Knee Problems in Primary Care- Interactive workshop

RCGP London Faculties GP Training Committee, The South London Faculty & the London Deanery in Greenwich has organised an Interactive workshop on 'Knee Problems in Primary Care' as part of the EASE (Educational & Support Evening) on the 8th Nov 2007.

Includes a hot buffet dinner and is free for all Trainees to attend. To reserve your place at this event, please email Martin Thompson, the administrator for the South London Faculty at mthompson@rcgp.org.uk or slondon@rcgp.org.uk.

The programme for the event can be downloaded here

Joint Injection Workshops

Pfizer is organising Joint Injection Workshops for all GPs and GP Trainees on four different dates at four different venues. All Trainees are welcome to attend. Please email bhavin.patel2@pfizer.com for further details and to book your place if you are interested.

Dates/ Venues

10th oct at Greenwich Novotel. 173 Greenwich High Rd

16th oct at Tamasha Indian Restaurant. 131 Widmore Rd. Bromley

24th oct Beuberry House, Gallery Rd, West Dulwich

25th oct holiday inn, Bexley. Black Prince Interchange.

(Thanks to Richard P for sharing the information)

Educational Supervisors

The list of Educational Supervisors for each Trainee for the entire length of the Rotation can be downloaded from here.
Kindly arrange to meet your Supervisor at early date for your reviews and appraisals

Educational evening on HRT (an evening out!)

An educational evening has been organised on HRT-Recent Developments "What Are the RealRisks/Benefits" at Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath on the 11th Oct. All Trainees are welcome to attend.

Title: HRT-Recent Developments "What Are the RealRisks/Benefits"

Speaker: Mr Michael Savvas, Consultant in Gynaecology

Time: Thurs 11th October
1830-1930 Registration and Buffet Dinner
1930-2030 Lecture HRT Recent Developments.

Venue: The Clarendon Hotel
Montepelier Row
Blackheath
London SE3 0RW
Tel 02083184378

Need to give your name and any special dietaryrequirements to Amy Lewis:lewisa9@wyeth.com or telephone 07879486941 asap

(Thanks Anna S for the information)

New Library at Hillyfields

A new Library/ Reading Room has been set up at Hillyfields Medical Centre for GP Trainees. It is located at the ground floor of the new building and is in the process of being indexed and updated further.
You can also contribute any books/ videos which might be of help to all the other Trainees and the future ones too. For further information please email either Dr Girish Malde or Bhaskar.

Feedback Form

Lewisham VTS Half Day Release Evaluation Form.doc

Feedback/ Evaluation of VTS Half Day Release

Please take some time to complete and send the Feedback/ Evaluation form for every Tuesday to girish.malde@nhs.net and bora.dr@gmail.com
The form can be downloaded from the hyperlink on the right side of this page.

Protected Learning Time for Lewisham GPs

Lewisham PCT is organising a session on Musculoskeletal problems as a part of Protected Learning Time on the 27th Sept 2007 afternoon. The information of the venue and programme is attached herewith.
Dr Girish Malde is coordinating the event and all GP trainees are invited to attend.

Venue:
FKG Tudor Sports Pavilion
(Near Eltham Road, SE12)

Timetable:

12:30-1:00pm- Registration and Lunch

1:00-3:00pm- Introduction (Girish Malde)

Meet the Departments

Departmental Updates

3:00-3:15pm- Coffee

3:15-4:45pm- Small Group Work (Orthopaedic/ Rheumatology Consultants UHL)

Primary Care Conferance

Primary Care Live are holding a Conference/Exhibition at Excel on 9th/10th October which is free for all healthcare professionals. The website to access for further information is www.primarycarelive.com

Bhaskar

GPVTS Palliative Care Study day 28/11/2007

Dear Friends,

St Christopher's Hospice is organising a GPVT Palliative Care Study day on the 28th Nov '07. All the Trainees are welcome to attend the course which is free for the Lewisham Trainees (and includes a free lunch!)
All Trainees please send your confirmation of attendence to me at bora.dr@gmail.com at an early date so that I can pass it on to the Organisers.

Bhaskar

Time 9:00 am
Venue:
St Christopher's Hospice
51-59 Lewrie Park Road
Sydenham, London
SE26 6DZ


Timetable


0900-0930: Registration.

0930 – 0935: Introduction to the day

0935- 0945: Large group discussion: what does the
dying patient need from their GP?

