Author Archives: jim

About jim

Renal trainee and self-appointed web ninja for the South West and South Wales regions.

New Curriculum

It’s a new decade, so there is a new curriculum for renal trainees. If you’re starting in 2010 of later, here’s what you are expected to cover… Quick Start guide to the 2010 curriculum – Renal Medicine Renal Curriculum 2010 … Continue reading

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Supportive Care Course

There is a course available through the Hammersmith Hospital on supportive care. This was a hot topic at Renal PYAs last year and will be worth a look, study leave permitting. Supportive Care Flyer (PDF)

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South West Renal Physicians Meeting

The next traditional North Petherton meeting will henceforth be a once-yearly event. The next one is on 1st July – if you’d like to present, email Jo Taylor.

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Jim Says “Please Take Over This Website”

I’m off to cure diabetes fairly soon, and I’m looking for someone to take on day-to-day website running duties. My “day-to-day”, I mean “once or twice a month”, and don’t worry, I’ll still be there to hold your hand through … Continue reading

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How To Pass Your Annual Assessment (Part 2) – GIM

JRCPTB have come off the fence and stated that “It was never the intention of the Board to mandate the use of wpba for SpRs although it was hoped that most would use them on a voluntary basis”. Thus pre-2007 … Continue reading

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News Roundup

More SCE questions online here (PDF link) BTS registration Renal Pathology course Baxter-sponsored PD education day in Exeter on 2nd June – email Richard D’Souza to confirm attendance

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Training 2010

They’re out… Training dates for Renal (for all of us) and GIM (for those of us in the general Severn vicinity). Renal 2010 GIM 2010

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How To Pass Your Annual Assessment (Part One)

Those of us who have been though the ARCP/RITA process over that last few months will most likely be aware that the nature and number of assessments required has a tendency to change as time goes on, particularly for the … Continue reading

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Exeter Training, 24th November

The Exeter training day is quite rightly famed for its high quality education and external caterers. Click through for the programme. Renal SpR Regional Teaching Day 24th November 2009

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Renal Disease Meeting

There is a joint medical-surgical-radiology meeting focusing on renal disease coming up on 11th November, hosted at a motorway-friendly location near Bristol, and priced extremely reasonably. See the flyer for details. NBT Renal meeting flyer 11 Nov 2009

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