SPECIALIST TRAINING FOR GENERAL PRACTICE

Date	Morning ST3 9.30-12.30	Afternoon ST1 + ST2 + ST3 1.30-3.30	Hot topics 3.30-4.15
September 12^th	My practice An introduction to the nMRCGP	Consultation skills (1) – Introduction to consultation skills	Introduction to hot topic teaching Coronary heart disease
September 19^th	Residential at Grange Hotel, Grange
September 20^th	Residential at Grange Hotel, Grange
September 21^st	Residential at Grange Hotel, Grange
September 26th	Introduction to audit	No session – Trainer’s meeting and ST3s cover practice
October 3^rd	The diagnosis and management of depression	Critical appraisal (1) Principles of critical appraisal	Asthma COPD
October 10^th	Consultation skills (2)	Cultural awareness	Hypertension Heart failure
October 17^th	9.30-11.30 Sectioning and the Mental Health Act 12noon – 1pm Practice based commissioning and the role of the PCT Dr Stephen Gunn, Chairman of PEC, Blackburn and Darwen PCT	Critical appraisal (2) Randomised controlled trials	Osteoporosis Back pain
October 24^th	HALF TERM
October 31^st	Consultation skills (3)	Clinical governance Dr Sean Burke GP Trainer	Stroke Diabetes
November 7^th	Management in practice (1)	Critical appraisal (3) Ms Liz Walton, Education officer, Primary care audit group Clayton Park Conference Centre	Influenza Respiratory infections
November 14^th	Management in practice (2)	Drug abuse Dr Charles Douglas and Mr John Haslam, Reid House Blackburn	Prostate cancer screening Bowel cancer screening
November 21^st	MEDICAL ETHICS DAY AT WOODLANDS CENTRE CHORLEY
November 28^th	Consultation skills (4) – video assessment	Diabetes in practice Dr Barbara Milne and specialist diabetic team	Chronic fatigue Irritable bowel syndrome
December 5^th	Consultation skills (5) – video assessment	Alcohol problems	Lipids Aspirin and anti-coagulation
December 12^th	Rheumatology Dr Teh, Consultant in Rheumatology, Queens Park Hospital	Critical appraisal (4) Qualitative studies	Chlamydia screening Breast cancer screening
December 19^th	CHRISTMAS BREAK
December 26^th	CHRISTMAS BREAK
January 2^nd	CHRISTMAS BREAK
January 9^th	Management in practice (3)	(1pm – 3pm) Psychosexual problems and how to manage them Dr Pippa Green, Consultant in Psychosexual medicine	HPV Aortic aneurysm screening
January 16^th	Management in practice (4)	Dermatology in General practice Dr Clare Murphy GPSI in Dermatology and GP Trainer	Dyspepsia and H pylori Anxiety
January 23^rd	Preparation for the CSA (1)	No afternoon session – ST3s in practice to cover for trainers meeting
January 30^th	Preparation for the CSA (2)	Communication skills (6) Neuro-linguistic programming Dr Dorothea Privonitz, GP Trainer and Tutor in NLP	Patient satisfaction Obesity
February 6^th	Child abuse – detection and management Dr Angela Parry GP and Clinical lead in child protection	Critical appraisal ((5) Systematic reviews	Nurse practitioners Appointment systems
February 13^th	HALF TERM (Palliative care study day)
February 20^th	Management in practice (5)	Critical appraisal (6) Screening studies	Pharmacists Exercise
February 27^th	Management in practice (6)	A guide to benefits	Pharmaceutical industry Dementia
March 5^th	Resuscitation training Alison Walmsley Resuscitation trainer, Queens Park Hospital	Critical appraisal (7) Epidemiological studies	Clinical governance Quality in general practice
March 12^th	Management in practice (7)	Resource allocation	Health inequalities Diet
March 19^th	CSA Examination	No afternoon session – ST3s in practice to cover for trainers meeting
March 26^th	EASTER BREAK
April 2^nd	EASTER BREAK
April 9^th	Role of the LMC Mr David Noblett, Chairman Lancashire LMC	Ethics and the law	Smoking Vitamins Allergy
April 16^th	Consultation skills (7) – CBT	Critical appraisal (8) All about guidelines	QOF Risk management
April 23^rd	Consultation skills (8) – last video review	Critical appraisal (9) Statistics made simple	Counselling Domestic violence
April 30^th	Management in practice (8)	Research in general practice	Enhanced services Walk in centres
May 7^th	Preparing for independent practice
May 14^th	Last day of the course and review of the course
June 4^th	PALLIATIVE CARE STUDY DAY