GPST1 & GPST2 FGH Teaching is a half day session which runs on a Wednesday afternoon 1-3pm.
Please see below for current teaching programme.
Course Information
Programme Director: Dr Steve Mcquillan
Administration: Jo Smith, Assistant Service Manager and Weronika Scott, Specialty administrator, Education Centre, Furness General Hospital. jo.smith@mbht.nhs.uk/ Weronika.scott@mbht.nhs.uk
For details of the scheme at FGH, Barrow, contact Dr Steve Mcquillan via Jo Smith/Weronika Scott. The following is the most current teaching timetable.
Sessions are on Wednesday, 1pm-3pm in the Education Centre.
August 2024 – July 2025
| Date | Topic | Venue/Rm available each week |
| 05/02/2025 | Dr Patrick Horgan – Gambling/ Addictions
1pm-3pm |
Lecture theatre |
| 12/02/2025 | Dr Golda Parker – Menopause and HRT 1pm-3pm
GPST 1 Induction joint with RLI Dr Jill Ireland 1pm – 3pm |
Lecture theatre |
| 19/02/2025 | Dr Jenny Newman – Admissions/Emergencies in GP
1:15pm- 3:15pm |
Lecture theatre |
| 26/02/2025 | Dr Jake O’Donovan – Personality Disorder
1pm-3pm Cumbria Health (CHoC) Induction 9am-5pm |
Lecture theatre |
| 05/03/2025 |
Mental Health Study Day – full day 9am –5pm No local teaching (1pm-3pm) Dr Emma Jones |
Castle Green Hotel |
| 12/03/2025 | Enhanced session 1pm-5pm
Dr Syed Rizvi – STATs joint with RLI 1pm-3pm |
Lecture Theatre
|
| 19/03/2025 | Dr Glenda Beaman – Genetics/Genomics
Communication Skills 1, WGH 9:15 – 16:30 |
Lecture Theatre |
| 26/03/2025 | Miss Gomersal – Coroner’s Session
1pm-3pm |
Lecture Theatre |
| 02/04/2025 | FY Changeover
No local teaching |
Lecture theatre |
| 09/04/2025 |
Enhanced session 1pm-5pm Dr Jake O’Donovan – Managing Uncertainty Dr Susan Frost – ARCP Session Joint with RLI Feb Starters |
Lecture Theatre |
| 16/04/2025 | Pam Brier – Chronic Pain Management
1pm-3pm |
Teaching Room 2 |
| 23/04/2025 | Dr John Young – Skin Lesions/Dermoscopy F2F
1pm-3pm |
Lecture Theatre |
| 30/04/2025 | No local teaching | Teaching Room 2 |
| 07/05/2025 | No local teaching –
E-portfolio Work |
Conference Room |
| 14/05/2025 | MSK Study Day 9am –5pm
(Full day – Study leave required) Enhanced session 1pm-5pm |
Lecture Theatre
|
| 21/05/2025 | Dr Jake – O’Donovan – Palliative Care
Communication Skills 2 9:15 – 6:30 WGH |
Teaching Room 2 |
| 28/05/2025 |
Dr Golda Parker – Cervical Smears and HPV 1pm-3pm
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Lecture Theatre |
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| 04/06/2025 | Dr Jake O’Donovan – Teenage Self Harm
1pm-3pm |
Lecture Theatre |
| 11/06/2025 | Local Teaching TBC – Dr Steve McQuillan
1pm-3pm |
Lecture Theatre |
| 18/06/2025 | No Local Teaching
Enhanced session 1pm-5pm |
Lecture theatre |
| 25/06/2025 | Dr Kirstin Wong – Quality Improvement joint with RLI 1pm-3pm | Lecture theatre
|
| 02/07/2025 | Cancer Study Day organised by Dr Steve McQuillan
Castle Green x Bay (Full day – Study leave required) 9am-5pm |
Castle Green off site. |
| 09/07/2025 | Local Teaching TBC
Enhanced session 1pm-5pm |
Lecture theatre |
Tracks
The GP Training Scheme in Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital runs over 3 years. The first 1 year (ST1 / 2) are in secondary care in 2 different hospital posts, (part GP/part specialty). The 2nd & 3rd years are spent in general practice (ST 2 /3 ).
The tracks are allocated by the Programme Directors at each site. Previous experience and personal preferences are taken into account when allocating tracks. However, it is not always possible for everyone to have a track of all their first choice posts.
FGH tracks: There are 12 tracks available in FGH which include posts in:
- Paediatrics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Medicine
- Accident and Emergency
- Primary Care Network
- FGH GP + Posts (60% GP & 40% Specialty): are available in Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynae, Accident & Emergency, Primary care network, and Medicine.
The posts are based at Furness General Hospital, Dane Garth Mental Health unit and general practices throughout the Furness area.
For more information on training at Morecambe Bay please contact: Lancaster – Helen.Gardner@mbht.nhs.uk Barrow – Jo.Smith@mbht.nhs.uk / Weronika.Scott@mbht.nhs.uk