We have had statements from two of trainees hoping to take on the trainee rep position; Tom Gilpin and Michael Pope. Please have a read of their statements below and then email me to vote - jonathan.hinton@uhs.nhs.uk. Please email me from a trust or NHS email account only. Voting will close at 1800 on Sunday 2nd of June so that the new rep can be in place for BCS.
Tom Gilipin:
Why I would make a good trainee representative.
I am a highly driven, approachable and supportive
individual. As a former Royal College of Physicians Associate Tutor and Mess
president I have invaluable experience at local and national level of providing
peer representation. I organised a successful education programme and secured
funding to improve local and regional training. I will represent Wessex
Cardiology trainees as a group and on an individual level with determination to
improve working within this dynamic speciality.
Having listened to issues
raised by trainees in the deanery the balance between training opportunities and service
provision needs to be addressed. I will provide
accessible and approachable peer representation to facilitate teamwork,
addressing this imbalance and improving education for current and future
cardiology trainees.
I have always organised great social events. I believe
they promote cohesion and strengthen friendships. I will ensure our calendar is
always full of fun (and educational) meetings, possibly even a trip away.
What
I want to do to improve training experience in Wessex.
Should I be elected as
trainee representative I will address the following as a priority:
·
Rota
gaps are becoming a frequent occurrence across the deanery impacting heavily on
training. I will work with senior cardiologists to improve recruitment and
staffing across the board to ensure more training time.
·
There
is significant regional variation in access to ECHO training. Improvement in ECHO
training via regular, protected slots standardised across the deanery is
needed.
·
I
will review the need for level 3 sign off in a variety of procedures that may
not be linked to ones intended sub-specialty of choice and strive to increase
the time in catheter laboratories for trainees.
·
The
discrepancy in study leave funding for senior trainees on fellowships in
comparison to junior trainees on rotation is not justified, especially with the
lack of income progression with the new contract. This needs to change.
Michael Pope:
In light of current work to re-write the
curriculum for cardiology training good trainee representation is crucial to
ensure an outcome that is fit for all future trainees and fully recognizes the
skills and knowledge required to provide expert specialist cardiology care. I
have the commitment and enthusiasm to take on this role and have valuable experience
of trainee representation. I am currently the cardiology trainee representative
on the Royal College of Physicians PACES Scenario Writing Group, responsible
for PACES examination setting. I previously spent 3 years as BMA Medical
Students Committee Representative and successfully secured student
representation on the Medical School Undergraduate Education Management
Committee where I worked to achieve significant changes to the curriculum.
One particular
area of weakness in Wessex is the training of key theoretical knowledge and
skills involved in core practical procedures. Although simulation training for
procedural skills has become mandatory for new trainees, widespread training in
skills of device programming and troubleshooting particularly is lacking. This
is a vital skill for all cardiologists but is poorly taught. I would aim to
develop a regional programme of training to develop these skills for all
cardiology trainees, but particularly including a course aimed at all new
trainees covering the basic theoretical knowledge required for both pacemaker
implantation and general cardiology procedures. In addition, although there has
been significant progress in organization of regional training days in recent
years, there is significant variation in quality. I would aim to build on the
successes in this area to create a consistent programme of excellent regional
teaching.
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