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ait@rcgp.org.uk

tel: 020 7344 3078

 

 

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MRCGP@rcgp.org.uk

tel: 020 7344 3075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


OUR INDUCTION COURSE

 

OUR "EXIT" COURSE

 

 

Are You Joining or Finishing Our Scheme?

 

You've Just Joined Our Scheme: (click to open/close)

The first thing we'd like to say is WELCOME! We're sure you're going to have a fab time with us, learn lots and develop in ways you would hardly have imagined.

 

Remember though that for this to happen, there needs to be a two way thing and by that we mean that there are things that you need to do to enable this to happen.

 

Before reading the stuff below, here's a really good tip when you start ANY new training post:

 

It’s worth trying to make the best impression you can in the first few days of the post – e g friendliness, interest in the job and all your colleagues at every level, willingness to work hard, willingness to listen to instructions and advice.  

 

This is particularly relevant in the specialties without a close team structure, where people don’t have a lot of opportunity to get to know each other in depth.  The permanent staff tend to form a rapid impression of new doctors, who then get a reputation which sticks.  People take a long time to change their view if they have made up their mind about you.  

 

It would be tactless and inappropriate for us to quote examples, but some trainees of ours have found themselves pigeonholed either negatively (e g as slack, unconscientious or uncooperative) or positively (e g helpful, hardworking or conscientious) on very little evidence.  Later, when their behaviour has changed, their reputation hasn’t.  

 

A little extra effort in the first few days is likely to be really worthwhile.  (Of course I’m not saying that later on it’s OK to become rude and uncooperative!)

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FIVE things you need to do on joining our scheme: (click to open/close)

1. Once appointed, contact Nick Price to determine where your first post will be. Alternatively, look here (the information may already be available online: http://www.bradfordvts.co.uk/NEEDSUPDATING/postrotations.htm There are tabs at the bottom of this page to help you switch to different views.

 

If your first post is in general practice, make sure you've contacted the primary care trust to be registered on something called the supplementary list (a list of doctors in the local area that are allowed to practise). Failure to do so may mean you can't start work when expected and that can have huge ramification (eg extension to training etc)

 

 

2. Make sure your defence union subscription is all up to scratch.

 

 

3. Register with the RCGP - THIS IS DEAD IMPORTANT AND YOU NEED TO DO THIS BEFORE YOU START THE SCHEME.

 

Registration is online with an initial registration fee which is confirmed by email. The ePortfolio will be activated between 24 and 48 hours after registration with a welcome pack sent approximately 10 days after. Once registered, you are then called an "Associate in Training" (AiT).

 

To register online, go to: https://integra.rcgp.org.uk/membersarea/membership/Default.asp

 

There is an enquiry line for AiTs (email ait@rcgp.org.uk or telephone 020 7344 3078) for any registration queries; information is also available on the College website (www.rcgp.org.uk/ait under the What’s New section).

 

 

4. Come to our Induction Course. Our induction course like no other and you'll love it. In addition, we (the Programme Directors) get to know you and you get to know us. Contact Sofya on admingp@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk to get the dates; then make sure you book that time off (as study leave) with the department of your first job as soon as possible.

 

5. Book onto our WPBA course which is usually held in September every year. This course explores workplace based assessment and the eportfolio in more detail and helps you become familiar with it all. It is considered essential and therefore, as a new starter, you should book study leave in advance and inform the necessary people in your post EARLY.

 

 

Our Induction Course

You can find a list of the powerpoints we use on the induction course in the blue 'downloads' box at the top of this page.

 

If you are a new starter, it is ESSENTIAL you come to our induction course. In order to do this, you will need to book study leave in advance and let the relevant people in your post know EARLY on. We recommend staying for the full residential course, but if you need to go home overnight, or even if you can only come for one day, that will be better than nothing!

 

If you're in a post in which it is difficult to take leave or something, try some alternative solutions like swapping with someone etc. We can't stress enough how important the induction course is: it lays down the foundation for the rest of your training and gives you an opportunity to ask anything you want. Our induction course is nothing like the mundane unbearable type of thing that usually goes on in hospital posts. Most people who come say they enjoy the experience, the exposure to a totally new way of doing things and the fab atmosphere we try and promote.

 

Below is a list of things we cover on the Induction course. The titles of the sessions don’t convey the flavour of the course very well - but it was very well evaluated by the last group, who almost all said they’d found it more (a) useful and informative and (b) enjoyable than they had expected.

 

  1. Introduction to course and to each other
  2. The new assessment system and the educational opportunities on our scheme
  3. How we learn
  4. Learning styles
  5. The posts on the scheme and how to make the most of them
  6. What to read
  7. Reflective writing
  8. Your deepest fears and unanswered questions
  9. Miscellany – things we’ve forgotten to mention so far
  10. Personal education planning

 

Where Is It Held?

