TEACHING PROGRAMMES

Details of all VTS Teaching Sessions are detailed below. Current Programmes are also available to download

 Full Day Release - Summer Term 2008

Sessions take place on Wednesday afternoons. All sessions begin at 14:00 and take place in the Education Centre, Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

This session is aimed at ST1 first GP placement, and ST3 final year GP placement.  Those in the middle GP placements attend Keeping in Touch, but are welcome to Day Release if the subject is appropriate.

Date	Subject	Speaker
2nd April	AM - Practice Development & Management                       PM - CSA/Video	Martin Bradley
16th April	AM - Choosing a Practice         PM - CVs and Interviews	Rob Baron/Martin Bradley
7th May	AM - Clinical Governance         PM - Life after VTS	Martin Andrew / Ilona Bendefy
21st-23rd May	Residential Course - No teaching
4th June	AM - Public Health (provisional)    PM - Rheumatology, joint injections	tba/Dr John Bourne, Consultant Rheumatologist
18th June	AM - ENT in primary care (provisional) PM - Minor Surgery and common skin problems	tba/Dr Graham Colver, Consultant Dermatologist
2nd July	AM - Projects and Course Feedback    PM - GP Appraisal	Martin Bradley/Rachel Tinker
16th July	AM - Benefits and welfare rights PM - Informal activities	tba
	Break for Summer

Keeping in Touch - 2008

All sessions begin at 14:00 and take place in the Education Centre, Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Date	Subject	Speaker
13th March	tbc	Martin Bradley
10th April	Dermatology	Dr Elizabeth Barrett
	COPD

Trainers Workshops - 2008

All sessions will be held in the Education Centre, Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Date	Time
13th February - VTS PLENARY MEETING	12.30pm
There will be no Trainers Workshop in March 2008
Thursday 10th April 2008	6.30pm
30TH APRIL extra workshop on Educational Supervisor Reports	6.30pm