The Medical Education Directorate provides medical leadership through the Director of Medical Education (DME), Deputy Directors of Medical Education (DDMEs) and Associate Directors of Medical Education (ADMEs).
All of these post holders have specific time in their role to champion medical education. The ADMEs are responsible for supporting the DME and DDMEs to ensure that NHS Tayside delivers high quality medical education across all specialties. They are given portfolios managed by the DME to ensure there is medical leadership provided to all ongoing projects, as well as supporting clinical services delivering teaching and training across Tayside (DoME speciality portfolio further down this page)
The management team includes the Service Manager, Deputy Service Manager, Administrative Services Managers and Supervisors. These roles oversee the Directorate's functions and lead on a number of educational projects.
The administrative team comprises of several Administrators. The Administrators support clinicians working in the NHS who deliver teaching and training, coordinating learner placements and learning opportunities and being a point of contact for the learners. They also organise the boards professional induction for trainee doctors in February and August, as well as supporting the Recognition of Trainers process and preparation for Quality Management Visits.
The ACT Officer is the main point of contact in NHS Tayside for ACT, monitoring the ACT resource and providing a link between NHS Education for Scotland (NES), NHS Tayside, the University of Dundee and other NHS Boards and contributing to the development of ACT through membership of the Medical ACT Officers group (MACTO) and the Medical ACT Working Group (MAWG) led by NES.