Commencing Aug 2019. Work towards an educational qualification, develop your teaching skills including high fidelity simulation and beef up your CV
Hi Everyone,
Myself and a Jen (Anaesthetic/ICM trainees currently at King’s) are hoping to set up a teaching programme aimed at Primary FRCA revision. We plan to target those topics which people tend to find most difficult; be it the physics behind MRI, infusion kinetics, or ABG analyser electrodes to name but a few.
We have designed a survey to help find out which topics are found difficult by trainees.
It'll take 2-3 mins to complete the survey. We will close it at the end of Feb.
Thank
North West London Maternity Human Factors Training Collaborative
Fellowship in Ophthalmic Anaesthesia, with good experience of TIVA and Paediatrics.
Dedicated time for research or Quality Improvement Projects.
This is a great opportunity for ACCS trainees to receive training and career guidance specific to them.
Post FRCA Teaching – Paediatric Anaesthesia
This 2-day course, led by Professor Mervyn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care, UCL is designed for trainee or junior grade doctors working in any field of medicine where a medical emergency may be encountered.
2-day course designed as an update for Consultants and senior grade doctors working in any field of medicine where a medical emergency may be encountered. Informative, animated and interactive sessions with questions and comments encouraged throughout.
Monthly multidisciplinary education meeting in airway management
A full immersion simulated OSCE scenarios day with individualised feedback by a Faculty which will include previous FRCA examiners, ideal for anyone planning to sit the Primary exam in the coming year.
In an attempt to alleviate trainees obtaining Outcome 5's at their ARCPs due to lack of complete MSF, please see attached guidelines and information below:
The 2018 ARCPs are planned for:
- 9th Oct 2019 - MSF must be started by 30th August to complete in time for ARCP (invitations Aug)
- e-Portfolio ARCP folders will be updated, amended, opened etc approx 12 weeks ahead of your ARCP.
The MSFs in e-Portfolio remain open for one month from the date that the list of assessors is approved by the trainee's ES.
This is clearly documented in the MSF training guides - click here.
MSFs will only close before this point if the trainee/ES contacts us at e-Portfolio@rcoa.ac.uk to request closure. This is not instantaneous as the system closes MSF at midnight each day - if an MSF is set to close today for example, the results would only be available to the ES from midnight (so tomorrow morning).
Many trainees seem to be starting an MSF just before their ARCP therefore ensuring that the results will not be available at their review. I would recommend ensuring that these are completed well before ARCP season to avoid such issues in future.
Contact e-Portfolio@rcoa.ac.uk if you have any further queries.
-End of placement Interim Progress Report (IPR)
The IPR is available via e-Portfolio and trainees can access this from the ‘Enter New Assessment Tool’ Section. This allows trainees to record interim / end of placement meetings with their supervisor and add this to their ARCP record. This will also update on the ‘Review Progress’ section in their ARCP records
Any previous paperbased IPRs will be accepted as long as they are scanned & uploaded to a trainee's e-Portfolio Library - they will also feature on the ESSR at the end of the year (which still needs completing prior to your ARCP)
A guide to creating the IPR will shortly be uploaded here: http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/trainee-e-portfolio/guidance-notes
-Out of Programme (OOP) update form is available here
-Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
ARCPs now require the follow certificates to be uploaded to your e-Portfolio which can be completed via this website
-NEW ISA e-Portfolio guidance - click here for full details
The ARCP process will include a full portfolio assessment, including a review of Educational Supervisor's Reports, Units of Training, WpBAs, logbook and courses attended. Although a formal process, it occurs in a supportive environment in which to discuss you progress and plans. Most trainees are seen in July each year.
The ARCP panel will then make recommendations to the Deanery in relation to whether:
LTFT trainees undertake annual ARCPs but their learning agreements will reflect their less than full time status.
The ARCP replaced the RITA (Record of In-Training Assessment) undertaken previously.
The ARCP is undertaken by a panel of assessors. Members of the panel may include the Training Programme Director, College Tutors, Educational Supervisors, a Deanery representative, an academic representative, an “external” representative or a lay representative.
You will be emailed 12 weeks in advance with a date for your ARCP. A seperate email will follow approximately 6 weeks later with specific appointment time and a detailed list of documentation required.
You must inform the hospital you are rotated to at the time. You will be given time off to attend, usually morning or afternoon, depending on your appointment time. It is a mandatory process and annual or study leave does not need to be booked. All College Tutors are aware in advance of ARCP dates.You should dress smartly, for example what you would wear to see a patient - not scrubs!
The requirements will depend on your stage of training and your individual circumstances (eg if training less than full time or currently out of programme)
The ARCP panel reviews a trainee’s progress based on the evidence submitted and provides the trainee with an outcome. The outcome of the ARCP will determine the rate at which trainee’s progress through the training programme. The ARCP also provides a mechanism for determining CCT dates for trainees. For more information on the possible outcomes please see appendix 4 of the Gold Guide.
To achieve an Outcome 1 (best possible) you will need to provide the following documents (uploaded to e-Portfolio) for the panel:
