Curriculum Delivery and Teaching
There are opportunities to attend a variety of regional and national courses and conferences to help trainees further their development. Some of these are mandatory to fulfil training requirements (e.g. Advanced Life Support).
The table below shows an overview of the courses and a suggested timescale for completion – some flexibility exists. Health Education England (Yorkshire) provides a number of ‘generic’ skills courses - trainees are required to attend those in bold print. Further details about these courses and the online booking system can be accessed in the General (Internal) Medicine section of this website. These courses are usually free of charge.
Note that there is some overlap between the courses required for Geriatric Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine – trainees are not expected to attend the same course more than once.
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ST7 |
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Research skills |
X |
X |
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Medical ethics |
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X |
X |
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Legal issues |
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X |
X |
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Teaching and presentation skills |
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X |
X |
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Management and leadership |
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X |
X |
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Core geriatric courses* |
One per year |
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Regional BGS meetings** |
One per year |
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National BGS conferences |
At least two in five years |
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Local audit/governance meetings |
At least 50% |
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Advanced life support |
Valid certificate throughout |
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Other specialty courses |
As funding allows |
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*Core geriatric courses might include: continence, falls/bone health, stroke, perioperative care, movement disorders, old age psychiatry, frailty – see below
**See ‘Training Days’ section for further details
Study leave and funding should be applied for well in advance of attending courses. The study leave budget is managed by Dr Gillian Fox (gillianfox@nhs.net) for East/West Yorkshire, and Dr Heather Elphick/Dr Philippa May for South Yorkshire (heather.elphick@sth.nhs.uk; philippa.may@sth.nhs.uk). You must check first before anticipating funding (consideration will be given to relevant courses not listed here). There is no funding from the study leave budget for consultant interview preparation courses, Masters courses or international travel, however for international courses there may be alternative sources of funding e.g. BGS.
Some suggested core geriatric courses:
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Movement disorders |
Parkinson’s UK Foundation Masterclass, Sheffield Movement Disorders Course, Birmingham
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Falls/bone health |
BGS: Falls and Postural Stability Meeting Bone Research Society Clinical Training Course: Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases, Oxford
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Continence |
BGS: Improving Continence in Older People
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Stroke |
UK Stroke Forum Conference
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Psychiatry of old age |
Dementia Masterclass, Manchester
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Perioperative care |
BGS: Perioperative Care For Older Patients Undergoing Surgery, London
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Frailty |
Acute Frailty Network Conference
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The BGS website has a ‘Conferences and Events’ section, listing upcoming BGS conferences and special interest meetings, as well as relevant external events.
Regional Training Days
Further information here.