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, Dr Daniel Hughes, Dr Muhammad Akhtar
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 | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| 06/09/2023 | WGH | **No ST3 Teaching** | ST1/ST2 GP+ Communication SkillsStart: 13:00**No ST3 Teaching** |
| 13 /09/2023 | Grange Hotel | ST1/ST3 Induction Day 1 | ST1/ST3 Induction Day 1 |
| 14 /09/2023 | Grange Hotel | ST3 Induction – Day 2 | ST3 Induction Day2 |
| 20/09/2023 | ST3 Wednesday Teaching StartsWGH | ST3 Consultation Skills 1 – All day | Beginning Consultations EffectivelySkills for building effective relationships |
| 27/09/2023 | WGH |
ST3 Consultation Skills 2 – All day |
Effective information gathering |
| 04/10/2023 | WGH*No ST3 teaching* | Trainer’s Meeting – Face to Face meeting 09:00 – 12noon | Mock SCA for those doing SCA in Nov ’23(for Feb 2023 starters) |
| 11/10/2023 | WGH | Common Problems in General Practice |
Common Explanations – Talc effective explanations |
| 18/10/23 | WGH | Change Management and Leadership Projects | ST3 Consultation Skills 3
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| 25/10/2023 | *No ST3 teaching* | Half term | Half Term |
| 01/11/2023 | WGH for ST 1/2 Comm skills*No ST3 teaching* | ST 1/2 GP+ Communication skills 2 | ST1/2 GP+ Communication skills 2 |
| 08/11/2023 | WGH | ST3 Consultation Skills 4 – All Day | Remote Consulting |
| 15/11/2023 | On Line Zoom/Teams | Practice management – What is a DES? | Red Whale on line GP Update PLT |
| 22/11/2023 | RLI | GP Training Study Day – HEALTH INEQUALITIES | GP Training Study Day – HEALTH INEQUALITIES |
| 29/11/2023 | WGH | Consultation Skills 5 – All day | Motivational Interviewing |
| 06/12/2023 | WGH | Managing Uncertainty | HRT – Dr Cath Munroe |
| 13/12/2023 | WGH | ST3 Teaching – Christmas Quiz | GP Federation – Andrew Giles |
| 20/12/2023 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Christmas Break | *No ST3 Teaching* |
| 27/12/2023 | *No ST3 Teaching* | Christmas Break | *No ST3 Teaching* |
| 03/01/2023 | *No ST3 teaching* | Christmas Break | * No ST3 teaching* |
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| TERM 2 | SPRING TERM | Term 2 | |
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| 10/01/2024 | WGH | CV and Job applications Dr Jones | Substance Misuse Dr Akhtar |
| 17/01/2024 | *No ST3 Teaching * | Trainers Meeting 09:30-4:30 | AM and PM Auction Mart Junct 36 |
| 24/01/2024 | WGH | Job Interviews Dr Torr | Resilience Dr Akhtar |
| 31/01/2024 | WGH | SCA Practice Topic TBC | SCA Practice |
| 07/02/2024 | WGH | Ethics – Dr David Molyneux | Teaching to teach Dr Torr |
| 14/02/2024 | *No ST3 Teaching * | HALF TERM | *No ST3 Teaching * |
| 21/02/2024 | Conflict Resolution Dr Jones | Ethics 2 – Case discussions | |
| 28/02/2024 | Dementia Dr Marisa Wray | Consultation Skills Rehearsal – All | |
| 06/03/2024 | *ST3Feb Starters only * | Feb Starters Consult Skills 2 | ST1/2 GP+ Comm Skills 1 |
| 13/03/2024 | ENT Presentations | Review of Video Consultations | |
| 20/03/2024 | SCA Examiners View – Dr Astle | Equality and Diversity | |
| 27/03/2024 | Safeguarding Day | Safeguarding Day | |
| 03/04/2024 | **No ST3 teaching** | EASTER BREAK | **No ST3 teaching** |
| 10/04/2024 | **No ST3 Teaching** | EASTER BREAK | **No ST3 teaching** |
| Term 3 | Summer Term | Term 3 | |
| Date | Venue | Morning Topic | Afternoon Topic |
| 17/04/24 | FIT Notes and forms – Dr Hughes | Compassionate Leadership 1 | |
| 24/04/24 | BLS training – sign up
On line Mental Health |
Trainers Meeting | **No ST3 teaching** |
| 01/05/24 | ST1/2 GP+ Comm Skills Day 2 | ST1/2 GP+ Comm Skills Day 2 | |
| 08/05/24 | Mental Health – on line course | Compassionate Leadership 2 | |
| 15/05/24 | Dermatology – Dr Maria Martin | Topic TBC | |
| 22/05/24 | CBT in consultations – Paul Houghton | Compassionate Leadership 3 | |
| 29/05/24 | HALF TERM | **No ST3 teaching** | **No ST3 teaching** |
| 05/06/24 | Mens Health Study Day – All Day | Venue- The Villa Levens | |
| 12/06/24 | Leadership Day – Rob Pugh | Leadership Day – Rob Pugh | |
| 19/06/24 | Practice Management Day | Practice Management Day | |
| 26/06/24 | Topic TBC | Compassionate Leadership 4 | |
| 03/07/24 | Topic TBC | Compassionate Leadership 5 |
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 SCA examiners in the run up to the exam as well as a SCA 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.