October 2012 - South West Peninsula Deanery

South West Peninsula Deanery
Faculty Development News
Volume 1, Issue 2
www.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk/facultydevelopment
October 2012
SWPD Supervisor Training Programme Courses
Course 1 – morning session (09:30 – 12:30) –
Training & Safe Patient Care
Child & Women’s Health Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Truro Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Torbay Horizon Centre, Torquay Hospital
Plymouth Postgraduate Centre, Derriford Hospital
Course 2 – afternoon session (13:30 – 16:30) –
Creating Successful Learning Environments
14 th Sept – Full
26 th Sept - Full
19 th Oct - Full
28 th Nov - Full
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visited the Peninsula
Deanery
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recently?
Check out the Careers
pages by
clicking on this
hyperlink
Child & Women’s Health Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Truro Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Torbay Horizon Centre, Torquay Hospital
Plymouth Postgraduate Centre, Derriford Hospital
14 th Sept – Full
26 th Sept - Full
19 th Oct - Full
28 th Nov - Full
Course 3 – (am or pm) –
Creating evidence of trainees learning and their current ability through assessment (WpBAs)
Plymouth Postgraduate Centre, Derriford Hospital
Truro Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Noy Scott House, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Noy Scott House, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital
Barnstaple Postgraduate Centre, Northern Devon District Hospital
Course 4 – morning session (09:30 – 12:30) –
Doctors in Difficulty & Careers Advice
South West Peninsula Deanery, Plymouth
Torbay Horizon Centre, Torquay Hospital
South West Peninsula Deanery, Plymouth
Truro Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Torbay Horizon Centre, Torquay Hospital
10 th Oct (am)
12 th Oct (am)
12 th Nov (pm)
13 th Nov (pm)
16 th Nov (pm)
7 th Dec (pm)
7 th Sept – Full
14 th Sept – Full
17 th Oct - Full
2 nd Nov - Full
16 th Nov - Full
LATEST NEWS:
Further dates for Courses 1, 2, 4 & 5 are currently being arranged for January/ February &
March 2013.
Notice by email will go out to all supervisors as soon as these dates become available.
Topics in this issue:
Programme courses
& Faculty Development
hyperlink
Course Feedback
Staff Highlight
Trainers Training
NHS South of
England Hyperlink
‘The Future’
School Highlight
– Paediatrics
School Highlight
– Obstetrics &
Gynaecology
School Highlight
– Surgery
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Redneck Dictionary of
Medical Terms (A—C)
ARTERY:
The study of paintings.
BACTERIA:
Back door to cafeteria.
BARIUM:
What doctors do when
patients die.
BENIGN:
What you be after you
be eight.
CESAREAN SECTION:
A neighbourhood in
Rome.
CAUTERIZE:
Made eye contact with
her.
CT SCAN:
Searching for kitty.
COLIC:
A sheep dog.
COMA:
A punctuation mark.
South West Peninsula Deanery
Faculty Development News
Feedback on recent courses attended
Course 4:
“Helped clarify structures—
improved confidence”
“It would be useful to discuss
some real cases that have
happened in the past, particularly
how they were
dealt with and what were
the problems”
“Helped define who to approach
for help”
“More aware now of careers
guidance resources”
“Very good interactive session”
“Identified indicators for
trainees in difficulty”
“Good amount of information
for reference for
referral for advice”
“Discussion format worked
well”
Extra topics that could
have been covered:
“Fitness to practice regulations,
GMC role, further
reading, references”
“Demo of talking to a trainee
without insight”
Staff Highlight
Kris Earl
Front of House Administrator
Born in Torquay and
schooled in Plymouth,
Kris is a bright,
strong willed and independent
individual.
Coming from an estate
agency background,
Kris joined
the South West Peninsula
Deanery in November
2009 when
the organisation relocated
to their new
premises on the
Tamar Science Park.
Although her main
role is the Front of
House Administrator
she also provides support
to the Business
Support & Facilities
Manager. Always
looking for new challenges
Kris recently
completed her NVQ 3
in Administration.
NHS South of England officially
came into effect on
3rd October 2011, made
up of three former strategic
health authorities –
NHS South Central, NHS
South East Coast and NHS
South West.
The new “cluster” organisation
held its first Board
meeting in Newbury, confirming
Dr Geoff Harris as
Chair and Sir Ian Carruthers
OBE as Chief Executive.
