COURSE CONTENT: • Basic surgical technique (including instruments, sutures, needles and suturing) • Approach to skin lesions (including pigmented lesions), diagnosis and treatment • Joint and periarticular injections • Diagnosis and treatment of cysts, lipomas, ingrowing toenails • Miscellaneous surgical techniques • Local anaesthesia • Infection control (including sterilisation of instruments etc) • Resuscitation (emphasising the need to maintain skills) • Anatomical problems and pitfalls. RCGP members: £410, non Members: £450.

Location = Cheshire

Tel 0151 708 0865 or e-mail Anna (click).

The excellent London RCGP Preparation Course for the CSA Module (17th & 18th of December)

A must for anyone sitting the nMRCGP, this two day preparation course familiarises delegates with the assessment process for the CSA module. At the end of the course, you will: have an understanding of the consultation model, be able to apply ethical frameworks to clinical situations, have gained experience in consulting with simulated patients, develop an understanding of how the cases are marked. There is a pool of ten mock cases being used in courses nationwide. Delegates should bear this mind if they have already attended a similar course. RCGP members: £330, non Members: £450.

Location = CSA centre, No 1 Croydon, 12-16 Addiscombe Road, Croydon CRO OXT

Tel 020 7344 3124 / 3119 or e-mail (click).

Consultation Skills (4th of November)

One Day Consultation skills course entitled `Increase your effectiveness & reduce your risk`. It is suitable for Registrars, GPs, Nurses and allied health professionals who wish to extend their own consultation skills. Cost £140 - contact Fiona for more details.

Musculoskeletal Medicine courses (August - November)

This course is designed for Registrars and offers five full day sessions spread over a variety of dates covering back, neck, shoulder, knee and ankle. You can attend just one or all of the sessions. Please click on the attached flyer.

Intending Trainer? - The Introductory Seminar (16th & 17th of October)

If you're thinking about becoming a Trainer then contact Matt, Arif or Roger. The hurdles have been reduced with opportunities for salaried GPs and GPs without MRCGP (fast track iMAP) to become Trainers. See our Intending Trainer page.

The next Introductory Seminar, which is mandatory to starting on the pathway to becoming a Trainer, is October 16th & 17th - contact the Yorkshire Deanery now!

Autumn School - Yorkshire Deanery (15th to 17th of October)

Seminar	Date	Who is it for
Medical Ethics	15th October 2008	Trainers and TPDs
Trainees in Difficulties	15th and / or 16th October TBC (further details will follow in due course)	Trainers
Work Place Based Assessment	16-17 October 2008	Trainers
Learning and Teaching Information Mastery	16-17 October 2008	Trainers and GPStRs

Contact Leanne (click) at the Deanery for more details

Minor Surgery Course for GP Registrars (8th and 9th of October)

Please email Barbara Myers (click) at the Post Graduate Centre, York Hospital for more details.

Another CSA preparation Course (16th and 23rd of September)

Yorkshire Deanery are running nMRCGP CSA Preparation Seminars in Harrogate for GPStRs and their Trainers on Tuesday, 16th September and Tuesday 23rd September 2008 at The White Hart Hotel in Harrogate.

At the seminar you will have a chance to find out what the CSA will be like, to practise consultation skills with a simulator, and to undertake a short CSA surgery with feedback.

Contact Leanne for more details or to apply for the course or complete the application form (click).

CSA preparation course (9th and 10th of September)

Please click on the attached flyer for details of this course being organised for the Registrars on behalf of the Yorkshire & Humber Deanery. It costs £330 and places are limited so book soon by emailing Marilyn Lidster (click).

HDR News

Venue: HRI

Date: 9/9/08 (Lunch 13:00 and HDR start 14:00)

Topic: PBL 1 delivery and PBL 2 planning

Preparation: If you were unable to attend HDR on 2/9/09 then Read the PBL1 case scenario (click) and identify the clinical, non clinical and professional issues it raises.

Choose a learning need that matches to the curriculum, address it and bring it to the PBL feedback group.

News & Updates

The News page (click) - Keep up to date with what is happening, as it happens, whether it’s changes to the e-portfolio, nMRCGP assessments or our website.

HDR handouts (click) - Missed HDR? You can now catch up by reading the handouts.

Next Trainers' Workshop

Venue: Church Lane Surgery

Date: 11/9/08

Topic:

1. Hot topics and burning issues.

2. E-Portfolio Curriculum matching. LTFTT.

3. Reflections on ARCP panels & Educational Supervision.

4. Trainer participation in HDR.

5. Feedback from Q&A meeting with Deanery and Trust

Preparation: Read the excellent document Making the e-portfolio work for you (click) which outlines what your Registrar should and should not be doing!

Educational Supervision Deadlines

The next deadline is September 26th (Supplementary Yorkshire Deanery Review).

Please read our website disclaimer (click).