and skilfully ask the right questions to get all the information you need in a short amount of time.
- You will need a broad knowledge of medicine as well as the ability to learn new scientific and technical developments on an ongoing basis. This requires considerable mental stamina.
- You also need practical skills and a steady hand in order to examine, assess and possibly perform minor operations on patients.
- Good writing skills will help you in your report and letter writing. IT skills are increasingly important.
- If you work in a health centre, you will need good co-operation and communication skills to work with the other GPs, nurses and administration staff.
You may not yet have all the hallmarks of excellence for a doctor training to be a general practitioner but we would hope that you have some of them and will encourage and support your personal and professional development towards the remainder! You will need a positive and welcoming response to new ideas and working methods that vocational training exposes you to. You will need qualities of genuine caring for patients, clinical competence, self-awareness and insight into your own motives, needs and feelings and the ability to work in small interactive groups. It is always nice to see a sense of humour, willingness to lend a hand and tolerance of different points of view. Educationally we hope you will work towards self-direction and develop a continued interest in learning. Motivation is clearly important, and enthusiasm, commitment and eagerness to learn will help you get the best out of your vocational training. Learning to achieve a balance between your professional and private life requires a certain amount of personal organisation and is an important strategy for retaining a sense of perspective throughout your life as a general practitioner. You will need to be hard working and conscientious. Communication skills are important both for your work with patients and with colleagues. They may have diminished a little whilst at medical school; we hope to resurrect them during vocational training. Ability for problem solving and critical appraisal is important. Bringing the experience of the wider world outside medicine can add to our qualities as a GP.
To become a doctor, there are many ways and different routes.
They are:
- 5+ GCSE;s
- A-C levels
- One year as a pre-registration house officer
- 5+ GCSE;s
- A-C levels
- Two years of foundation training
- 5+ GCSE;s
- A-C levels
- Postgraduate qualification on exam/assessment MRCGP
3 routes
Nursery Nurse’s daily routine:
This is an example for the daily routine of Herbert Morrison primary school in London. It is a Primary School and nursery school for boys and girls; and facilitates 3-11 year olds. The address is as follows:
Hartington Road
London,
SW8 2HP
The Nursery class operates two sessions daily.
9.00 – 11.30 a.m. and 1.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Daily Routine (afternoon session in brackets)
9.00 a.m. (1.00 p.m.) Session begins.
Children are encouraged to find and identify their name and adhere it to the registration board.
9.00 – 9.15 a.m. Group time with news sharing, introduction’s to
(1.00 - 1.15 p.m.) Activities and choosing
9.15 a.m. (1.15 p.m.) Free choice of planned activities. Your child will be invited to take part in the focused activity of the day.
10.00 a.m. (2.00 p.m.) Doors open into the garden – free choice of indoor and outdoor play.
10.50 a.m. (2.50 p.m.) Tidy up time – all children are involved in tidying away the session’s activities – an opportunity to encourage responsibility for their own environment and regard as a valuable learning process – counting, sizing, matching objects by shape and colour as well as identifying word shapes and picture symbols.
11.00 a.m. (3.00 p.m.) Drink and biscuits seated at tables. Manners and politeness are encouraged.
Group session including discussion; music and song, stories and rhyme.
11.30 a.m. (3.30 p.m.) Session ends.
Qualifications needed to become a Nursery Teacher
To become a Nursery Teacher, academic qualifications are not always essential. But 3 GCSEs/S grades at grades A-C/ Levels 1-3 or equivalent. The qualifications show what is required to become a qualified Nursery Teacher to work under supervision:
- CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Child Care and Education
- City & Guilds Level 2 Progression Award in Early Years Care and Education
- BTEC Certificate in Early Years Care and Education
- BTEC First Diploma in Early Years
- NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care and Education awarded by CACHE, BTEC, and City and Guilds
The following let you work unsupervised:
- CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education. Many colleges ask for GCSEs/S grades or the equivalent
- BTEC National Diploma in Early Years. You may need four GCSEs/S grades (A-C/1-3)
- NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education awarded by CACHE, Edexcel, and City & Guilds
- SVQ Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education or the HNC in Childcare and Education
Qualities/Skills required within becoming a Nursery Teacher
To be a Nursery Nurse you must be prepared to give a profession care of children, and to earn trust of parent and carers.
You will need these qualities:
- To love and understand children, and be able to relate to them: - If the Nursery Nurse does this, the children will fell happy and content with their lifestyle. The feeling of love will make them feel at home and welcome to the nursery.
- To be patient, adaptable, firm and consistent: - If the Nursery Nurse is patient with the children, they will feel calm and that they are not forced to rush anything. This allows the children to remain tranquil.
- To be physically fit with great stamina: - The Nursery Nurse needs to be physically fit in order to be able to keep up with the children when they are running around. This is an important factor because if the Nursery Nurse was not fit, simple things like: walking; and bending would feel like strenuous exercise for the overweight her/him.
