The South West Professional Support and Wellbeing Team are proud to announce that the first of the Well and Resilient Doctors (WARD) Podcast series on Burnout has been released today in support of World Mental Health Day 2023. 

The Podcast on Burnout is available here. 

We are pleased to announce our first Postgraduate Medical Education Course Catalogue

This booklet offers dedicated ladders of learning to help doctors plan their development inline with ten core strands. Each learning ladder generally starts with courses only available to Doctors in Training before heading to Supervisor only courses at the top of the learning ladders. Each course page displays who is eligible for the course. Where courses are available for both PG DiT and Supervisors, the courses are run separately for each cohort.

Interested to know more about the different courses that we offer and how you can develop yourself, head across to the Professional Education and Development page.

Please remember to look at PaedsHub on a regular basis, as News, Events and Regional Teaching days will be posted there.

Please email webmaster@paedshub.co.uk for access.

Induction will be on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th September (attendance at one of the days – not both), and the venue is the Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. The time on both days is from 0900 – 1300.

NHSE Southwest are pleased to announce that the Bursary, PGCE, and SAS Bursary for 2023 are now open.

The Programme:

• The Professional and Generic Skills (PGS) Programme is a collaboration between Health Education South West (HESW) and the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health.
• The PGS Programme covers all elements of the GMC’s Generic Professional Capabilities framework, whose content is now a requirement for trainees.
• 97%of respondents over the last 5 years have rated the quality and relevance of the PGS Programme as “Excellent” or “Good”.

The Modules:

1. Patient safety, quality systems and personal responsibilities;
2. Teaching and Learning;
3. Communication skills;
4. Medical ethics, medicine and the law;
5. Leadership and Management 1: NHS structures and funding;
6. Leadership and Management 2: Personal skills (two days); and
7. Quality Improvement (two days).

Eligibility:

The Programme is open to Core, Specialty and GP trainees (ST2+), SAS doctors and dental trainees (all including IMGs).

Other useful information:

• The PGS Programme modules are stand-alone and held virtually on a secure Zoom platform.
• Delegates completing the PGS programme can transfer the academic credits gained to some Plymouth University postgraduate taught programmes (including Clinical Education; Healthcare Management, Leadership & Innovation; and Global Health).

Read more about the PGS Programme here. Email: professionalskills@plymouth.ac.uk for further information/application form.

Winter School of Psychiatry for Foundation doctors - 25th Jan 2023 

Are you keen to learn more about a career in psychiatry? This free event will give you a valuable insight into the specialty, with a packed programme of tutorials and networking opportunities. Highlights include:

• Top tips on the application process
• Find out what life is like as a core trainee, higher trainee, and consultant
• Meet current doctors in training and consultants from a range of sub-specialities

This one day event will be held virtually via Zoom. To book a place please email: bristolautumnschool@gmail.com. The deadline for applications is 11/01/2023. 

This event has been made possible by the kind support of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Severn Deanery.

National Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Poster Competition 2023

Present at the 10th anniversary conference of the Bristol Patient Safety Conference!

Deadline 3rd March 2023 - see competition details and online entry form here: http://www.bristolpatientsafety.com/poster-competition.html

There are up to 160 poster places at this online conference. Successful entries receive:

• An invitation to give a live oral poster presentation* at a national conference on 17th May 2023.
• A discounted delegate rate of £169 (no VAT). Co-authors will also qualify for the discounted rate.
• A national poster competition presentation certificate with names of presenter(s) and authors
• There will be a first prize and runner up for each themed poster group

* 2-minute oral presentation followed by judge-led Q&A

Who should apply?: Junior doctors, nurses, midwives, consultants, AHPs, GPs, physician associates, foundation doctors, medical students and those working in care settings among others

In addition, there is a free QI workshop from QIClearn aimed at F1/F2 doctors, to be held online on 1 February. Register on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-set-up-a-good-quality-pdsa-cycle-february-2023-tickets-456956337707

eLearning for Healthcare Foundation Update

Welcome to your November 2022 update from the Foundation elearning programme. This month focuses on good communication.

From breaking bad news or supporting the bereavement process, to communicating issues such as treatment risks or organ donation to patients, communication skills are key to your success as a doctor. The following sessions aim to support you to sell your diagnosis, your treatment, and most of all yourself, to your patients.

The Foundation elearning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh), and is approved by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).

Sessions:

• Communication Skills
• Breaking Bad News
• Bereavement Process
• Communicating Treatment Risks to Patients
• Organ Donation and Related Communication Skills

The sessions cover key areas in your curriculum on:  

FPC 1: Clinical Assessment
FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation
FPC 3: Holistic Planning
FPC 4: Communication and Care
FPC 5: Continuity of Care
FPC 6: Sharing the Vision
FPC 8: Upholding Values
FPC 11: Ethics and Law

The Foundation programme has a range of other sessions that might help you. Please log in to the programme page to view more.

You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training: https://www.elfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/

HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easier to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.

We are pleased to announce that the 2022/23 Innovation Fund is now open.

Guidance and application forms are available here.

The closing date for Innovation applications is 4pm on Sunday 23rd October 2022.

We are excited to offer you our new and updated comprehensive webpages with QI resources for trainees and trainers, how to do guides, project ideas, QI support contacts and monthly blog from national QI experts.

Severn QI

Peninsula QI

To book onto our HEE SW QI Training Programme, please register via Max Course using your NHS email account.

If you have any questions, please email QI Enquiries.

The Professional and Generic Skills (PGS) Programme is a collaboration between Health Education England - South West (HEE-SW) and the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health.

It is for doctors in training (GP and Specialty ST3+), as well as SAS doctors and dental trainees.

The PGS Programme is fully aligned with the GMC’s Generic Professional Capabilities framework, and provides a unique combination of skills, knowledge and thinking to develop your career as a clinical leader within an evolving NHS.

The Programme consists of seven modules. You will need to commit to nine days throughout the academic year for the delivery sessions, plus time required to write a final reflection.

The seven modules cover the following key themes:

• Patient safety and quality systems;
• Teaching and learning;
• Communication skills;
• Medical ethics, medicine and the law;
• NHS structures and funding;
• Leadership and Management (two days); and
• Quality Improvement (two days).

The PGS Programme also provides the opportunity for further development, through progression onto postgraduate taught programmes at Plymouth University (including Clinical Education; Healthcare Management, Leadership & Innovation; Global Health).

You can read more about the PGS Programme here, or download an application form here.

For further information, contact professionalskills@plymouth.ac.uk