1. Regional training Days Miss Melanie Tipples Training Programme Director

2.  Regional Training Days  Leadership  Knowledge services

3.  Two year rolling programme  Interactive days to include simulation  Aimed at covering aspects of curriculum which is hard to cover in units  Includes CTG teaching, Management of bereavement, Perineal repair, Obstetric and Gynae Simulation, Ultrasound  60% evidence of attendance required

4.  13 days over two years  Additonal days may be arranged but you may need to self fund these  Majority on a Friday

5.  When you complete your feedback you will receive a certificate of attendance  Upload certificate into your personal library  If you cannot attend please respond to the invite and ideally give a reason (holiday/sick/on call)

6. Developing the Programme  Constructive feedback at each day you attend  Feedback through your trainee reps  Suggestions for future locations and topics

7. Prize Meeting  June 2014  Presentations & Posters  Six applications will get the opportunity to present. Those not presenting can display a poster  Prizes and certificates presented on the day  We want all trainees to present something

8. Study Leave  Entitled to up to a maximum of 30 days in a year (which is calculated from the date of commencement of appointment or rotation)  Leave to sit necessary examinations is allowable but does not count against the entitlement of study leave  Trainees in locum specialty posts, those in FTSTAs and LATs exceeding three months are entitled to study leave pro rata  There is no entitlement to study leave for LAS appointments

9. Using your study leave  Approval rests with your Local Clinical Tutor  Applications should be received by your Clinical Tutor on the appropriate form at least 6 weeks prior to the leave  Leave should not be taken within the first two weeks of a new appointment  You must have an agreed personal development plan before applying for Study Leave usually with your educational supervisor

10. Study Leave Amounts Initial Study Leave Budget :£860 This year no top slice but this may change. Topsliced Study Leave is used by your specialty school to deliver centrally run training days that you are required to attend. ___________________________________________________________ Deanery guidance is available online: http://kssdeanery.org/study-leave

11. Bursaries  Offered by KSS  To support courses which are in additon to the regional training days  Informed about them on website and by email  Written application with support of your educational tutor

12. LEADERSHIP  Since 2010 all the specialty curricula plus foundation, have included leadership competencies based on the Medical Leadership Competency Framework  KSS Deanery is very keen to help you develop these competencies as they have been shown to be crucial to maintaining and improving patient care and safety.  There is an expectation that your supervisors will enable you to undertake supervised learning opportunities in clinical leadership  We would expect you to submit each year a workplace based assessment which demonstrates you have been given constructive feedback on your leadership competencies. Upload this to your personal library. ARCP requirement.

13. Library and Knowledge Services  Part of KSS Deanery  Known as LKSDT (Library and Knowledge Services Department Team)  Manage a collaborative network of NHS libraries, offering a variety of services that support evidence-based practice, and the skills to use them.

14. http://kssdeanery.org/education/lks  Search a wide range of regional resources, including: –Books –Journals –Local and linked libraries  Sign up for an Athens account and gain access to: –Databases –eBooks –Specialist Libraries –Current awareness services

15. http://www.ksslibraries.nhs.uk/southeastlibrarysearch/

16. Ultrasound  Integral part of your training  Annual training day  Miss Renata Hutt is the lead for Ultrasound in KSS (Royal Surrey Hospital Guildford)  Ultrasound simulators are present at Medway and St Richards. You are welcome to use these by prior arrangement with Tutors  You need to have completed basic modules by end of ST3

17. MRCOG part 1  Twice yearly exam (march and Sept)  Need to complete before moving to ST3  Anatomy course and basic sciences course planned for January 2015

18. QUESTIONS

19. Summary  The Training programme is continually being developed with input from you the trainees either directly to me or via your trainee reps