GIM and ST Trainees
There follows below an acronym-and-buzzword-heavy statement from a variety of august bodies on GIM training for ST trainees. Basically you will be able to dual accredit if you want to.
Articles by jim
Gloucester 19th March
Andy Salmon has leaked the program for the next training day.
More SCE news
A group of enterprising SpRs from somewhere in the “North” are organising a course for the new exam. It might be good. It is certainly reasonably priced. MRCPNeph
Obituary
Willem Kolff
Interviewing
An opportunity has arisen for final year trainees to help out with CMT interviews. (Translation -Help! We don’t have enough consultants!). Full text below.
Peninsular GIM
Peninsular trainees finally have a chance to blow away our non-Renal GIM colleagues in public. GIM training days will now include four 10 minute presentations by trainees with the winner being decided by some manner of public vote. Good luck. Peninsular GIM
CMO’s Clinical Advisors Scheme
Are you a trainee? Do you dream of running some or all of the NHS when you grow up? If so have a look at this training opportunity presented to us by the Chief Medical Officer. CMO Advisor
Specialty Certificate Examination
The newly minted Exit Exam Knowledge Based Assessment Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) is now open for applications until 23rd Feb 2009. There’s more info about the application process at the MRCP website. Here is a copy of the curriculum. SCE Curriculum There still seems to be a fair abount of FUD circulating about whether SpRs expecting to finish alongside the ST trainees will be disadvantaged if they don’t have the exam. Any thoughts? Post away below…
ePortfolio
As you can tell from the lower-case e in the title of this post, our trainers are not afraid of using 21st century asssessment methods. If you are an ST trainee with a dislike of paper then email Severn Deanery tech whizzkid Matthew Hill (Matthew.Hill@southwest.nhs.uk) with the following information: Name GMC Number Level of Study Email address Hospital/Trust Specialty and he will sort you out with an ePortfolio. Old-school SpRs need not apply at the present time.
SpR Club
Sheffield. 28th Feb to 1st March. Shabbir Moochala’s biannual address follows.