Dear All
Please find below the outcome of
the STC meeting on Friday 15th March. I am keen to represent all
Trainees at these meetings so please contact me on
sjgroves@hotmail.com if you have any training concerns.
ARCPs + PYA Dates
PYAs will be on 6th September 2013. ARCPs will be 6th September and 10th September 2013.
Wessex Regional Training Days
Great
news! Dr Dom Kelly has agreed to take over the training days from Dr
Paul Kalra to reinstate the once educational and social SpR Training
days. The plan is have 8 regional training days and separate to this BCS
x2 training days. Dr Kelly will publish the 2014 training day dates by
the end of 2013 so SpRs can ensure clinics are cancelled for the next
group of SpR's following on in their post. I highlighted the Echo
clinics were not being cancelled in Southampton and Dr Calver agreed
this should occur and with more notice we should be asking all SpR
clinics are cancelled so Trainees can attend the necessary 60% of
Training Days.
Training days had been a time
for education but also for socialising with our peers and increasing our
working relationship...not to mention tips and hints for forthcoming
ARCPs!
I would really encourage Trainees to
ensure clinics are cancelled for the Training days to allow the majority
of Trainees to attend.
EPortfolio
Dr
Tom Farrell has put together a document to be released on the
"Eportfolio Roles and Responsibilities for the Trainee and Ed
Supervisor". The document outlines who's responsibility different
sections are to complete, when, where and how! Also just an early
warning before PYA and ARCPs this year, we are now expected to complete
Patient Surveys! Only in ST5 and ST7 but still required.
If you are using curriculum 2007 please do not fill out any of 2010.
The Ed Supervisor must release your MSF Summary prior to your ARCP.
WBAs
The blue print/grid is available online but Wessex deanery alter from this slightly with a minimum requirement of the following:
DOPS TTE - 6 until BSE TTE - BSE TTE Accreditation is COMPULSORY in Wessex Deanery
DOPS Cath - 6
DOPS Pacing - 6
MiniCex - 6
ACATs - 6
CbD - 6
MSF - 1 EVERY YEAR
Patient Survey - ST5 & ST7
Audit Tool - 1 every year
Teaching Tool - 1 every year
Trainee Survey
James
Rosengarten and myself are going to take over the Trainee Survey. As a
Deanery, Wessex scored badly on the GMC survey but the reasons why and
comments are never seen by the Deanery. James & I have offered to
take over the Trainee Survey to allow Trainees to be as honest as they
like about the posts they are in or previously been in. We'd like to
hear the good, bad and any recommendations you think would improve the
post for the Trainees coming after you. We have asked the Deanery allow
us to run this and we will do the investigating rather than have
Consultants involved. We hope to have an electronic survey up and
running by June/July and really appreciate everyone completing it! I'm
looking for brutal honesty please!!
Revalidation
Currently
we are all using our ARCPs as Revalidation but it has been asked if the
Trainees CCT date alters for OOPE/R, mat leave, sickness it is the
Trainees responsibility to inform Vykkie Winstanley at JRCPTB who will
adjust they CCT date and inform our Deanery who in turn updates the GMC
and a post CCT revalidation date is generated.
As I said please contact me if you have any concerns or recommendations.
Kindest Regards
Sam Fitzsimmons