All-Wales Resident Doctor Forum
We are a group of residents from a range of specialities, with a range of experience, who are working with Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) to promote resident views. We meet regularly to discuss interesting projects, areas for development and to ensure that high quality training and resident welfare remain a core focus of HEIW.
Our vision
For all residents in Wales to experience the highest quality training and enjoy a healthy work life balance.
Our mission
Our mission is to influence future development and improvement of medical and dental training programmes within HEIW. We believe that all residents should be treated as equals and as such, all residents should feel supported and valued. We will interact with residents of all specialities and training grades with the purpose of gaining resident perspectives to identify opportunities for change.
Please visit our SharePoint page below for more information and next meeting dates:
A working group of enthusiastic and committed residents who wish to work with the medical and dental deanery within Health Education Improvement Wales, to promote resident views and improve the training experience across Wales.
Any medical or dental resident who shows interest.
- Collaborating with residents from various specialties on key issues issues such as flexible working, parental leave, expenses, differential attainment, communication, wellbeing etc.
- Opportunity to network with other residents and senior members from Health Education Improvement Wales (HEIW).
- Supported in having an equal voice.
- Opportunity to improve training for yourself and your peers.
- Point of contact for HEIW to share new ideas and receive feedback.
- Develop leadership skills.
- Formal recognition certificates available on request.
A commitment to attend quarterly meetings and engage with communications and projects via Microsoft Teams as suited to your special interests.
Email All-Wales Resident Doctor Forum Co Chairs Parisa Torabi or Rahul Dalal to express an interest and find out more.
The TTT was formed in 2017, following the inaugural BEST Trainee Awards for the Welsh Deanery.
They quickly got to work on projects looking at access to the Professional Support Unit (PSU), supporting Less Than Full Time (LTFT) training and communications.
In 2019, the group was extended to all nominees for the BEST Trainee Awards.
In 2020, due to the pandemic the awards process was subsequently put on hold, so membership also included medical and dental Welsh Clinical Leadership Training Fellows (WCLTF). This had the extra benefit of linking with WCLTF projects within Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) and providing members with more time for projects.
In 2021, the TTT agreed to open membership up to all interested medical and dental trainees.
More information on the projects we’ve been involved with will be available soon.
