November 2009 OXSAS Newsletter - Oxford Deanery

CESR. Appeals regarding refusal of funding would in the first instance be directed to theClinical Tutor, with recourse to the Associate Dean, John Lourie, in case of dispute.Having said the above, there has in fact been a most disappointing uptake of funding from thisproject since its inception. Where are you all? Don't you want to develop your careers? Haveyou no plans for continuing medical education, attending conferences or courses? What aboutresearch and audit projects? All of these professional activities are part of your ongoing careerdevelopment, and need to be part of your portfolio for revalidation in the future. Think about it!A request has been made to all Deanery Heads of School to consider inviting an SASrepresentative from each specialty to attend the Heads of School meetings. Anyone interestedin taking this up can get in touch with John Lourie (jlourie@oxford-pgmde.co.uk) who will directtheir request to the appropriate Head of School.Revalidation UpdateAs you are all aware, from 16 November 2009, all doctors will need a licence in order to practicemedicine in the UK. This is in addition to their GMC registration and will allow doctors toundertake any form of medical practice, including, but not limited to, writing prescriptions,holding a post as a doctor in the NHS, and signing death and cremation certificates. The GMChas written to all doctors on its register to find out whether they wish to take a licence. Theintroduction of the licence is the first step towards revalidation. Further information on licensing,for doctors and employers, can be found at:http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/licensing/practice/support.aspThe BMA's SAS Committee is in regular dialogue with the GMC to discuss how SAS doctors willbe revalidated whilst the Colleges are currently working on the applicability of recertification (thenext stage of the revalidation process) for SAS grades.The GMC have developed a revised Framework for Appraisal and Revalidation that sets out thedomains, attributes and standards for revalidation based on Good Medical Practice. Thisrevised Framework has been used by all medical specialties to provide guidance to doctors onthe specialist standards and supporting information that may be brought to appraisal todemonstrate that they are practising to a high professional standard for revalidation. TheAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges is now seeking feedback from key stakeholders and otherinterested organisations about these specialty frameworks. For further details, including how torespond, go to: http://www.aomrc.org.uk/revalidation.aspxRemember that revalidation, appraisals and portfolio-building will all be topics covered at theBMA Conference on 23 November (see above), for those of you who could not attend ourDevelopment Day in September.CredentiallingCredentialling has been defined as "a marker of attainment of competencies, knowledge andskills in a defined area of practice, at a level that would allow the holder of the credential towork unsupervised in that area of practice". You are going to hear plenty more about this in themonths and years to come, so pay attention (and see below)!