VTS Autumn 2007 Timetable

18 Sept
Counselling skills in Primary Care
Linda Osbourne, Counsellor and Counselling Teacher

25 Sept
Dermatology
Dr Shamali Hoque, UHL
Shamali.Hoque@uhl.nhs.uk

2 Oct
History of General Practice
Dr Martin Edwards
Martin.Edwards@gp-G85004.nhs.uk

9 Oct
Internet and media in medicine
Lead: Bhaskar

16 Oct
Public Health
Dr Donal O'Sullivan

23 Oct
Open session


30 Oct
Health Needs of Sex Industry Workers
Belinda co-ordinating
cindy.gilmour@chelwest.nhs.uk
Cindy Gilmour Nurse Practitioner
West London Centre for Sexual Health
0208 846 1582

6 Nov
Religion and health practices
All group members to contribute from their own perspectives

13 Nov
AWAY DAY
To be decided

20 Nov
Multiple sclerosis for the GP
Pauline.Shaw@southwarkpct.nhs.uk

27 Nov
GP Career options
Local GPs invited to contribute

4 Dec
Open session for review/planning

Summer Term 2007

Hillyfields Medical Centre 172 Adelaide Avenue, SE4
2-5pm

17 Apr Group Work
24 Apr Breast Disease (Mr Hisham Hamed)
01 May Giving and receiving feedback (Dr Akber Mohamedali)
08 May Gynaecological Problems (Mrs Ruth Cochrane)
15 May Mental Health Promotion (PHPU/Miriam Mica)
22 May Open
29 May Open
05 June Sydenham Garden Project/Open (Dr Jim Sikorski)
12 June Employment Law (Nigel Youngman)
19 June Oasis: Detecting early psychosis (Dr Lucia Valmaggia)
26 June Open
03 July Away Day


Please email dates you are unable to attend stating: annual leave, exams, which hospital job….etc in advance to riazjetha@hotmail.com

Spring Course Programme 2007

06 February: Child Protection (Dr Judy Chen)

13 February:

20 February:

27 February: Musculoskeletal problems in primary care part 1 (Dr Girish Malde)

06 March: Musculoskeletal problems in primary care part 2 (Dr Girish Malde)

13 March: Child Health Survellaince feedback (Dr KevinBrinkhurst)

20/21 March: Cumberland Lodge Residential

• Primary care clinical management and problem solving skills
• Tolerating and managing "uncertainty" and "complexity"

27 March:

VTS course programme Autumn 2006

5 Sept: Introduction to the half day release: aims of VTS, the new GP and MRCGP curriculum.
Planning our learning: identifying learning needs, clarifying learning objectives and choosing appropriate learning methods.

12 Sept GPR induction day
(for those not attending this there will be half -day release open forum where we will discuss hot topics and anything else of interest.)

19 Sept. Awayday What is general practice?
What is the future of GP? (Implications of current NHS reforms for general practice including competition and practice based commissioning.)
Careers and planning for the future.

26 Sept Critical reading skills
We will review the framework and terminology used in evaluating qualitative and quantitative studies, looking at examples of good papers of both types.

3 October EBM and guidelines
We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of EBM in primary care.

10 October Gynaecology (Ruth Cochrane, consultant gynaecologist).
Management of menorrhagia and pelvic pain in primary and secondary care.

17 October Dementia (Dr Alice Roberts, consultant in old age psychiatry)

24 October Medical ethics (Louise) and planning for next term

31 October Health Protection Unit
(looking at TB, chlamydia, HIV, Tuberculosis, notifiable diseases relevant to GP)

7 November Headache (GP specialist in headache at Kings)

14 November: Complaints (Mary Probert, retired practice manager) and planning for next term

21 November: Away-day: Culture and medicine, consultation role plays with actors

Louise

Lewisham VTS Summer 2006 half day release timetable

Topics and facilitators

2 May: sickness certification: Louise

9 May: Quality and Outcomes Framework: Janaka

16 May: consultation skills and MRCGP teaching using videos

23 May: prescribing: Beth and Louise

30 May: urology in primary care: Riaz

6 June: child psychiatry: Dr Sarah Springer, SHO child mental health (Jo)

13 June: communicating risk to patients: Dr Jane Richardson (Lili)

20 June: consultation skills with actors/communicating risk: Riaz

27 June: pregnancy problems: Dr Ruth Cochrane (Nadine)

4 July: basics of practice management: Riaz, Louise, Girish, practice manager

11 July: away day: being effective in a practice setting: roles, personal styles, teamwork, developing practice projects, relating to the PCT: Riaz, Louise

Last day of term is 11 July

Please note next term's dates:

First day: Tuesday 12 September; last day 28 November 2006