WEST SUFFOLK VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHEME
Programme August 2004 – January 2005
Please note new arrangements for trainees in hospital posts
Trainees in hospital posts should have fifteen days VTS study leave per year, i.e. 7 or 8 days per six month appointment. Instead of four study days every six months for two groups, in this programme there will be eight meetings, six of which will held at Thurston Grange, mostly on clinical topics, which hospital SHOs are particularly invited to attend. Where there are two or more VTS SHOs on a firm, it won’t be possible for all to take study leave on the same day, so you should:
· Liaise with colleagues early to plan your dates.
· Plan to take some alternative days to make up your quota of study days
VTS study days provide an opportunity to visit the training practice in the morning, and join the VTS half day release for lunch and group work in the afternoon. VTS SHOs are most welcome to take part in any of the Wednesday afternoon sessions. So, of you can’t get leave or are unable for any other reason to make it to one of the Thurston days, please book an alternative Wednesday, arrange to go to your training practice in the morning and join us in the afternoon wherever we are for the VTS meeting.
This new arrangement should allow more flexibility in their choice of VTS sessions and make it easier for everyone to take advantage of their full study leave allowance
The Clinical Topic meetings at the Grange Hotel begin at 2.00pm unless otherwise indicated. A buffet lunch is available from 1pm.
Study days should be booked well in advance so that locums, cover etc can be arranged.
Private study days, spent in the practice and an outpatient clinic, or for any other educationally valid activity can still be taken by agreement with GP educational supervisor, consultant and course organiser.
SHOS ARE ALSO WELCOME TO JOIN ANY OTHER VTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2pm IN EDUCATION CENTRE, WORK PERMITTING – OR JUST COME DOWN FOR TEA AND A CHAT AT 3.30PM.
Trainer business and education/workshop meetings will run from 14:00hrs until approximately 15:30hrs, and the venue will be the same as the trainee session unless otherwise stated.
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Date
2004
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Hospital
Group
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Topic
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Speaker
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Trainer of the Day
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Lead Course Organiser
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Venue
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Other
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4 Aug
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Hospital Induction Day
No meeting
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11 Aug
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New GP registrars only
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Induction to the VTS
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Tony Pearson
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DAP
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Education Centre
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18 Aug
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Induction in Practices
NO MEETING
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25 Aug
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All day for new GPRs
Afternoon as usual for whole group
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Morning: Introduction for all new GPRs
Afternoon:
Effective Consulting
MRCGP
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Tony Pearson
Tony Pearson
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Mark Chambers
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DAP
DAP
PLJ
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Grange Hotel Thurston
Grange Hotel Thurston
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1 Sept
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Two Groups
All
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New Registrars:
Introduction to critical reading
Established Registrars:
Hot Topics
Case Presentation
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Janet Rutherford
Philip Lloyd-Jones
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Andy Yager
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JR
PLJ
PLJ
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Education Centre
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Course Organisers’ meeting
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8 Sept
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Two Groups
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New Registrars:
An Introduction to Medical Statistics
Established Registrars:
National Service Frameworks
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Dr Frances Elender
Manager Research & Development
Tony Pearson
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Rupert Wace
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JR
DAP
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Education Centre
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15 Sept
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Being a New Partner
Journal Club
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Dr Eugene Lewis
GP Mount Farm Surgery
Janet Rutherford
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PLJ
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Grange Hotel Thurston
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Trainers’ meeting
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22 Sept
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Medical Searches on the Internet
Case Presentation
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Mr Andy Parrett
Library Skills Training Facilitator
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Mike Jones
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DAP
PLJ
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Education Centre
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29 Sept
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Effective Consulting
MRCGP
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Tony Pearson
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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John Bruton
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DAP
PLJ
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Education Centre
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6 Oct
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Sexual History Taking
Hot Topics
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Dr Sarah Edwards
Consultant GU Medicine
Janet Rutherford
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Sony Aung
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JR
JR
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Grange Hotel
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Course Organisers’ meeting
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13 Oct
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Effective Consulting
MRCGP
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Tony Pearson
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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John Cannon
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DAP
PLJ
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Grange Hotel
Thurston
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20 Oct
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Effective Consulting
Case Presentation
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Philip Lloyd-Jones
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Sue Brown
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PLJ
PLJ
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Education Centre
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VTS
Interviews
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27 Oct
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Mental Health & Alcohol-Related Health Problems
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Janet Rutherford
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Heather Graham
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JR
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Grange Hotel
Thurston
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3 Nov
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Mental Health & Alcohol-Related Health Problems
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Janet Rutherford
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Jeremy Webb
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JR
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Grange Hotel
Thurston
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Course Organisers’ meeting
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10 Nov
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Mental Health & Alcohol-Related Health Problems
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Janet Rutherford Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Paul Finn
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JR
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Grange Hotel
Thurston
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17 Nov
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CPR
Journal Club
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Julie Head
Resuscitation Manager
Janet Rutherford
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DAP
JR
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Education Centre
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Trainers’ meeting
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24 Nov
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Effective Consulting
Case Presentation
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Tony Pearson
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Crispin Dunne
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DAP
PLJ
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Education Centre
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1 Dec
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Prostate Problems
MRCGP
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Mr Colin Kennedy
Consultant Urologist
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Richard West
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JR
PLJ
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Grange Hotel
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Course Organisers’ meeting
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8 Dec
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Effective Consulting
Case Presentation
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Tony Pearson
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Nick Harper
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DAP
PLJ
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Education Centre
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Xmas Medical Exhibition
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15 Dec
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Tumours
Hot Topics
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Dr Sue Handfield-Jones
Consultant Dermatologist
Janet Rutherford
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Claire Giles
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JR
JR
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Education Centre
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22 Dec
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Christmas Break
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29 Dec
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Christmas Break
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5 Jan
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Christmas Break
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12 Jan
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Epilepsy
Case Presentation
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Dr Graham Lennox
Consultant Neurologist
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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DAP
PLJ
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Grange Hotel
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Trainers’ meeting
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19 Jan
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OSCE
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Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Education Centre
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Course Organisers’ meeting
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26 Jan
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Effective Consulting
Case Presentation
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Tony Pearson
Philip Lloyd-Jones
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Keith Heller
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DAP
PLJ
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Grange Hotel
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TRAINER OF THE DAY: IF THE DATE IS NOT CONVENIENT, PLEASE WOULD YOU FIND A REPLACEMENT.
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