October 2008

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SpR Club

Clare Parker is our new Wales and South West SpR club rep, and she tells me that the next meeting is over the weekend 28th Feb – 1st March. It’s in Sheffield. It will be great. Final venue and programme to follow.


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Ways to access SWRenal

David Warland reminded me that there are a number of ways to access material on SWRenal; here is a quick rundown for any newcomers. Read the site at http://swrenal.org.uk. Just like you are right now. Subscribe to the RSS feed, possibly using one of these fine tools. Follow the Twitter feed. If you’re super keen and want to update the site with news from your unit or any other vaguely renal information let me know…


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2009 Training

The 2009 training programme is now live. Anyone unhappy with their allocation should contact Chris Dudley. As you can see Paul Murray has no commitments for the second year in a row.


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Workforce Planning

There is a draft workforce planning document available here (via the Renal Association website), covering what to do with the projected excess of trained nephrologists up to 2015 and ways of delivering the service with fewer trainees thereafter. Have a look and feed back to the committee members.


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Knowledge Based Assessment

Those of you not on the PTB mailing list might have missed out on this message regarding the exit exam Knowledge Based Assessment for post – August 2007 ST trainees. Here it is below.


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South West Renal Meeting

The next North Petherton meeting is on Wednesday 26th November. Please let Dr Jo Taylor know if you plan to attend the post-education dinner.