Enhance in Wessex
The Enhancing Generalist Skills (Enhance) Programme is a national project designed to prepare the medical workforce with the necessary skills to assess and treat through a holistic lens. It has been adapted for the Foundation programme to equip clinicians with the generalist skills required to support the evolving and complex needs of our population. The Enhance programme is designed to allow participants to concurrently achieve the Foundation programme capabilities and curriculum.
Wessex Foundation School offers both Enhance Enable and Enhance Explore programmes.
A guide for Foundation doctors on the Enhance offer can be found here.
Enhance Enable
Enable is a self-directed version of the Enhance programme, which allows Foundation doctors to work through six online modules to learn generalist skills and acquire certificates which can be used as evidence on their Horus ePortfolio. Three modules are completed in F1 and a further three modules in F2.
Participants are responsible for completing a workbook for each module during their allotted self development time (SDT). The workbooks provide suggested evidence for demonstrating the learning outcomes of the module. These outcomes can be supported with clinical, professional, or reflective work. Below is an overview of the modules and the 4 cross-cutting themes:
Enhance Enable is supervised by both the local Foundation Programme Director and Foundation Programme Coordinator, who can advise on how to register.
The workbooks are found on NHS Learning Hub. Foundation doctors can create their own account on the NHS Learning Hub using their GMC number.
Enhance Explore
Foundation doctors on the Enhance Explore programme (‘Explorers’) undertake specific Foundation programmes. Each Explore programme is bespoke to the Trust in which it will take place. All Explore programmes include a placement that supports development as a generalist. Explorers must undertake a quality improvement project which spans a minimum of 1-year. Explore programmes are available to apply for via the foundation priority programmes recruitment.
Explore placements are supported by regional study days, known as Explorer Days. Each Explorer Day will focus on one of the 6 Enhance domains. The dates for 2025/2026 are as follows:
F1 Days
Day 1 – 23rd September 2025
Day 2 – 27th January 2026
Day 3 – 12th May 2026
F2 Days
Day 4 – 14th November 2025
Day 5 – 20th April 2026*
Day 6 – 21st April 2026*
Explorer Days are hosted at Explorer House, Southampton.
* – held at an alternate location.
Contacts
Our regional Enhance team is available to support those undertaking the Enhance programme:
Dr Craig Prescott – Training Programme Director for Enhance
Dr Will Allison – Educational Fellow for Enhance
Programme Team – england.enhance.wx@nhs.net