0945-1025: Pain

1025-1045: Coffee

1045 -1120: The GP’s role, and the GSF

1120-1150: Out of hours drugs and care

1150-1240: Working with families

1230-1300: Case discussions – non-pain symptoms

1300-1350: Lunch

1350-1425: Managing the last few days of life

1425-1500: Case discussions – non-pain symptoms

1500-1515: Tea

1515-1615: Ethical issues

1615-1640: Panel discussion

1640 – 1645: Concluding remarks

1645: Optional tour of hospice.

New Social Secretaries

Congrutulations to Paul Shire and Belinda Baffoe, the new Social Secretaries and Thanks to Charlotte for all her good work in making the last socials so enjoyable.

Keep on the lookout for plenty of new social events coming up.

New Website Administrator

I have been given the privilege to take over from Quyen as the website administrator. In order to make it more interactive and keep it constantly updated to be more useful, I shall be grateful for your input/ comments.
If you want post comments or have anything which might be useful to all of us then please email me on bora.dr@gmail.com

Bhaskar

Lewisham VTS Facebook

For all those who take pride in networking through Facebook (Facebooking!), there is a group dedicated to Lewisham GP Trainees called Lewisham VTS if you might like to join. Would that be a more fashionable way to keep in touch?

New Trainees

To all the new Trainees,

All you lucky ones who have now become a part of this elite group, can you kindly send in a nice photo of yours which will be uploaded as your profile picture on the website.
You can send your snaps to Bhaskar at bora.dr@gmail.com

Dermatology Teaching session for GP Trainees

Lewisham Hospital is organising a Dermatology Teaching session for GP Trainees on the 4th Oct 2007 from 12:00 to 3:30 pm. It is free for all the trainees with a free lunch.
If interested then please call or email Ashley O'shaughnessy on 02072063305 / ashley.o'shaughnessy@lewishampct.nhs.uk

It is supposed to be first come first served with limited places.

Autumn Term 2007

Date:
11th Sept 2007
Weekly Until 4 December 2007

Venue:
Hilly Fields Medical Centre
172 Adelaide Avenue
Brockley
London SE4 1

Timetable:

1:00pm Lunch - Sandwiches provided

1:45pm Meeting starts
*Please try to be on time

3:30pm Tea break - Tea and Biscuits provided
*Tea Rota as on the notice board

5:00pm Meeting ends

For the topics please refer to GPST Autumn 2007 timetable

Away Day - Paris 2007

1. Arrival on the street of Paris

2. Work

3. Lunch

4. Hotel

5. Dinner (One for the women!)

6. Walking Tour

7. Notre Dame

8. River Seine

9. Eiffel Tower

10. Metro

11. Birthday Girl

Relaxation Techniques for Doctors

Here is an interesting presentation on "Relaxation Techniques" by Dr Milen Shah. It was sent to Dr Malde and I thought it would be a useful read.

Making the Most of your Registrar Year

Providing you with advice and support during your GP training

www.londongpvts.org.uk

11th September 2007

N.B. For those current ST2s who might be starting their GP component in February 2008 - There will only be one GPR induction day per year in September and we won't be running the one we used to hold in March.

A whole day is spent covering what your year ahead entails. It is exclusively for ST3 trainees at the beginning of their general practice year. The day is jointly organised by your representative committees at the Deanery and the Royal College, the London GP Speciality Training Committee (LGC) and the London Faculties GP Training Committee (LFGC) respectively. The London Deanery has funded the day and it‘s free!

By the end participants will:

• have a clear understanding of the role of the Deanery and the Royal College of GPs
• know how to make the most of your trainer
• overview of the nMRCGP exam, including AKT, CSA & WPBA
• plan the GP year ahead
• browse through all the books you need and purchase them at a discounted rate
• find out all about the London GP Speciality Training Committee and how you can represent your speciality training programme

Date	Venue	Administrator
Tuesday 11th September 2007 9:00-5:00	London House, Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London. WC1N 2AB.	To book your place, contact rhortop@londondeanery.ac.uk. Tel: 020 7866 3172 Places are limited so book early.

Recent quotes about ‘Making the Most of your GP Registrar Year’:

‘It was nice to meet other GP registrars and learn how to plan the year ahead.’

‘Given all relevant information of the year ahead from experienced speakers.’

Employment Law

Here is the presentation on employment law by Nigel Youngman.

Oasis - Early Intervention in Psychosis

Here is the presentation on "Early intervention in psychosis" by Dr Louise Johns.

