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 Gavin Torr, Dr Emma Jones,  Dr Daniel Hughes, Dr Muhammad Akhtar
Administration: Helen Gardner & Sarah Gillard Education Centre, Westmorland General Hospital. gp.trainees@mbht.nhs.uk

Teaching is delivered on Wednesday’s from 09:30 – 16:30 at WGH, Education Centre.

Please see timetable below for dates.

	Term 3		Summer Term
Date	Venue	AM Topic	AM Topic	PM Topic	PM Topic
		Feb Starters	Aug Starters	Feb Starters	Aug Starters
23.04.2025	Junction 36	Hormones, Exercise and the Female Body (HRT & womens health)	HRT & womens health	HRT & womens health	HRT & womens health
30.04.2025		**No local teaching** Trainers meeting	**No local teaching** Trainers meeting	**No local teaching** Trainers meeting	**No local teaching** Trainers meeting
07.05.2025	WGH	View From an SCA Examiner Dr Abby Astle	View From an SCA Examiner Dr Abby Astle	ST3 Group led SCA practice	ST3 Group led SCA practice
14.05.2025	Castle Green Hotel, Kendal	MSK / Study Day	MSK / Study Day	MSK / Study Day	MSK / Study Day
21.05.2025	WGH	Communication Skills 2 / Feb 25 ITP & GP solo first post only	** No Local Teaching**	Communication Skills 2 / Feb 25 ITP & GP solo first post only	** No Local Teaching**
28.05.2025		**No ST3 teaching**	Half Term	**No ST3 teaching**	Half Term
04.06.2025	Junct 36	Dermatology	Dermatology	Conflict Resolution	Conflict Resolution
11.06.2025	WGH	Leadership Day – Rob Pugh	Leadership Day – Rob Pugh	Leadership Day – Rob Pugh	Leadership Day – Rob Pugh
18.06.2025	Junct 36	Palliative Care Study Day	Palliative Care Study Day	Palliative Care Study Day	Palliative Care Study Day
25.06.2025	WGH	Women’s Health	Women’s Health	Men’s Health	Men’s Health
02.07.2025	Castle Green Hotel, Kendal	Cancer / Study Day	Cancer / Study Day	Cancer / Study Day	Cancer / Study Day
09.07.2025	WGH	Tax – Dodd’s Accountant	Compassionate 3 + GPST 3 Feedback	Tax – Dodd’s Accountant	Compassionate 3 + GPST 3 Feedback
16.07.2025	WGH	SCA Mock	SCA Mock	SCA Mock	SCA Mock

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 start of the year. 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 various 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.[/vc_column_text][/tab][/tabbed_section][/vc_column][/vc_row]