October 2012 - South West Peninsula Deanery

South West Peninsula Deanery 

Faculty Development News 

Volume 1, Issue 2 

www.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk/facultydevelopment 

October 2012 

SWPD Supervisor Training Programme Courses 

Course 1 – morning session (09:30 – 12:30) – 

Training & Safe Patient Care 

Child & Women’s Health Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital 

Truro Postgraduate Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital 

Torbay Horizon Centre, Torquay Hospital 

Plymouth Postgraduate Centre, Derriford Hospital 

Course 2 – afternoon session (13:30 – 16:30) – 

Creating Successful Learning Environments 

14 th Sept – Full 

26 th Sept - Full 

19 th Oct - Full 

28 th Nov - Full 

Have you 

visited the Peninsula 

Deanery 

website 

recently? 

Check out the Careers 

pages by 

clicking on this 

hyperlink 

Child & Women’s Health Centre, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital 





26 th Sept - Full 



Course 3 – (am or pm) – 

Creating evidence of trainees learning and their current ability through assessment (WpBAs) 



Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital 

Noy Scott House, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital 

Noy Scott House, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital 

Barnstaple Postgraduate Centre, Northern Devon District Hospital 

Course 4 – morning session (09:30 – 12:30) – 

Doctors in Difficulty & Careers Advice 

South West Peninsula Deanery, Plymouth 


South West Peninsula Deanery, Plymouth 



10 th Oct (am) 

12 th Oct (am) 

12 th Nov (pm) 



7 th Dec (pm) 




2 nd Nov - Full 


LATEST NEWS: 

Further dates for Courses 1, 2, 4 & 5 are currently being arranged for January/ February & 

March 2013. 

Notice by email will go out to all supervisors as soon as these dates become available. 

Topics in this issue: 

Programme courses 

& Faculty Development 

hyperlink 

Course Feedback 

Staff Highlight 

Trainers Training 

NHS South of 

England Hyperlink 

‘The Future’ 

School Highlight 

– Paediatrics 


– Obstetrics & 

Gynaecology 


– Surgery 

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Redneck Dictionary of 

Medical Terms (A—C) 

ARTERY: 

The study of paintings. 

BACTERIA: 

Back door to cafeteria. 

BARIUM: 

What doctors do when 

patients die. 

BENIGN: 

What you be after you 

be eight. 

CESAREAN SECTION: 

A neighbourhood in 

Rome. 

CAUTERIZE: 

Made eye contact with 

her. 

CT SCAN: 

Searching for kitty. 

COLIC: 

A sheep dog. 

COMA: 

A punctuation mark. 



Feedback on recent courses attended 

Course 4: 

“Helped clarify structures— 

improved confidence” 

“It would be useful to discuss 

some real cases that have 

happened in the past, particularly 

how they were 

dealt with and what were 

the problems” 

“Helped define who to approach 

for help” 

“More aware now of careers 

guidance resources” 

“Very good interactive session” 

“Identified indicators for 

trainees in difficulty” 

“Good amount of information 

for reference for 

referral for advice” 

“Discussion format worked 

well” 

Extra topics that could 

have been covered: 

“Fitness to practice regulations, 

GMC role, further 

reading, references” 

“Demo of talking to a trainee 

without insight” 

Staff Highlight 

Kris Earl 

Front of House Administrator 

Born in Torquay and 

schooled in Plymouth, 

Kris is a bright, 

strong willed and independent 

individual. 

Coming from an estate 

agency background, 

Kris joined 

the South West Peninsula 

Deanery in November 

2009 when 

the organisation relocated 

to their new 

premises on the 

Tamar Science Park. 

Although her main 

role is the Front of 

House Administrator 

she also provides support 

to the Business 

Support & Facilities 

Manager. Always 

looking for new challenges 

Kris recently 

completed her NVQ 3 

in Administration. 

NHS South of England officially 

came into effect on 

3rd October 2011, made 

up of three former strategic 

health authorities – 

NHS South Central, NHS 

South East Coast and NHS 

South West. 

The new “cluster” organisation 

held its first Board 

meeting in Newbury, confirming 

Dr Geoff Harris as 

Chair and Sir Ian Carruthers 

OBE as Chief Executive. 

Trainers training 

SWPD Supervisor Courses and attendee numbers 

Course 2011 2012 Pre-booked No. of Courses Venues Used in 2012 

1 207 195 43 13 Peninsula Deanery 7 

2 194 190 48 13 NDHT 7 

3 148 0 96 10 PHNT 6 

4 78 77 68 9 RCHT 8 

5 81 0 0 0 RD&E 7 

SDHT 10

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The Future—Dr Martin Davis, Associate Dean for Faculty Development 

The Deanery programme 

for Supervisor 

Training has been 

adapted in response to 

feedback from Supervisors 

attending the courses. 

