Please find below a list of courses and training dates that Wessex Trainees might find useful. To avoid disappointment, trainees booking onto these courses will need to ensure they give sufficient notice for requesting study leave.
Training Days for HST
WREMTA Training Days
14 September 2022 In person at the Deanery Otterbourne
21 September 2022 Virtual Southampton
19 October 2022 virtual Basingstoke
9 November 2022 In Person Portsmouth
30 November 2022 Virtual Dorchester
14 December 2022 In Person Southampton
15 February 2023In person Basingstoke
1 March 2023 Virtual Bournemouth
22 March 2023 In person Salisbury
26 April 2023 Virtual Southampton
3 May 2023 virtual Salisbury
24 May 2023 In person Portsmouth
21 June 2023 In person Poole
5 July 2023 In person Bournemouth
EM LEADERS study day
All taking place at HEE-Wessex, Southern House, Otterbourne
Leading quality
19 September 2022
17 October 2022
Leading change
28 November 2022
6 December 2022
Leading strategy
28 February 2023
20 March 2023
FRCEM MOCK exam
4 January 2023 based at UHS
18 January 2023 based at UHS
Other courses
7 October 2022 Adult sedation course Portsmouth
8 November 2022 Decision making and human factors course Salisbury
16 November 2022 QI training Otterbourne
23 November 2022 RIPS course UHD
5 January 2023 RIPS course UHD
22 March 2023 RIPS course UHD
RCEM events
3 – 6 October 2022 RCEM ASC
1 November 2022 Managing from trainee to consultant
22 – 23 November 2022 EMTA IN person Blackpool
18 – 20 April 2023 RCEM Spring conference London
26 – 28 September 2023 RCEM ASC Glasgow
Training Days for ACCS and ST3
July 2022
ACCS
RTD 10 (Poole) Dr Naomi Wee hosting – Tuesday 19th July 2022, Anaesthetics
Trainee Forum
Regional Anaesthesia
Medical ethics and research principles
Lunch
Weakness and paralysis including stroke and stroke mimics
Pelvic Pain and menstrual disorders
Trainee presentations
Close
ST3
5 July 2022 – Southampton (Tonia Donnelly)
Step up to ST4 : Intro to HST (HST TPD + EM HST/Registrar)
Poisoning
Leadership/Stepping-up XI: Being a registrar, doing nights solo (ED registrar) and Civility saves lives
Wellbeing: Resilience, Creating a healthy and supportive workplace, FERF
October 2022
ACCS
Regional ACCS Simulation Day (Salisbury) – provisionally October 2022 – date TBC
RTD 12 (Deanery) – TPD and Trainee Rep hosting – Tuesday 18th October 2022
Trainee Forum
Trainee presentations
Lunch
TPD update – curriculum, portfolios, reflective practice and ARCP requirements
Ballistics and blast injury
Ultrasound basics for ACCS – regional US faculty
Close
November 2022
ACCS
RTD 13 (Portsmouth) Dr Michela Iadarola hosting– Thursday 24th November 2022, AM
Trainee forum
Legal frameworks (to cover Death certificates, the coroner and mental health legislation)
Haematological emergencies
Lunch
Alcohol and brief intervention teams
Care of the dying patient – Advanced care plans, psychosocial concerns, end of life decision making and palliative care
Acute Kidney Injury, electrolyte disorders and RRT
Close
December 2022
ACCS
RTD 14 (UHS) Dr Michael Stewart hosting – Tuesday 20th December 2022, ICM
Trainee Forum
Organ dysfunction – Respiratory failure, NIV (and when to intubate) and inotropic support
Evidence and guidelines – study methodologies, principles of critical appraisal, levels of evidence
Lunch
Patient safety projects update – trainee presentations
Dermatological emergencies and concerning rashes
Christmas quiz!
Close
February 2023
ACCS
RTD 15 (Poole) Dr Brian Lockey hosting – Thursday 23rd February 2023, EM
Trainee Forum
Communication skills including breaking bad news
Palpitations and use of echocardiography
Lunch
Wound assessment and management
The poisoned patient including toxidromes
Resuscitation medicine – CPR, evidence for relatives in the resus room and resus council guidelines
Close
March 2023
ACCS
RTD 16 (Salisbury) Dr Gail Ng hosting – Tuesday 21st March 2023, EM
Trainee Forum
Obstetric emergencies
Gastrointestinal disorders including jaundice/ cirrhosis/ GI bleeding/ IBD and functional disorders
Lunch
Trainee presentations
Simulation cases – learning from SIRIs and decision making
Close
April 2023
ACCS
RTD 17 (Portsmouth) Dr Chirag Patel hosting – Thursday 20th April 2023, Anaesthetics
Trainee Forum
Antibiotic policy and public health
GUM emergencies – including needlestick/splash contamination injuries, HIV and PEP
Lunch
Practical ultrasound +/- triggered assessments – Regional US faculty
Pre-ARCP update
Close
May 2023
ACCS
RTD 18 (UHS) Dr Gordon Morrison hosting – Tuesday 25th May 2023, AM
Trainee Forum
Fever including special groups (returning traveller, immunocompromised patients and PUO)
Frailty medicine
Lunch
The European law and EWTD
Personal behaviours – GMC guidance/ Generic Professional Capabilities
Patient safety projects/ trainee presentations
Close
June 2023
ACCS
RTD 19 (Deanery) Dr Nicola Sparrow and Trainee Rep – Thursday 22nd June 2023
Trainee Forum
Case presentations
Lunch
Urological emergencies
Paediatric trauma management
Diving medicine
Close
July 2023
ACCS
RTD 20 (Poole) Dr Matt Taylor hosting – Tuesday 18th July 2021, ICM
Trainee forum
Oncological emergencies
Difficult airway – assessment and management
Lunch
Arrythmias, valvular disease and sudden cardiac death
Approach and management of the unconscious adult
Infection control including notifiable diseases
Close