Wessex offers high-quality Rheumatology training in beautiful locations. Our training sites offer a comprehensive training experience, supported by a network of committed educational and clinical supervisors.
Our training days link to the rheumatology curriculum, ensuring a balance of theoretical and more practical knowledge, and the opportunity to get to know other trainees in the region, ensuring that your training will not only equip you to embark on a consultant career, but will be a sociable one as well.
Our aim is to produce doctors who have the skill set to work effectively as Consultant Rheumatologists in the current NHS, and who have had the opportunity to develop specific areas of interest and expertise in their training that further enhance their job satisfactions, and make them competitive at appointment interviews.
Our trainees have an excellent track record in securing consultant posts. All benefit from an excellent training in all aspects of Rheumatology, including: connective tissue disease, inflammatory arthritis, metabolic bone disease and paediatric rheumatology, and many take up opportunities in academic rheumatology.