ST3 GP Training
ST3 Teaching is a full day release which takes place on Wednesdays during term time at Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal.
Please see below for current teaching timetable.
Course Information
Primary Care Medical Educators: Dr Emma Jones & Dr Gavin Torr
Administration: Helen Gardner, Education Centre Assistant, Education Centre, Westmorland General Hospital. Helen.Gardner@mbht.nhs.uk
For details of the ST3 Day release training programme, contact Helen Gardner.
Most sessions are on Wednesday, 9.30am – 4pm in the Education Centre, WGH
| Term 1 | Autumn Term – Currently at Westmorland Hospital | ||
| Date | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic | |
| 1 & 2 09/2021 | Grange Hotel | ST3 Induction 2 days | Grange Hotel |
| 08/09/2021 | ST3 | Consultation Skills 1 – Data Gathering | Consultation Skills 1 |
| 15/09/2021 | * No ST3 Teaching * | ST1/2 GP+ Communication Skills | |
| 22/09/2021 | * No ST3 Teaching * | Trainer’s Meeting – ZOOM 09:00 – 11:00 | |
| 29/09/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Consultation Skills 2 – Sharing management | Consultation Skills 2 |
| 06/10/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Consultation Skills 3 – Telephone /Video Consultations | Consultation Skills 3 |
| 13/10/2021 | ST3 | ST3 – Tips for the RCA Exam | Change Management |
| 20/10/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Consultation Skills 4 – Triadic Consultations | Consultation Skills 4 |
| 27/10/2021 | *No ST3 teaching* | Half Term | Half Term |
| 3/11/2021 | * No ST3 Teaching * | ST1/2 GP+ Communication Skills 2 | No teaching ST3 |
| 10/11/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Consultation Skills 5 – Motivational Consultation | Consultation Skills 5 |
| 17/11/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching TBC | ST3 Teaching TBC |
| 24/11/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching TBC | ST3 Teaching TBC |
| 01/12/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching TBC | ST3 Teaching TBC |
| 08/12/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching TBC | ST3 Teaching TBC |
| 15/12/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching TBC | ST3 Teaching TBC |
| 22/12/2021 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Christmas Break | *No ST3 Teaching* |
| 29/12/2021 | *No ST3 teaching* | Christmas Break | * No ST3 teaching* |
| 05/12/2021 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Christmas Break | *No ST3 teaching* |
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| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| TERM 2 | SPRING TERM | Term 2 | |
| 13/1/2021 | Zoom | RCA Top Tips Dr Abby Astle | Complex Cases and sharing explanations |
| 20/01/2021 | Zoom | Public Health and Community Orientation | Equality and Diversity |
| 27/01/2021 | Zoom | Hot Topics | Contraception and Subfertility Dr Alison Bateman |
| 03/02/2021 | Zoom | Ophthalmology Dr Ross Kelley | Consultation Skills 1/2 for Feb starters, (RCA video review August starters) |
| 10/02/2021 | Zoom | Consultation Skills 3/4 Feb starters (RCA / Casebank) | PLT |
| 17/02/2021 | HALF TERM | HALF TERM NO TEACHING | HALF TERM NO TEACHING |
| 24/02/2021 | Zoom | GP+ Communicaton Skills Part 1 09:30-12:30 | ST3s Back in practice all day |
| 03/03/2021 | Zoom | Feb Starters – Consultation Skills – Telephone Consultations
Aug Starters – RCA Video session |
Feb Starters – Consultation Skills – Triadic Consultations
Aug Starters RCA Video Session |
| 10/03/2021 | Zoom | Child Safeguarding Day – Dr Amy Lee | Child Safeguarding Day – Dr Amy Lee |
| 17/03/2021 | Teaching to Teach 1 | Groupwork | |
| 24/03/2021 | CVs and Job Applications | Job Interviews | |
| 31/3/2021 | EASTER BREAK | ||
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| Term 3 | Summer Term | ||
| 14/4/21 | Dementia Dr Marisa Wray | Teaching to Teach | |
| 21/4/21 | No ST3 teaching | GP+ Comm Skills Session 2 | |
| 28/4/21 | ETHICS Study Day | ETHICS Study Day | |
| 5/5/21 | Dermatology Dr Nick Howlett | TBC | |
| 12/5/21 | No ST3 teaching | GP Trainers Meeting | |
| 19/5/21 | No ST3 teaching | Educators Conference | |
| 26/5/21 | Tax and Pensions – Claire Hebdige Dodds Accountants | Reflection of Challenges in GP – Dr Tom Jamieson | |
| 2/6/21 | No ST3 teaching | HALF TERM | |
| 9/6/21 | Revalidation and Appraisal | Population Health | |
| 16/6/21 | Practice Accounts – Sue Charnock Moore and Smalley Accountants | PLT | |
| 23/6/21 | LEADERSHIP DAY | ||
| 30/6/21 | View to the Future | Feedback |
ST3 – Day Release Teaching
In ST3 we join the Barrow and Lancaster groups and meet in Kendal for a full days teaching on a Wednesday.
The year begins with a 2 day induction program at The Grange Hotel in Grange-over-Sands. This gives you the chance to plan and prepare the busy year ahead of you.
We then meet weekly in Kendal at the education centre at Westmorland General Hospital. We take advantage of the full day’s teaching to provide a varied and interactive program over the ST3 year.
Teaching focus is initially on consultation skills and develops to cover a wide range of topics to prepare you for your career as a GP. We run sessions with CSA examiners in the run up to the exam as well as a CSA Practice Exam. The course timetable will give a flavour of the broad range of clinical and non-clinical topics delivered shaped by trainee feedback. We aim to cover the mandatory requirements for revalidation such as child and adult safeguarding and Basic Life Support as well as to give you some insight into practice management and leadership. We run a leadership skills day in Coniston each year which is consistently highly rated. We leave some space for flexibility to address areas of particular interest to an ST3 group.
We run 8 study days where all 3 years (ST1/ST2/ST3) attend covering Statistics, Palliative Care, MSK and Ethics, as well as sessions on Women’s and Men’s health, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Mental Health and Dermatology. These study days vary from year to year on a 2 year rolling program. The program is shaped and changed annually based on trainee feedback.