School of Psychiatry Contacts
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Staffordshire and Birmingham Cluster Shropshire Cluster Black Country Cluster Coventry and Warwickshire Cluster Herefordshire and Worcestershire Cluster School of Psychiatry Contacts 1 Training Cluster Details 1 General Information 2 Induction 2 Core Training Programmes 2 Birmingham Course 3 Keele Course 4 Birmingham Cluster 5 Black Country Cluster 8 Coventry and Warwickshire Cluster 10 Herefordshire and Worcestershire Cluster 12 Staffordshire and Shropshire Cluster 14 Page | 1 Head of School Dr Jayne Greening Training Programme Directors (TPD) CT1and CT2 trainees Dr Rowena Jones CT3 trainees Dr Guirish Radja Less than Full Time (LTFT) training LTFT lead Dr Eleanor Dryhurst [email protected] Trainees wishing to work flexibly can do so and will need to discuss with their tutor. Dr Dryhurst is happy to advise trainees with any queries. School Administration Lead Sara Prosser - [email protected] Tel: 0121 301 3981 Birmingham Cluster consisting of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust, Birmingham Community Trust and Forward Thinking Birmingham Tutor: Dr Kallol Sain [email protected] Postgraduate Medical Education Manager: Sara Prosser - [email protected] Tel: 0121 301 3981 Black Country Cluster consisting of Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Tutor: Dr Am Narula [email protected] Manager: Hilary Eccles [email protected] Tel: 01384 325032 Coventry and Warwickshire Cluster which is served by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust Tutor: Dr Ather Malik [email protected] Manager: Barbara Robinson [email protected] Tel: 024 76 932440 HEREFORD AND WORCESTER CLUSTER consisting of 2gether Trust in Hereford and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Tutor: Dr Laki Kranidiotis [email protected] Manager: Andy Thomson [email protected] Tel: 01905 681671 STAFFORDSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE CLUSTER consisting of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Foundation Trust. Tutor: Dr David Rice [email protected] Manager: Louise Pope [email protected] Tel: 01785 783002 (7128194) Page | 2 Year 1 - each post lasts 6 months and generally consists of at least one inpatient post in general adult psychiatry and one community post in general adult psychiatry. Year 2 - each rotation lasts 6 months usually consists of an old age post and either a child and adolescent post or a learning disabilities post (some do not do old age but CAMHS and LD) Year 3 - each rotation lasts 6 months and consists of 2 specialty posts; these could be a combination of any of the following specialties: • Forensic psychiatry - male, female and child posts available • Perinatal psychiatry • Deaf Services • Addictions • Psychotherapy • Liaison psychiatry • Eating Disorders • Assertive Outreach • Early Intervention • Intensive Care Unit • Neuropsychiatry All educational units run a full induction course for their trainees at the start of each rotation trainees are issued contracts, work schedules and learning agreements by employing Trusts / Health Education England West Midlands (HEEWM). CT1 attend a Regional Induction to meet other trainees and guidance on curriculum. This is led by core Training Programme Director Dr Rowena Jones [email protected] There are two core training programmes which run in the region, one at Keele University which the trainees on the Staffordshire and Shropshire rotation attend and another at the Uffculme Centre in Birmingham which is attended by the other clusters. Both courses cover the MRCPsych core curriculum and include sessions for exam preparation, both written papers and the CASC. Page | 3 Course organiser - Dr Erin Turner [email protected] Course administrator - Carol Bennett [email protected] The Birmingham course is held at the Uffculme Centre in Birmingham and runs from September to July. Year 1 training Tuesday morning, Year 2 training Thursday morning Year 3 training Thursday afternoon. The Birmingham Course aims to ‘Enhance knowledge, potential and excellence in psychiatry’. The College syllabus is taught in years 1 and 2 whereas year 3 course content is geared more for trainees preparing for higher specialist training. Year 1 covers the history of psychiatry, classification and ethics, general psychiatry and psychology. The basic sciences covered include neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, genetics and psychopharmacology. The course is predominantly taught by consultant experts in lecture format. All lecture material is stored on the website. Active learning is encouraged during once monthly small group tutorials which take place in 4 localities-Birmingham, Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcester. Communication skills training is provided with facilitation from simulated patients and individuals with lived experience of mental illness. A component of communication skills training involves trainees being filmed undertaking a simulated consultation. CASC practice is introduced in year 1 in a safe and friendly setting. Year 2 covers Psychotherapy, Forensic, CAMHS, Learning Disabilities, Older Adult, Perinatal, Eating Disorders and Rehabilitation psychiatry. 