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Development and Leadership of PGVLE Regional and National Teaching Programmes
The Postgraduate Virtual Learning Environment (PGVLE) provides a flexible platform for delivering regional and national teaching programmes. It enables trainees and educators to access resources, log attendance, and engage in interactive learning, ensuring continuity, collaboration, and innovation in medical education. The poster also shares real-world examples of how this was achieved, along with realistic timeframes to guide implementation.
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Background
In March 2020, the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown brought all educationalactivities to a halt, significantly affecting medical training. Teachingprogrammes, essential and mandatory for doctors in training, were abruptlydisrupted.At the time, Mr Ahmed, Training Programme Director for Core SurgicalTraining (CST) in the West Midlands, played a key role in addressing this gap.With video conferencing gaining popularity, there was a clear need for aplatform to log attendance, share resources, and deliver teaching.Solution:Mr Ahmed led the trial and launch of a Moodle-based platform for 120 CSTdoctors. Due to its effectiveness and flexibility, the platform quicklyexpanded to support the entire School of Surgery (SoS) in the WestMidlands.
Additional information
The Postgraduate Virtual Learning Environment (PGVLE) provides a flexible platform for delivering regional and national teaching programmes. The poster also shares real-world examples of how this was achieved.
Resource details
| Contributed by: | WE-R NHS (Workforce and Education Research NHS) |
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| Authored on: | 9 September 2025 |
| Licence: | © All rights reserved More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 12 September 2025 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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