Training Days

Respiratory Medicine Training Days

Most learning takes place through clinical experience on the wards, and some topics are much better learnt through practice. To provide you with the most comprehensive exposure to all areas of the Respiratory Medicine curriculum, the KSS Respiratory Medicine STC are working in collaboration with the London Deanery to develop a schedule of training days that are closely mapped to the curriculum.

 Training days are an adjunct to practical experience, serving to clarify and illuminate the links between theory and practice, while stimulating further learning on the part of the trainees. Each training day is based around case discussions and encourages you to actively take part in investigation and discussions.

 It is mandatory that all Respiratory Medicine trainees attend a minimum of 70% of Regional Training Days (not including the joint GIM training days). It is the trainee’s responsibility to liaise with the trust in good time to ensure sufficient service cover.

 Attendance rates feed into the annual ARCP; if a trainee does not comply with the minimum attendance percentage, they will obtain an unsatisfactory ARCP outcome.

 Important information

• ·There will be approximately 10 regional training days per year, giving trainees the opportunity to cover each topic twice by completing the cycle each year. These will be facilitated through the London Deanery and you will be notified of these by the Medical Workforce Team at the Deanery.
• ·The Training days take place on the second Tuesday of the months except for August and December when there aren’t training days. Also the Pan Thames days take place on the 10th of November 2011 and 3rd April 2012 so there are no Tuesday Training days in those months.
• ·You will be asked to confirm your attendance prior to the event through the Medical Workforce Team at the Deanery.
• The agendas for each session will be emailed to each trainee once they have been confirmed and certificates will be issued after the event.
• The dates of all scheduled RTD’s will be located on the KSS Deanery website once published by the London Deanery.