Social Events

New Social Event Page Here: http://lgpstsocial.blogspot.com/

Remember, we have all promised to attend at least 1 event this term!

Half Day Release Programme Summer Term 2007

Hillyfields Medical Centre 172 Adelaide Avenue, SE4
2-5pm

17 Apr Group Work
24 Apr Breast Disease (Mr Hisham Hamed)
01 May Giving and receiving feedback (Dr Akber Mohamedali)
08 May Gynaecological Problems (Mrs Ruth Cochrane)
15 May Mental Health Promotion (PHPU/Miriam Mica)
22 May Open
29 May Open
05 June Sydenham Garden Project/Open (Dr Jim Sikorski)
12 June Employment Law (Nigel Youngman)
19 June Oasis: Detecting early psychosis (Dr Lucia Valmaggia)
26 June Open
03 July Away Day

Please email dates you are unable to attend stating: annual leave, exams, which hospital job….etc in advance to riazjetha@hotmail.com

Cumberland Lodge Away Day Pics

1.Warm up game. Check out the tactic board!	1.
2. Thinking outside the box	2. Thinking outside the box
3. Lunch	3. Lunch
4. Ready for a post lunch walk	4. Ready for a post lunch walk
5. Ramblers' gear	5. Ramblers' gear
6. Lewisham Ramblers Association	6. Lewisham Ramblers Association
7. Reservoir Dogs	7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Dinner Time	8. Dinner Time
9. Table 2	9. Table 2
10. Speed dating	10. Speed dating
11. Did we miss something?	11. Did we miss something?
12. Spicy Girls	12. Spicy Girls
13. Queen's Mum team	13. Queen's Mum team
14. Windsor Castle Day Pass. Who's Clair Brinkley?	14. Windsor Castle Day Pass. Who's Clair Brinkley?
15. Post Print Room Pic.	15. Post Print Room Pic.
6	6
7	7

Cumberland Lodge Away Days 20th - 21st March 2007

Dealing with uncertainty

Tuesday 20.3.07

9.30am: arrive, settle in, coffee etc

10 –11am: ice breaker, introduction to aims and objectives and plan for the two days.

11 -11.30am: coffee

11.30 –1pm: presentation and discussion

1 -2pm: Lunch

2-3pm: Walk

3-4pm: case based discussions

4-4.30pm: tea

4.30-6pm: second afternoon session (skills practice : ?role plays in small groups)

7-8pm: dinner then after dinner games until 9.30 pm


Wednesday 21.3.07

9 -11am: first session (looking at emotional aspects, housekeeping etc)

11-11.30am: coffee

11.30 – 1pm: second session (summarising key learning points and take home messages: plus any more learning needs identified, reflection, evaluation)

1-2pm: lunch

Route Map

Musculoskeletal Presentation

Here is Dr G.Malde presentation on Musculosketal Problems in Primary Care.

Quyen

£3,000+ Pay Cut for New GP Registrar (ST3)

With all the press coverage on the 0% pay rise for GP and below inflation rise for most other health workers, I almost missed the worse news of all - PAY CUT for NEW GP Registrar!

From April 2007, new GP Registrar will have their supplement cut from 65% to 55%. This equates to a pay cut of at least £3,000 per annun!

Quyen

New Website Email

I have acquired the following email address for our website:

lgpst@mail.com

Please email me at the above address if you would like to start posting on the blog.

Quyen

New Website Address

For a princely sum of £6, I have obtained the following website address (domain name) for our Lewisham GP Specialist Training scheme:

LGPST.org.uk

I trust it is agreeable to everyone and is easier to remember than our previous address!

Quyen

Child Protection Lecture Handout

Here is the Powerpoint presentation for the Child Protection lecture
by Dr Judy Chen

Quyen

New Website Address

Tony, who has done a great job looking after this blog for the VTS, is leaving us for pasture new. Thanks Tony for all your effort!

I have volunteered to try and fill his shoes. Please let me know if you would like to be involved with the upkeep of the blog or if there is anything you would like to see on the blog. For example, I have always wanted a more user friendly website address and have managed to obtain the following address for free*:

www.lewishamvts.co.nr

However, I don't like the ".co.nr" and think we can do better. Also with the introduction of the MMC, VTS is outdated now and I think the scheme is now called GP Specialist Training. Therefore, I would appreciate any suggestion for a new website address.

Quyen Nguyen

*Obtained from freedomain.co.nr but they do insist on having their icon (the fish on the right) on our page