The Induction Course is a 2 day event usually held in the second week of August (usually the Thurs and Friday - check with Sofya, our administator) every year.

It's usually held at Weetwood Hall Conference Centre in Leeds. Click here for their website. Their postcode is LS16 5PS.

 


 

A Bit More About the E-Portfolio

Once you've started your post, log into your e-portfolio and start getting used to it. You should be adding entries as frequently as possible (minimum: weekly). Remember, the e-portfolio is what you ultimately get assessed on but it is a great tool for helping you keep track of where you are and for highlighting areas that need further development. Contact the RCGP or deanery if you haven't recieved your username and password.

 

 

Help! I Don't Have an E-portfolio. How do I get one?

It's likely that you haven't registered and therefore you have no National Training Number (NTN) which is necessary to create an e-portfolio. You need to fill out and submit 'form R' as soon as possible (available from Deanery website www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk , and the RCGP site www.rcgp.org.uk)

 

 

I've Just Transferred from Another Scheme to Yours - how do I get my e-portfolio transferred?

If you've transferred to our scheme from another scheme, to transport you e-portfolio across, contact Lee Belfield at the Deanery (l.belfield@yorkshiredeanery.com) or Nathan Molyneaux (N.Molyneaux@yorkshiredeanery.com)

 

 

Dress Code
Appropriate dress: we advise trainees to dress appropriately for their workplace, in a way which expresses respect for their patients and colleagues and doesn’t contravene any local policies.  For further guidance, trainees should seek advice within their practice or hospital post.

 

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  • Arrhhh.... You're leaving us soon: (Click to open/close)
    We are always a bit sad to see our trainees leave our scheme but we do get pleasure from seeing how much you have developed since joining. It's also good to see trainees standing on their own two feet and coping remarkably well. You may well be scared of going out into the "big bad world" without the calming hand of your trainer but there is no need to be. In real life, ex-trainees cope with ease and the world isn't bad at all.
    crying baby

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Six Things To Do If You Want Your CCT on Time: (click to open/close)

Before leaving our scheme, you do need to check to make you have certain things in order if you want your CCT (Certifcate of Completed Training) without any hassle.

 

1. If you're starting your last 6 months, you should have already booked on the Exit Course. This course is run by us at Bradford for anyone within a year of leaving their training scheme. The Exit Course plugs all the gaps that the training scheme could not do; things like finances, pensions, starting off as a locum, career choices, partnerships, continuing professional development and lots more.

 

2. If you have booked on the Exit Course, have you booked the relevant time off as study leave from the post you will be in? The Exit course usually runs every February and August.

 

3. Have you done at least the minimum number of MRCGP assessments (ie COTs, CbDs, MSFs, PSQs etc).

 

4. Have you dont the right amount of OOH requirements and logged encounters, reflections and learning activities from these sessions into your e-portfolio?

 

5. And have you logged stuff into your e-portfolio in a timely way?

 

6. Have you done your CPR and defibrillator training?

 

If so, well done, you're a star and it's likely you're on track.

 

Remember to keep in touch with us, we allways love to hear how our ex-trainees are getting on. And even if you need help or advice several years after leaving our scheme, don't hesitate to get in touch.

 

 

How you get your CCT - from the GMC

In the final 6 months of training the trainee gets an email from us with a link asking them to apply online for a CCT with the GMC (this used to be PMETB and used to be a letter- now it is a link in an email).

 

The trainee needs to apply via the link in the email and NOT straight from the GMC website. If they try and do it from the GMC website they will be told to contact the RCGP for an invitation. (we get a lot of calls from trainees ignoring the link in the email and it is this that eats up our time on the telephone).

 

When they follow the link they have to complete an online application and pay and they have fulfilled the GMC requirements.

 

In the final 2 months of training the ARCP panel sit and do the final review and hopefully this results in a final ARCP. Once the trainee has signed it off in their eportfolio and pressed the apply for CCT button this is sent to the certification team (it comes to us over night).

 

The certification team link the final ARCP up to the trainee file and it is checked whether it meets regulation. If so, a recommendation for a CCT is emailed to the GMC (this process can take up to 15 working days and files are dealt with in chronological order).

 

The GMC database then matches the recommendation up to the relevant trainee application at the GMC and if everything is in order the doctor will be sent a CCT and name put on GP Register.

 

The CCT is not sent to the trainee until 10 days before the end of their training.

 


 

 

A message from Jon Dixon - preparing for Revalidation
Bradford are developing a program to provide educational support for groups of doctors in preparation for revalidation, we have set up the revalidation and education support network for new GP's (who are in the first 3 years post GP training). As usual with these things there is a website!
http://nww.bradford.nhs.uk/extranet/networks/bner/Pages/default.aspx (which being a nww site will only be accessible from a networked computer)

 

Finally...

A great locum site that you've got to take a look at: http://www.dr-lashbrooke.co.uk/index.htm