EXTENSIONS

Academic Training Scheme GP Registrar, University of Warwick

Possible Registrar Extension: 6-12 months.

6 sessions in Coventry training practice, of which one session is the half-day VTS. This half-day can be used for study leave in relation to a university or GP course or on the half-day release.

4 sessions based at the Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, to gain skills in medical education with a particular focus on medical undergraduate teaching at the Warwick site of the Leicester Warwick Medical School (LWMS). There would be encouragement to gain the University qualification: Postgraduate Award (PGA) in Medical Education during the 6 or 12 month post. Opportunity would be available to attend medical education training courses / workshops in relation teaching medical undergraduates and to co-tutor seminars in communication skills and teach on the clinical methods course for medical undergraduates. At the end of the post, the registrar would be eligible to apply for a part-time lecturership in general practice and pursue a career in academic general practice whilst working in a local practice.

If you are interested for a post in August, please contact:

Dr Rodger Charlton,

Senior Lecturer in Continuing Professional Development,

Centre for Primary Health Care Studies,

University of Warwick,

Coventry CV4 7AL.

Tel: 02476 573855

(Email: rodger.charlton@warwick.ac.uk)

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We are delighted to announce that the following GP Registrar posts are

available from February 2003 as 6 month extensions to general

practice training.

Rehabilitation Services	Birmingham	2 vacancies
Palliative Care	Birmingham	1 vacancies
GU Med/Family Planning	Birmingham	2 vacancies
Paediatrics	Birmingham	2 vacancies
Learning Disabilities	Birmingham	4 vacancies
Elderly Care	Birmingham	1 vacancies
Advanced Sexual Health	Birmingham	1 vacancy
Rheumatology Genetics	Birmingham Birmingham	1 vacancy 1 vacancy
Paediatrics (New Cross)	Black Country	1 vacancy
Rheumatology	Black Country	1 vacancy
(for more details, please contact Dr D Faux 01384 244 624)
Paediatrics	Coventry/Warwick	1 vacancy
Women's Health	Coventry	2 vacancies

(for more details, please contact Dr Ian MacDonald, 02476 403229)

Academic Posts:

Medical Education

Diabetes Care

Palliative Care

Emergency Care

Coventry/University of Warwick

Coventry/University of Warwick Dermatology Worcester

1 vacancy Psychiatry Shropshire

1 vacancy Palliative Care Shropshire

1 vacancy Women's Health Shropshire

1 vacancy Investigative Medicine Shropshire

1 vacancy Dermatology Shropshire

1 vacancy

Please apply in writing, enclosing an up-to-date CV to Gal Evans, Recruitment Officer, West Midlands GP Unit, PO Box 9770, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2XN. 0121414 8250. Please include a letter of support from your course organiser or trainer.

Closing date for applications -15^th November 2002

The following opporunities are available as a 6 month extension for Registrars who have completed their training.

Rehabilitation Services - During a six month training period, GP trainees will be placed in a thirty bedded in-patient rehabilitation unit at Moseley Hall Hospital managing patients with physical and complex disabilities in origin such as brain injury, post-neuro surgery, stroke, multiple sclerosis etc..

Learning Disabilities - GP trainees will gain knowledge in the assessment and treatment of .people with a learning disability who have psychiatric illnesses, behaviour disorders and neuropsychiatric conditions such as epilepsy. There will be opportunities to gain experience in the assessment of children with developmental delay and older people with learning disabilities. There may also be opportunities to work with people with learning disabilities who offend.

Elderly Care - The in-patient service consists of an active general and specialised service where the majority of the work is sub-acute and medium term rehabilitation of older people in consultant led wards, serviced by SHOs or GP trainees. Specialist services include stroke, amputee and orthopaedic rehabilitation and respite care for very disabled individuals. The out-patients service has evolved from a traditional day hospital into specialist services for falls, stroke, continence, Parkinson's disease and a recently established pulmonary rehabilitation service.

Palliative Care - Palliative care services operate out of a purpose built NHS nursing home specialising in severe chronic disease management and terminal care in South Birmingham and the John Taylor Hospice in the Erdington area of the city which has in-patient and outpatient palliative care services and a strong home' care nursing team.

Women's Health/GUM/Family Planning - GP trainees will have the opportunity to learn about the diagnosis and management of sexually acquired infections as well as take part in community family planning clinics. Health promotion and outreach work is also undertaken and an attachment in these areas can be arranged. A postgraduate education programme is in place and the trainee would be expected to attend these sessions. Opportunities for audit and research are also available.

Paediatrics - There are two posts available - one in North Birmingham and one in South Birmingham. Arranged in conjunction with Birmingham Specialist Community Trust, these community paediatric posts have been very popular with GP's who have had little or no previous paediatric experience and wish to bridge this knowledge gap.