The changes have 

reduced the amount of 

time to complete training 

and adjusted content 

to make it more applicable 

to your role and attempts 

to avoid duplication. 

It remains necessary 

for all named supervisors 

to have completed 

the required 

training by the end of 

2013. Completion can 

be achieved by attending 

the courses the 

Deanery are running or 

providing evidence that 

you have completed 

equivalent training elsewhere. 

The details for 

the courses and providing 

evidence of equivalent 

are on the SWPD 

website. 

A number of Supervisors 

have enquired 

about the necessity for 

updating training and 

what format this would 

take. Once the initial 

training has been undertaken 

there is no 

expectation that individuals 

will need to 

repeat these courses. 

There will be a necessity 

to provide evidence 

of on-going engagement 

with the training process 

to ensure that your 

knowledge and expertise 

in postgraduate 

medical education is 

updated. The evidence 

for this can be tailored 

to meet the individual 

Supervisors needs e.g. 

attendance at national 

specialty meeting related 

to this topic, attendance 

at Deanery organised 

sessions on specific 

topic etc. The Deanery 

will not be prescriptive 

about this, but will require 

evidence of engagement 

on a regular 

basis, consistent with 

the job role you are undertaking. 

More detail 

on this will follow later 

in the year. 

The recognition and 

consequent approval of 

the trainer role in medical 

education is necessary 

to facilitate the provision 

of high quality 

postgraduate medical 

education. It is a priority 

of the GMC and the 

Deanery. If successfully 

implemented it should 

lead to an acknowledgement 

by your employer 

of its importance. More 

detail of this can be 

found on the GMC website. 

Thank you for continued 

enthusiasm, your 

comments and feedback 

are welcome! 

School Highlight—Paediatrics 

The School of Paediatrics has seen 

a consolidation of working processes 

with continuity provided by 

Michael Quinn as Head of School 

and Kumar Yadlapalli as Training 

Programme Director over the last 

4 years. These have included introduction 

of annual within School 

appraisals of the Trust RCPCH 

tutors and TPD. One of the outcomes 

of these has been agreement 

by the Deanery to appoint an 

additional TPD to support the ST1 

-3 training programme. The 

School continues to recruit enthusiastic 

and motivated trainees into 

the 8 year run through Paediatric 

programme. We conduct a local 

appointment process in Plymouth 

with a ratio of 2 applicants for 

every ST1 post equivalent to the 

national average. Following feedback 

from the Associate Deans for 

assessment about trainees’ perception 

of the ARCP process, we 

developed a change of approach in 

which each panel member was 

given responsibility for assessing 

the e portfolios of trainees prior to 

the panel review. Improved representation 

of all Trusts on the 

ARCP panel allowed for more 

time to give formative feedback 

having addressed the “tick-box” 

components of the exercise beforehand. 

This was noted by the external 

advisor from Wales who provided 

a very positive report on the 

process. The trainees appreciated 

the opportunity to discuss career 

progression. Our College has 

introduced a GMC approved pe- 

nultimate year assessment 

(START or Specialty Trainee 

Assessment of Readiness for Tenure) 

in ST7 to determine readiness 

for consultant practice. All trainees 

who have entered Level 3 

training (ST6-8) on or after 1 

August 2011 will be required to 

undertake START before applying 

for their CCT. The first assessments 

will take place on 9/10 th 

November 2012 in London having 

being piloted on 2 groups of trainees. 

START assesses many aspects 

of practice in 12 eight minute 

stations including handover, 

teaching, conflict/risk management 

and prescribing. All assessors 

receive training and there are 

2 representatives from the Peninsula. 

There has been excellent 

engagement of Peninsula consultants 

with the deanery educational 

supervisor training programme 

indicating a clear desire of the vast 

majority to remain actively involved 

with educational supervision. 

Simulation training has 

moved forward with a clear 

School strategy for workplace 

based training in individual Trusts. 

This was the basis of the successful 

innovation fund bid which 

secured funding for Training the 

Trainers courses. There is interest 

in setting up our own Stepping up 

to Registrar (currently purchased 

from Severn) and Neonatal Key 

competencies courses. There were 

3 applications to the Innovation 

fund this year.

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School Highlight—Obstetrics & Gynaecology 

The School of Obstetrics and 

Gynaecology has undergone 

some changes in the last 12 

months. 

Mr Ben Peyton Jones, consultant 

and RCOG tutor in 

Exeter has been appointed 

the Training Programme 

director for ST1 and ST2 

doctors and will be responsible 

for their placements on 

the rotation, monitoring their 

progress and giving them 

advice on any aspects of 

their training where appropriate. 

