The first of two Annual Assessment Days for Higher Trainees in Emergency Medicine will take place on Tuesday 7th February at Ward J32, Beckett Wing St James’s University Hospital. These Assessment Days are exam preparation for FCEM which stands for: Fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine. Andy Webster will be heading up a great…
Author: Breda Higgins
Here’s to another cracking CCrISP course
This week Medical Education Leeds will be facilitating the ever popular Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) course. This is an accredited Royal College of Surgeons course, combining a variety of teaching and learning techniques to produce an informative and interactive course/ assessment for Surgical Trainees. Mags Flanagan, one of our experienced Course…
The Grand Round Is Back
Led by Dr Andrew Lewington and Dr Marissa Minns (Chief Registrar), Grand Round is back with a new format, aimed at engaging postgraduate trainees on clinical, researched and academic aspects of a given topic. The Grand Round provides a weekly forum for healthcare professionals and academics to come together and learn in the presence of…
Urology Boot Camp 2016
We’ve had a busy few days in Medical Education with the second Urology Boot Camp running throughout the week and into the weekend. This was a national five day training course for newly appointed urology registrars from across the country. Following the successful pilot last year, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust was chosen as the host…
ARCP Skills Sign Off
Please note, this opportunity has closed for the academic year 2015-16. Core Medical Trainees struggling to gain sign-off for their Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) assessments can now arrange their own assessments via our dedicated online booking system. To help Core Medical Trainees gain sign-off, Medical Education Leeds is offering trainees exclusive access to…
RAMPPS
In collaboration with the Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Medical Education Leeds is today running the RAMPPS course at the Clinical Practice Centre at St James’s University Hospital. Using simulation in medical training is at the heart of our work in Medical Education Leeds and the RAMPPS course we’re running today showcases how…
Phil’s Charity Challenge
Our Porter, Phil Hammond an enthusiastic runner, is in the final stages of preparing to run 19 Marathons in 43 Days to raise money for the Veterans Charity. Phil’s story of how he got into running is an inspiration to any couch potato. Wanting to lose a little weight and looking for something to do,…