Future Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference Invitation
The Future Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference 2022 will take place on 26th February, 8:00am -5:30pm, at the Royal Society of Medicine.
We are currently building up to the Future Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference 2022, an international orthopaedic conference for medical students, foundation doctors and core surgical trainees. We are proudly in our 11th year now, with growing participation each year!
The conference provides an opportunity for delegates to present their research, win national prizes and speak with leaders in the field. Participants will also have the chance to participate in practical workshops (Dynamic hip screw, External fixation and Lag screw fixation) and discover more about a career within Trauma & Orthopaedics. Overall, an amazing experience to gain invaluable skills for your future career.
Booking for the conference can be found via this link: https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/orthopaedics/2021-22/orq03/
Evaluation of Foundation Programme Review - your participation requested
Dear trainee,
In summer 2020, Health Education England (HEE) appointed RSM UK Consulting LLP (RSM) to conduct a three-year longitudinal evaluation, assessing the effectiveness of several of the recommendations being delivered as part of the HEE Foundation Programme Review. We are now in the Year 3 of the evaluation.
As part of the Year 3 evaluation, we are recruiting to our Foundation Trainee Panel to share their experiences in relation to several of the recommendations.
What is the Foundation Programme Review?
The Foundation Programme Review set out 16 recommendations aimed at improving the experience of trainees and faculty involved in the Foundation Programme. The review has sought to address issues across the following themes:
• Improving transition from medical school to foundation and from foundation to core/specialty training
• Addressing geographical and specialty distribution issues
• Enhancing the Working Lives of Foundation Doctors
• Improving Supervision and Educational Support
• Improving Faculty Support
Who do we want to hear from?
We are hoping to recruit at least 250 trainees from across FY1 and FY2 and all regions.
What is involved?
We use this panel of trainees to provide feedback in summer 2022, seeking to understand your experiences and perceptions of the Foundation Programme and the impact of the recent changes. As we are approaching the end of the evaluation, we are looking to add to our panel trainees who have now progressed into FY2 or recently joined the programme.
Participating in this "Community of Practice" will provide you with experience of participating in audit/service evaluation and quality improvement techniques, which you will be able to evidence via your e-portfolios.
To ensure appropriate representation, you will be asked to complete a short demographic questionnaire which we will use to select the final participants. If you would like to become a member of the trainee panel, please follow the QI link in the email sent to you 03.02.2022– please note the questionnaire will be open to apply until close of play 28th February 2022.
SCRIPT – supporting safer prescribing practices
SCRIPT is a multi-programme elearning resource commissioned by Health Education England and developed by the University of Birmingham and OCB Media. In continuous development since 2010 and with over 150 individual modules, SCRIPT is the most up to date, evidence based elearning resource from the NHS.
The resource was designed to encourage safe and effective prescribing and optimal medicines management among healthcare professionals, with a specific focus on foundation doctors, dentists and pharmacists. SCRIPT is also the mandated resource for PSA remediation.
About the SCRIPT Foundation elearning programme
The SCRIPT Foundation programme is a suite of elearning modules specifically created to improve safety and competency among foundation trainees around prescribing, therapeutics and medicines management.
The portfolios include 49 modules for foundation doctors, 8 modules for foundation dentists and 59 modules for foundation pharmacists. These modules are delivered through a supported learning environment, specific to your school, without installation or technical requirements. In addition, the SCRIPT programme is freely available to all foundation schools with no ongoing or associated costs.
Each module takes approximately 60 minutes to complete and does not have to be completed in one sitting. Content has been authored by a team of expert healthcare professionals and is reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
How do I access the SCRIPT Foundation elearning programme?
All foundation schools are provided with a dedicated instance of SCRIPT specific to their region, including a full trainee reporting and monitoring tool. Please see link below.
https://severn3.safeprescriber.org/login
Foundation elearning programme update February 2022
Welcome to your February 2022 update about the Foundation elearning programme.
In the real world things go wrong on a regular basis. When it happens to you what should you do?
Available in the elearning for healthcare Foundation Programme (2021 curriculum) - these sessions cover areas in your curriculum on; FPC 1: Clinical Assessment, FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation, FPC 3: Holistic Planning, FPC 4: Communication and Care, FPC 5: Continuity of Care, FPC 8: Upholding Values and FPC 11: Ethics and Law, FPC 12: Continuing Professional Development and FPC 13: Understanding Medicine:
• How to Avoid the GMC Disciplinary Committee https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700755
• GMC Registration and Post Graduate Observation https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700759
• Human Factors and Analysis of Adverse Events https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700703
• Medical Error: When Things Go Wrong
https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700375
• Hospital Acquired Fever: What to do if MRSA Positive https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700379
• Hospital Acquired Fever with MRSA: What to do Next https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700383
• Infection Control: Diarrhoea in an Inpatient https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700387
• Infection Control: Air and Blood Borne Pathogens https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700391
• Infection Control: Modes of Transmission https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/700395
Check the programme to see other sessions that might help you…
You can sign in to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/foundationprogramme/
HORUS has deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.