6 weeks are devoted to critical appraisal workshops to aid trainees preparing for paper B. CASC practice continues, with the introduction of increasingly complex scenarios alongside the use of simulated patients. Year 3 covers topics such as mental health act and safeguarding training, interview skills, physical health, coroner’s courts and tribunals. Collaborative learning sessions with mental health nurses and GP trainees are provided. Trainees also have the opportunity of learning through drama, focussing on suicide awareness and prevention. The Birmingham course has a proud history of active service user and carer involvement in planning and developing the course. The course organiser is supported by honorary tutors, specialist trainees with an interest in medical education. Each year elects a trainee rep who is invited to the 6 monthly course board meeting. The website https://mrcpsychbham.com/ has more information about the team as well as a short video describing the course in more detail. CASC practice videos and podcasts can be accessed through the website. Page | 4 Course organiser - Dr. Joanne Barton [email protected] Course administrator- Lynne Glasby The Keele Cluster Core Psychiatry Programme (CPP) provides training for Core Trainees (CTs) from Staffordshire and Shropshire (North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust). The course aims to equip CTs with the knowledge they require to be good psychiatrists. A further aim is to support CTs in their preparation for the RCPsych examinations. The course is a modular programme the content of which is based on the RCPsych curriculum. It is delivered in a three year cycle. Year I focuses on basic training whilst Years 2 and 3 cover more specialist aspects. The Core Psychiatry Programme Tutor has overall responsibility for the course but is supported by an administrator. The course is overseen by a course board which meets biannually and includes trainee and patient/carer representation. Each module has a lead (usually a consultant psychiatrist) who is responsible for modular content and organisation. Modules are presented as a series of seminars and the involvement of multidisciplinary colleagues is encouraged. In recent years there has been a move towards the inclusion of more self-directed learning and trainee involvement in the delivery of seminars. Sessions are interactive with opportunity for debate and discussion. Seminar leaders are asked to include some examination revision in their sessions including both theory (e.g. multiple choice questions) and CASC practice. Additional teaching includes exam skills and mock CASC examinations. Communication skills and leadership teaching is delivered across years 1-3. Teaching takes place on Wednesday afternoons at Harplands Hospital in Stoke on Trent. A conference for trainees and trainers is held on an annual basis. The programme includes lectures from invited speakers, workshops and poster presentations. A conference organising committee including trainees is responsible for developing the programme and reviewing abstracts for posters. The course is supported by a website. This hosts all the material relating to the course. Each module is allocated a page and module leads are encouraged to use the website to add extra teaching materials and resources. Trainees register their attendance/absence for sessions through the website and the course administrator manages the programme diary and messaging through the site. Page | 5 The Birmingham Training Cluster covers the whole of Birmingham and Solihull giving trainees the opportunity to work with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT), Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH), Birmingham Community Trust (BCT) and Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) . The Clinical Tutor for the training scheme is Dr Kallol Sain who is a General Adult Community Consultant based in Birmingham. The Birmingham scheme consists of 40 trainees, 12 at CT1, 14 at CT2 and 14 at CT3. Plus 8 posts are offered to Worcester, Black Country Partnership and Coventry & Warwick at CT3. All training posts on the scheme are for 6 months in duration. CT1