Programme

• 17:30 Registration
• 17:45 Staying Well in Core Surgical Training
David Mendel
• 18:15 Success at MRCS
Michael Robinson
• 18:30 RCSEng, JCST & ISCP
Fatuma Hassan
• 19:00 The CT2 year, in 2017/18, in London
John Brecknell
• 19:30 The CT2 Trainee Experience & ST3 application
Katie Young

London Postgraduate School of Surgery; HEE London & the South East
The CT2 year, in 2017/18, in London
John Brecknell
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London Postgraduate School of Surgery; HEE London & the South East
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 this year’s ARCP; July 17th – 19th
• mop up day, Sep 4th 2018
• keep up the good work with WBAs, 2 CS reports per
placement, MSF, supervised operating recorded in
logbook
• this year you also need
o to have completed MRCS
o to be a current ATLS provider
• form R
• an outcome 6

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 WBAs - a mention

• how many?
• 80 London as an outlier
• 40 JCST guidance
• 24 other outlying areas
• … enough to evidence your competence
• … as many good quality assessments as possible?

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 changes in the team

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Paul Ziprin Stella Vig tbc Abir Bhattacharyya
North West South East South West North Central North East

London Postgraduate School of Surgery;

Surgery HEE London & the South East
 changes in the team

John Hines Dominic Nielsen John Brecknell

STC Chair Deputy Head of School Head of School

London Postgraduate School of Surgery;

Surgery HEE London & the South East
 more changes
• Healthcare Education Team
• thank you Sarah Nevin (French)
• new officer from Oct 1st
– Daniel Dennis
• coresurg.lase@hee.nhs.uk
• Natalie Owers administrator, Nicola Field & Laura
Waddoups senior officers

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 Core Surgical
HEE Training Advisory
Committee
PGD
SoS HET

TPD
trust
AES
CS

you

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 a new curriculum for 2017

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revalidation & form R
• your license to practice is reviewed every 5 years
• annual appraisal leading to revalidation applies
• annual appraisal = ARCP + form R part B
• additional information includes
o scope of practice
o TOOT
o new and unresolved, complaints and significant
events
• your responsible officer is your PGD

North West London South London North Central & East London
 anatomy demonstrating
• after a year of learning anatomy at RCS Eng
• your turn to teach
• building on the tradition of anatomy demonstrating
• UCL, QMUL, Imperial, St George’s

• 90 hours please
• honour your booked sessions
• the schools have been asked to contact HEE about
behaviour which concerns or disappoints them

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 clinical governance

• wide score spread at clinical governance stations

• leadership course Jan 11th 2018

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mentor scheme

• many of you will used the mentor scheme last year

• this year you will be linked to a CT1 at the same or a
neighbouring trust
• the link is for them to take advantage of as they see fit
• if approached, please draw on your experience in core
to provide constructive guidance
 ST3 application
• clear on your career?
• careers advice through PSU
• careers evening, Dec 7th
• ST3 person specs @ hee specialty recruitment pages
• indicative cases
– eg hips and ankles for T&O, appendicectomy in gen surg
• publications most discriminating
• points in every category

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have every confidence

• … in your chance of success at ST3

• competition ratios falling
• most core trainees in good standing have secured a
post
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