ST3 RLI & FGH 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, GP Speciality Training Administrator, Education Centre, Westmorland General Hospital. Helen.Gardner@mbht.nhs.uk
For details of the ST3 Day release training programme, contact Helen Gardner.
Teaching is delivered during term time on Wednesday’s from 09:30 – 16:00. Please see timetable for dates.
| Term 1 | Autumn Term | ||
| 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 | RCA top tips Dr Abby Astle |
| 17/11/2021 | ST3 | ** No teaching back in practice ** | **PLT Red Whale GP Update** |
| 24/11/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching Managing Uncertainty | ST3 Teaching Managing Uncertainty |
| 01/12/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching Paul Houghton CBT for GPs | ST3 Teaching Problem Cases |
| 08/12/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching – Introduction to Practice Management | ST3 Teaching – Practices and PCNs |
| 15/12/2021 | ST3 | ST3 Teaching – Sharing Explanations | ST3 Teaching – Christmas Quiz |
| 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* |
<
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| TERM 2 | SPRING TERM | Term 2 | |
| 12/01/2022 | ZOOM | CVs and Job Applications | Job Interviews |
| 19/01/2022 | ZOOM | Trainers Meeting | No ST3 Teaching – Back in Practice |
| 26/01/2022 | ZOOM | Practice Management 2 | Health Inequalities |
| 02/02/2022 | ZOOM | RCA – Video Review | RCA – Video Review |
| 09/02/2022 | ZOOM | Equality and Diversity | Feb Starters – ST3 Induction |
| 16/02/2022 | HALF TERM | HALF TERM NO TEACHING | HALF TERM NO TEACHING |
| 23/02/2022 | No teaching Aug ST3s | GP+ Communicaton Skills Part 1 09:30-12:30 | Feb ST3 Starters – Consultation Skills 1 |
| 02/03/2022 | Westmorland Showground | Safeguarding Study Day | Safeguarding Study Day |
| 09/03/2022 | Feb starters WGH
Aug starters Westmorland Showground |
Feb Starters – Consultation Skills 2
August Starters – Womens Health |
ZOOM
Dermatology – Dr Nigel Capewell |
| 16/03/2022 | No Teaching ST3s | PLT | |
| 23/03/2022 | Ethics am ZOOM
Feb starters pm ZOOM |
Ethics – Dr David Molyneaux | Feb Starters – Consultation Skills 2 |
| 30/03/2022 | No ST3 teaching | Educators meeting | Educators meeting |
| 06/4/2022 | No ST3 teaching | EASTER BREAK | |
| 13/4/2022 | No ST3 Teaching | EASTER BREAK | |
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| Term 3 | Summer Term | ||
| 20/4/22 | Westmorland Showground | Urgent Care Dr Pru Knight | Teaching to teach |
| 27/4/22 | No ST3 teaching | Trainers meeting | GP+ Comm Skills Session 2 |
| 4/5/22 | Westmorland Showground | Managing Conflict | Ethics case discussion |
| 11/5/22 | Westmorland Showground | ENT teaching to teach | Practice Accounts |
| 18/5/21 | Westmorland Showground | Chronic Pain Dr Pru Knight | GP Appraisal |
| 25/5/22 | Westmorland Showground | Dementia Dr Marisa Wray | Negotiation Skills |
| 01/06/22 | No ST3 teaching | HALF TERM | No ST3 teaching |
| 08/06/22 | afternoon ZOOM | Ophthalmology – Zoom | Trans Health – Zoom |
| 15/06/22 | Tax and Accounts – Dodd & Co | Allyship | |
| 22/06/22 | Westmorland Showground | Public Health Dr Colin Cox | TBC |
| 29/06/22 | Westmorland Showground | LEADERSHIP DAY | |
| 06/07/22 | 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.