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
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| Term 1 | Autumn Term | Term 1 | |
| 14/08/2019 | RLI (Baycall) | Out of hours Induction ST1/ST2 GP + ST3 where not already completed in GP+ post | |
| 21/08/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | GP + Communication Skills session 1 | *No ST3 teaching* |
| 28/08/2019 | Grange Hotel, Grange | ST3 and ST1 Induction | ST3 and ST1 induction |
| 29/08/2019 | Grange Hotel, Grange | ST3 Induction | ST3 induction |
| 04/09/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Consultation Skills 1 | ST3 Consultation Skills 1 |
| 11/09/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | Trainer’s Meeting 09:30 – 12 noon | Mock CSA for ST3s who started in or before February 2018. Start 13.30 |
| 18/09/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Statistics | ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Statistics |
| 25/09/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Consultation skills 2 | ST3 Consultation skills 2 |
| 02/10/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Consultation Skills 3 – Managing Uncertainty | ST3 Practice Management |
| 09/10/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Consultation Skills 4 – High Challenge patients | ST3 Consultation Skills 4 – Telephone Consultations + Triadic Consultations |
| 16/10/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Men’s Health | ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Sexual Health |
| 23/10/2019 | *No ST3 teaching* | Half Term | *No ST3 teaching* |
| 30/10/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 CSA Examiner Session Dr Gerry Murray | Video Consultations |
| 06/11/2019 | *No ST3 teaching* | Trainers Conference | * No ST3 teaching* |
| 13/11/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | GP+ Communication Skills session 2 | PLT |
| 20/11/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Consultation skills 5 -Motivational Interviewing | ST3 Consultation Skills 5 – Managing Medical Complexity |
| 27/11/2019 | St John’s Hospice, Lancaster |
ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Palliative Care *all trainees intending to attend will need to apply for a place on the study day as places are limited to 30, apply as per study leave process* |
ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Palliative Care |
| 04/12/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | Trainer’s Meeting 09:30 – 12 noon | No ST3 Teaching |
| 11/12/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | CSA Practice Exam | |
| 18/12/2019 | Education Centre, WGH | Dermatology | Term Review and Christmas Quiz |
| 25/12/2019 | *No ST3 teaching* | Christmas Break | * No ST3 teaching* |
| 01/01/2019 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Christmas Break | *No ST3 teaching* |
| 08/01/2019 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Christmas Break | *No ST3 Teaching* |
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| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| TERM 2 | SPRING TERM | Term 2 | |
| 15/01/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Hot Topics | ST3 Teaching to Teach |
| 22/01/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | Genetics (ST1/ST2/ST3) |
Genetics (ST1/ST2/ST3) |
| 29/01/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 CSA Examiner Session |
ST3 Teaching to Teach 2 |
| 05/02/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Consultation skills 1 Feb Starters (CSA Practice ST3) | ST3 Video session |
| 12/02/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/2 GP+ Comm Skills 1 (AM only) NO ST3 Teaching | *No ST3 Teaching* PLT |
| 19/02/2020 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Half Term | *No ST3 Teaching* |
| 26/02/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Feb starter Consultation skills 2 (CSA Practice ST3) | ST3 Feb starter Consultation skills 2 (CSA Practice ST3) |
| 04/03/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/ST2/ST3 MSK Study Day | ST1/ST2/ST3 MSK Study Day |
| 11/03/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Feb starter Consultation skills 3 (CSA Practice) | GP Jobs and CVs |
| 18/03/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/2 GP+ Communication Skills 1 (AM only) NO ST3 Teaching | *NO ST3 Teaching* |
| 25/03/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Child Safeguarding Day – Mandatory | ST3 Child Safeguarding Day – Mandatory |
| 01/04/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/ST2/ST3 ENT and Ophthalmology Study Day | ST1/ST2/ST3 ENT and Ophthalmology Study Day |
| 08/04/2020 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Easter Break | *No ST3 Teaching* |
| 15/04/2020 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Easter Break | *No ST3 Teaching* |
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| Term 3 | Summer Term | ||
| 22/04/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | Trainers Meeting 3 (09:30 – 12 noon) No ST3 teaching | *No ST3 teaching* |
| 29/04/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Equality and Diversity | ST3 BLS *Mandatory unless already done in practice* |
| 06/05/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Young People’s Mental Health | ST1/ST2/ST3 Study Day Young People’s Mental Health |
| 13/05/2020 | *No ST3 teaching* | Educators’ Conference | *No ST3 teaching* |
| 20/05/2020 | Priestly Centre, Coniston | ST3 Leadership Day | ST3 Leadership Day |
| 27/05/2020 | *No ST3 teaching* | Half Term | *No ST3 teaching* |
| 03/06/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Public Health | ST3 Practice Management |
| 10/06/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST1/ST2/ST3 Ethics Study Day | ST1/ST2/ST3 Ethics Study Day |
| 17/06/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Dementia Dr Marisa Wray | ST3 GP Future Direction |
| 24/06/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Accountants and Tax | ST3 Medical Humanities |
| 01/07/2020 | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Revalidation and appraisal | ST3 Feedback |
| *date TBC* | Education Centre, WGH | ST3 Mock CSA Feb /Nov starters | *date to be negotiated* |
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.