Mr Narayanan in Torbay 

continues as Training 

Programme Director for 

years ST3-5 and Miss Susie 

Bates in Truro continues as 

Training Programme Director 

for Year ST6-7 and also 

is Director of ATSMs. 

Recent surveys have shown 

that all units in the Peninsula 

have broadly satisfactory 

local teaching sessions for 

doctors at SHO level including 

F2, GP registrars, ST1 

and ST2 doctors but specific 

teaching for registrar grades 

has been lacking. The school 

has obtained funding to improve 

regional teaching for 

specialist registrars and a 

minimum of 4 training days 

will be provided, one by 

each of the main hospitals. 

These days will be known as 

“POET” days, (Peninsula 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

Education & Training days) 

designed to address the 

needs of doctors between 

ST3-ST7. These days will 

also be made available to 

Severn Trainees. 

The main development from 

the RCOG is the publication 

of the Training Matrix which 

specifies the requirements 

for each year of training 

which trainees must achieve 

in order to get a satisfactory 

ARCP. All trainees were 

notified of this change last 

year and it is available on 

the RCOG website as well 

as the Deanery website. The 

aim is to make ARCPs all 

over the country comparable 

and improve standards. 

Training has to be very carefully 

documented these 

days and it is in each trainee’s 

best interest to study the 

matrix and make sure that 

they acquire work based 

assessments throughout the 

year. The matrix makes it 

easier to know exactly how 

many assessments are needed, 

what courses must be 

attended and what practical 

procedures need to be mastered 

by the end of each 

year. 

School Highlight—Surgery 

Course 1: Training and Patient Safety 

Course 2: Successful Learning Environments 

Course 3: WpBAs & Feedback 

Course 4: Doctors in Difficulty & Careers Advice 

Course 5: ARCPs/ RITAs 

Course 5 is having a re-vamp this year so dates will be 

available soon. 

Contact Tina Oxland at the Deanery for course bookings 

tina.oxland@southwest.nhs.uk 


Raleigh Building 

The Peninsula school of surgery 

supports surgical training 

in all specialties except pediatric 

surgery. 

In 2011 Nick Markham stepped 

down as Head of School having 

created a strong team and 

reputation for the Peninsula. 

Ken Hosie is now the Head of 

School supported by Heather 

Rowley as School Manager. 

There is an experienced team 

of Program Directors in all 

specialties: James Davis- Orthopaedics, 

Trish Boorman 

(replaced David DeFriend) – 

General Surgery, Anthony 

Timoney - Urology, Anthony 

Fitton –Plastics, Peter Whitfield 

- Neurosurgery, Clinton 

Lloyd - Cardiothoracic Surgery, 

Harvey Chant – Core 

Training, Mark Metcalfe- ENT. 

In addition the School is supported 

by a highly committed 

team of college tutors 

Mark Westwood and Esther 

McLarty in Plymouth, Colin 

Steinlechner in North Devon, 

Evette Grobbelaar in Truro, 

Rob McCarthy in Torbay. With 

Trish Boorman being appointed 

to Program Director there is 

an opportunity in Exeter for an 

enthusiastic tutor. 

Simeon Brundell continues to 

organize the regional core 

teaching program and has put 

together a very effective 

monthly teaching day around 

the region. 

All surgical training posts are 

appointed at national selection. 

Increasing competition for 

training numbers along with a 

national agenda to reduce 

training posts in most surgical 

specialties has made it essential 

that we provide the best 

available opportunities for 

training so that we can continue 

to attract the best trainees 

and be confident they will get 

the positions they want. 

Minimum standards for surgical 

training are being set nationally 

and monitored through 

the ISCP website. This provides 

objective evidence of the 

training received and who is 

delivering that training. That 

along with GMC requirements 

to demonstrate that trainers 

are trained appropriately, those 

who are committed and want 

to train will be highlighted. 

The School has been very 

effective in organizing a bespoke 

course for surgeons 

which has been very popular 

and achieves all the GMC requirements. 

This year alone 90 

consultants have completed 

the course. The School would 

encourage anyone who wishes 

to continue to train to access 

this course or the Deanery 

approved courses in the near 

future. (Contact Heather Rowley) 

The School has been successful 

in acquiring a complete set 

of Anatomy models which can 

be made available for anyone 

wishing to refresh/ learn there 

anatomy (PGMC Plymouth). 

The School will also be keen to 

support anyone who wishes to 

develop or introduce new and 

innovative local training opportunities. 

With limited study 

leave budgets there is a need 

to provide local courses such 

as CCRISP and ATLS in a cost 

effective way. 

All committed and enthusiastic 

surgical trainers are encouraged 

to get involved!

October 2012 - South West Peninsula Deanery

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