Genetics - We have an exciting opportunity to work with the Genetics Unit at Birmingham Maternity Hospital to give training in Clinical Genetics. This is a major growth area and the 6 months may lead to the acquisition of the skills required to be a General Practitioner with Special Interest in this subject.

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Calling all GP Registrars!!

Are you

currently in your training practice?

interested in sexual health and contraception?

unsure what you'll be doing in February 2003?

We have the job for you!

At last, an opportunity to learn what the hospitals couldn't teach you! A 6 month extension to your GP training which focuses on sexual health and contraception.

This post is based in a Birmingham city-centre training practice which has had a long involvement in both sexual health and in GP training. We believe that in primary care we are ideally placed to practice sexual health care in a holistic way that encompasses contraception as well as the prevention and diagnosis of STIs . Opportunistic approaches are used regularly in an area with much evidence of sexual ill-health. The practice manages an innovative sexual health outreach project. We look after over 40 patients with HIV. We run a monthly sexual health in primary care journal club.

We are looking for a GP registrar who has done their year in general practice, and an SHO job in obstetrics and gynaecology. Despite this experience you may feel that you have had insufficient opportunity to learn the skills in sexual health that seem to be relevant to primary care.

You will do four to five sessions of general practice with us. Your other sessions will offer you broad and flexible experience encompassing:

Contraceptive care in a variety of settings, including young peoples' services and primary care. There will be a chance to learn and consolidate a wide range of contraceptive techniques including implants and new IUCDs.

Experience in the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections in GUM clinics and in the primary care setting, including approaches to prevention.

Key experience in women's health relevant to primary care - for example vulval conditions; continence care; tele-colposcopy; counseling for abortion and the management of the menopause - some of these in within the practice.

The possibility of pursuing relevant areas of interest chosen from a wide range of options from men's sexual health to HIV management or prevention.

For further information please contact:
Dr Philippa Matthews at Lee Bank Group Practice on 0121 622 4846
E-mail: p m matthews@hotmail.com

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Academic Training Scheme GP Registrar, University of Warwick

Possible Registrar Extension: 6-12 months.

6 sessions in a Coventry training practice, of which one session is the half-day VTS. This half-day can be used for study leave in relation to a university or GP course or on the half-day release.

4 sessions based at the Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick, to gain specialist interest in:

Medical Education

Diabetes Care

Palliative Care

Emergency Care

There would be encouragement to gain the University qualification: Postgraduate Award (PGA) in one of the above subjects. Those pursuing a 12 month post may wish to opt for an MSc by research in one of these subjects.

If you are interested in one of these options please contact GP senior lecturers Dr Rodger Chariton or Dr John Wilmot at:

Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick,

Coventry CV4 7AL.

Tel: 02476 573855

Or

E-mail: rodger.charlton@warwick.ac.uk

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• Would you like to extend your experience?

Would you like more protected training and work towards MRCGP?

Shropshire VTS is offering 5 exciting opportunities to extend and develop your training for 6 months. These posts are designed for Registrars just finishing their courses and involve

splitting the training period between a local practice and a secondary care centre with attendance at the popular half day release course.

Mental Health - Provides training for Registrars in the Care of Mental illness based on individual needs with specific aims of developing new skills, supplementing past experience, looking at the implications for the NSF and bridging the primary/secondary care interface. Post is based at Shelton Hospital, Shrewsbury. Applicants should have at least 6 months Psychiatry experience at SHO level.

Investigative Medicine - Based primarily at the Gastroenterology Unit, Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. Registrars will achieve some proficiency in GI endoscopic procedures and can expect to achieve about 120-140 approved procedures. There will also include some training in the processes required to use these new skills in the PHCT setting. Applicants should have at least 6 months Medicine experience at SHO level.

Women's Health - This post is based primarily in a secondary care gynaecology Unit at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital although some flexibility to _extend this_ to include experience in other fields will be possible. There will also be training in the processes required to use these new skills in the PHCTT setting. Applicants should have at least 6 months O&G experience at SHO level.

Palliative Medicine - Based primarily in the Shropshire and Mid-Wales Hospice, this post aims to extend the learners abilities and skills in the care of terminally ill patients in the community. Applicants should have at least 6 months Medicine experience at SHO level or significant experience in the care of the terminally ill.

Dermatology - This post is split between the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and local training practices that have specific dermatological skills. The training would be well suited to act as a springboard for further development of a GP specialist role in dermatology. Applicants should have experience in medicine at SHO level or significant experience in the care of skin disease.

For more details please contact Carole Garrard at the Shrewsbury Medical Institute on 01743 261169 or Paul Middleton, Course Organiser on 01691654646 or at

DrPaulMiddleton@aol.com.

To apply, please write enclosing an up-to-date CV to Gal Evans, Recruitment Officer, West Midlands GP Unit, PO Box 9770, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2XN. 0121414 8250. Please include a letter of support from your course organiser or trainer.