Trainers training
SWPD Supervisor Courses and attendee numbers
Course 2011 2012 Pre-booked No. of Courses Venues Used in 2012
1 207 195 43 13 Peninsula Deanery 7
2 194 190 48 13 NDHT 7
3 148 0 96 10 PHNT 6
4 78 77 68 9 RCHT 8
5 81 0 0 0 RD&E 7
SDHT 10

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South West Peninsula Deanery
Faculty Development News
The Future—Dr Martin Davis, Associate Dean for Faculty Development
The Deanery programme
for Supervisor
Training has been
adapted in response to
feedback from Supervisors
attending the courses.
The changes have
reduced the amount of
time to complete training
and adjusted content
to make it more applicable
to your role and attempts
to avoid duplication.
It remains necessary
for all named supervisors
to have completed
the required
training by the end of
2013. Completion can
be achieved by attending
the courses the
Deanery are running or
providing evidence that
you have completed
equivalent training elsewhere.
The details for
the courses and providing
evidence of equivalent
are on the SWPD
website.
A number of Supervisors
have enquired
about the necessity for
updating training and
what format this would
take. Once the initial
training has been undertaken
there is no
expectation that individuals
will need to
repeat these courses.
There will be a necessity
to provide evidence
of on-going engagement
with the training process
to ensure that your
knowledge and expertise
in postgraduate
medical education is
updated. The evidence
for this can be tailored
to meet the individual
Supervisors needs e.g.
attendance at national
specialty meeting related
to this topic, attendance
at Deanery organised
sessions on specific
topic etc. The Deanery
will not be prescriptive
about this, but will require
evidence of engagement
on a regular
basis, consistent with
the job role you are undertaking.
More detail
on this will follow later
in the year.
The recognition and
consequent approval of
the trainer role in medical
education is necessary
to facilitate the provision
of high quality
postgraduate medical
education. It is a priority
of the GMC and the
Deanery. If successfully
implemented it should
lead to an acknowledgement
by your employer
of its importance. More
detail of this can be
found on the GMC website.
Thank you for continued
enthusiasm, your
comments and feedback
are welcome!
School Highlight—Paediatrics
The School of Paediatrics has seen
a consolidation of working processes
with continuity provided by
Michael Quinn as Head of School
and Kumar Yadlapalli as Training
Programme Director over the last
4 years. These have included introduction
of annual within School
appraisals of the Trust RCPCH
tutors and TPD. One of the outcomes
of these has been agreement
by the Deanery to appoint an
additional TPD to support the ST1
-3 training programme. The
School continues to recruit enthusiastic
and motivated trainees into
the 8 year run through Paediatric
programme. We conduct a local
appointment process in Plymouth
with a ratio of 2 applicants for
every ST1 post equivalent to the
national average. Following feedback
from the Associate Deans for
assessment about trainees’ perception
of the ARCP process, we
developed a change of approach in
which each panel member was
given responsibility for assessing
the e portfolios of trainees prior to
the panel review. Improved representation
of all Trusts on the
ARCP panel allowed for more
time to give formative feedback
having addressed the “tick-box”
components of the exercise beforehand.
This was noted by the external
advisor from Wales who provided
a very positive report on the
process. The trainees appreciated
the opportunity to discuss career
progression. Our College has
introduced a GMC approved pe-
nultimate year assessment
(START or Specialty Trainee
Assessment of Readiness for Tenure)
in ST7 to determine readiness
for consultant practice. All trainees
who have entered Level 3
training (ST6-8) on or after 1
August 2011 will be required to
undertake START before applying
for their CCT. The first assessments
will take place on 9/10 th
November 2012 in London having
being piloted on 2 groups of trainees.
START assesses many aspects
of practice in 12 eight minute
stations including handover,
teaching, conflict/risk management
and prescribing. All assessors
receive training and there are
2 representatives from the Peninsula.
There has been excellent
engagement of Peninsula consultants
with the deanery educational
supervisor training programme
indicating a clear desire of the vast
majority to remain actively involved
with educational supervision.
Simulation training has
moved forward with a clear
School strategy for workplace
based training in individual Trusts.
This was the basis of the successful
innovation fund bid which
secured funding for Training the
Trainers courses. There is interest
in setting up our own Stepping up
to Registrar (currently purchased
from Severn) and Neonatal Key
competencies courses. There were
3 applications to the Innovation
fund this year.

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South West Peninsula Deanery
Faculty Development News
School Highlight—Obstetrics & Gynaecology
The School of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology has undergone
some changes in the last 12
months.