- To be observant, imaginative, enthusiastic, lively and fun-loving:- These qualities are essential because these characteristics make the children feel like they want to go to Nursery because they know that everyday will be equally as fun as the next day.
- To be able to communicate with parents, carers, children and other professionals:- The parents of the children need to know how their child is doing at the Nursery and to be able to do this, the Nursery Nurse needs to have good communication techniques.
- To be aware of health and safety issues surrounding the job:- To ensure all children are safe from and health and safety hazards, the Nursery Nurse needs to be able to locate hazards or any dangers that can be a threat to the children and find a way to stop the hazard being a dilemma.
- To be able to work in a team and be trustworthy:- Team work is important because in most Nurseries, the Nursery Nurses work with an assistant and if this is the case, the Nursery Nurse needs to find it easy to work with another Nursery Nurse to make sure the children are facilitated with the normal support they get.
- To be able to stay calm at all times:- If the Nursery Nurse can successfully stay calm through situations, she will be teachers the children life skills because they will notice that she is calm and will start to recognise the times where it is appropriate to take a calm approach to a situation.
Nursery teacher/Nurse
Routes:-
1 CACHE Level 2 certificate in child care and education
The course is suitable for 16 to 19 (Adult Education). It is a full-time course within the curriculum area of the Early Years and Childcare. The duration of the course is one year. To enter this course students must have at least 4 GCSE grades D/E. Most importantly, one of the GCSEs must be English language at grade D. Another essential quality is that the person will need to have a CRB Police check. The selection is by interview with tutors and satisfactory reference is required. A fantastic way to impress tutors is to bring in certificates you have achieved throughout your past education history. The course runs over 3 terms (one academic year). The qualification is split into three stages; Award, Certificate, and Diploma, with the Award and certificate building towards the Level 2 Diploma. It is expected that most people will progress through the Award and Certificate to complete the Diploma in order to be able to practise as an early year’s practitioner.
Award – You must achieve Units 1 and “
Certificate – You must achieve Units 1-5
Diploma – You must achieve Units 1-6, plus one optional unit chosen by your centre from units 7-11; 420 GLH to complete. Throughout the qualification you will be expected to participate in a professional practice in a variety of settings in order to apply what you have learnt in a practical environment. For example Unit 1 involves an introduction to working with children – Introductory task. This is going to be the first set piece of work that needs to be completed.
There is an enrolment fee paid directly to the college which covers the registration fees paid to the awarding body CACHE (council for awards in children’s care an Education formally NNEB). Under 19’s do not pay tuition costs. For adults on means-tested no tuition fees are payable. Benefits will not be affected by attendance on the course. All students pay a consumable fee of £60. There is a charge for the police check of approximately £45.
2 City and guilds level 2 progression award in early years care and education
After this course is completed, students will gain these qualifications: City & Guilds Progression Award, Level 3. It is a part-time course at Advanced Level. This course gives students underpinning knowledge for Level 3 NVQ in children’s care, learning and development. This course also covers health and safety, children’s right and child development. The qualification available is: desirable: A Level 2 Childcare qualification. The assessment is through 5 written assignments. On successful completion of this qualification people can apply for NVQ3. One mandatory aspect is the students need to have literacy skills at level 2.
3 BTEC Certificate in Early Years Care and Education
The course is part-time and lasts two years. Learners are required to attend college from 1.00pm through to 9.00pm on Tuesdays. One Unit that students will study is: positive relationships for children’s care, learning and development. To be accepted for the course applicants must have a minimum of either: 4 GCSE grades at C or above; or equivalent levels of qualifications including GNVQ Intermediate, First Diploma/Certificate: NVQ 2, other Level 2 equivalent qualifications. All entries should be able to demonstrate basic ability in mathematics and English language. A police check will be required from the criminal records bureau. Bursaries may be available from local Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership or local authority. Each unit is assessed using a variety of methods including project and assignment work, tests, presentations and essays. There is a minimum attendance requirement of 80% both in college and at your work experience placement. On completion of the course, those who go into employment work as:
- Nursery Supervisions/Nursery Nurses in Day Care including Sure Start
- Nursery Nurses in nursery classes and classroom assistants in primary schools
- Working with children with special needs
- Supervisors in pre-school
Outlook on becoming a GP/Nursery Nurse
To conclude, I would say that going into further education as a young person sounds idealistic because they still have time to achieve anything. With this said, it is obvious that if a student works hard, and concentrates, education as a young student is the best way. The disadvantages of a mature adult are that they have more responsibilities, which is not good because their social life will interfere greatly with their education. This will be very distractive for the mature adult. Ultimately, it is very reasonable to say that the younger student can achieve and be hassle free. Youth is a good factor to education.