Mr Ben Peyton Jones, consultant
and RCOG tutor in
Exeter has been appointed
the Training Programme
director for ST1 and ST2
doctors and will be responsible
for their placements on
the rotation, monitoring their
progress and giving them
advice on any aspects of
their training where appropriate.
Mr Narayanan in Torbay
continues as Training
Programme Director for
years ST3-5 and Miss Susie
Bates in Truro continues as
Training Programme Director
for Year ST6-7 and also
is Director of ATSMs.
Recent surveys have shown
that all units in the Peninsula
have broadly satisfactory
local teaching sessions for
doctors at SHO level including
F2, GP registrars, ST1
and ST2 doctors but specific
teaching for registrar grades
has been lacking. The school
has obtained funding to improve
regional teaching for
specialist registrars and a
minimum of 4 training days
will be provided, one by
each of the main hospitals.
These days will be known as
“POET” days, (Peninsula
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Education & Training days)
designed to address the
needs of doctors between
ST3-ST7. These days will
also be made available to
Severn Trainees.
The main development from
the RCOG is the publication
of the Training Matrix which
specifies the requirements
for each year of training
which trainees must achieve
in order to get a satisfactory
ARCP. All trainees were
notified of this change last
year and it is available on
the RCOG website as well
as the Deanery website. The
aim is to make ARCPs all
over the country comparable
and improve standards.
Training has to be very carefully
documented these
days and it is in each trainee’s
best interest to study the
matrix and make sure that
they acquire work based
assessments throughout the
year. The matrix makes it
easier to know exactly how
many assessments are needed,
what courses must be
attended and what practical
procedures need to be mastered
by the end of each
year.
School Highlight—Surgery
Course 1: Training and Patient Safety
Course 2: Successful Learning Environments
Course 3: WpBAs & Feedback
Course 4: Doctors in Difficulty & Careers Advice
Course 5: ARCPs/ RITAs
Course 5 is having a re-vamp this year so dates will be
available soon.
Contact Tina Oxland at the Deanery for course bookings
tina.oxland@southwest.nhs.uk
South West Peninsula Deanery
Raleigh Building
The Peninsula school of surgery
supports surgical training
in all specialties except pediatric
surgery.
In 2011 Nick Markham stepped
down as Head of School having
created a strong team and
reputation for the Peninsula.
Ken Hosie is now the Head of
School supported by Heather
Rowley as School Manager.
There is an experienced team
of Program Directors in all
specialties: James Davis- Orthopaedics,
Trish Boorman
(replaced David DeFriend) –
General Surgery, Anthony
Timoney - Urology, Anthony
Fitton –Plastics, Peter Whitfield
- Neurosurgery, Clinton
Lloyd - Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Harvey Chant – Core
Training, Mark Metcalfe- ENT.
In addition the School is supported
by a highly committed
team of college tutors
Mark Westwood and Esther
McLarty in Plymouth, Colin
Steinlechner in North Devon,
Evette Grobbelaar in Truro,
Rob McCarthy in Torbay. With
Trish Boorman being appointed
to Program Director there is
an opportunity in Exeter for an
enthusiastic tutor.
Simeon Brundell continues to
organize the regional core
teaching program and has put
together a very effective
monthly teaching day around
the region.
All surgical training posts are
appointed at national selection.
Increasing competition for
training numbers along with a
national agenda to reduce
training posts in most surgical
specialties has made it essential
that we provide the best
available opportunities for
training so that we can continue
to attract the best trainees
and be confident they will get
the positions they want.
Minimum standards for surgical
training are being set nationally
and monitored through
the ISCP website. This provides
objective evidence of the
training received and who is
delivering that training. That
along with GMC requirements
to demonstrate that trainers
are trained appropriately, those
who are committed and want
to train will be highlighted.
The School has been very
effective in organizing a bespoke
course for surgeons
which has been very popular
and achieves all the GMC requirements.
This year alone 90
consultants have completed
the course. The School would
encourage anyone who wishes
to continue to train to access
this course or the Deanery
approved courses in the near
future. (Contact Heather Rowley)
The School has been successful
in acquiring a complete set
of Anatomy models which can
be made available for anyone
wishing to refresh/ learn there
anatomy (PGMC Plymouth).
The School will also be keen to
support anyone who wishes to
develop or introduce new and
innovative local training opportunities.
With limited study
leave budgets there is a need
to provide local courses such
as CCRISP and ATLS in a cost
effective way.
All committed and enthusiastic
surgical trainers are encouraged
to get involved!