1. Have completed a trust induction and departmental induction( if you are in a new hospital)
2. Meet with you ES/College tutor within the 1st 2 weeks of your rotation, a mid term appraisal and pre ARCP appraisal. It is your responsibility to arrange this. Upload evidence of this on your portfolio.
3. Discuss your PDP (objective setting)-
4. Select an audit project/QIP
5. Keep a track of all CPD and write a reflection- College CPD diary can be used for this.
6. Start populating your portfolio with your curriculum requirements as early as possible- space out the CBDs to do 2 a month and write a good reflection in spaces available.
7. Keep a record of your surgical log and complications- if any write a reflection – Proforma for this to follow (Continuous Cataract Complications Audit)
8. Use the RSTA forms to populate your achievements (form to follow)
9. Start your MSF in January 2018.
10. Populate a CSR for each Clinical supervisor (with comments in > 50% of domains) for each 6 month period- due Jan 2018 and May 2018
11. ESR populated in January and May and signed off.
12. Report critical incidents or an adverse events and write a reflection.
13. EPA in year 6 and 7 at least 2.
14. GMC survey and EPEF to be completed when sent.
Please see the ARCP requirements attached so that you are well prepared for ARCP in 2018 for which the following dates have been decided. Those needing an interim ARCP will be informed of the date. The following dates have been agreed with the deanery.
1. Date for portfolio’s to be complete 1st June 2018.
2. Week for virtual assessments by STC- 2nd June -8th June 2018
3. RA and TPD to review virtual results and invite for interview 15th June 2018
4. Date of interviews for ARCP 29th June 2018.
Relive her journey via the video link below:
https://www.relive.cc/view/1107383578
Donate here:
We are reaching the final phase of our charity drive 2017.
If you haven't done so already, share our link with your friends and family. It's all going for a good cause. Have a look at the justgiving website to see what we have been up to.
Welsh Ophthalmic Trainees are pleased to share with you our first ever Charity Event. We
are raising money for SightSavers international and hope to reach our
target of £1000 (or more!). They are a group that fights
avoidable blindness and we know first hand the impact eye disease can
have on an individual so this cause is close to our hearts.
Visit our donation site here.
http://www.justgiving.com/welshophth
It is expected that all Ophthalmology trainees have access to methods of simulation to learn and improve on their surgical skills. Methods of simulation can vary from low-tech methods to use of the EyeSi cataract simulator.
A RCOphth Simulation training working group is currently developing training guidelines and strategy for us to approach arranging simulation teaching.
Currently you should undertake some form of simulation assisted learning and log these activities under the ‘Simulation tab’ of the RCOphth Eye logbook.
We will update this page according to advice provided by the RCOphth Simulation group.
Links for Simulation resources from the RCOphth are shown below:
RCO website simulation page:
https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/training/ost-information/simulation/
The RCOphth suggested simulation curriculum:
RCOphth Simulator resources information link:
https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Web-doc-simulation-information.pdf
This is Eulee's great story about her recent adventure - and doing it for such a good cause too! This year, W.O.T.S is raising money for Sightsavers for our Charity Event 2017. Read her story and come lend us some support!
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Stetind – a 1391m granite formation rising straight from the fjords of Northern Norway, 1.8 billion years old and exposed by glaciers. Its location in the Artic circle meant that it receives 24 hours of daylight in the summer and 24 hours of darkness in the winter. It was voted Norway’s national mountain by a popular vote, and has a very distinctive appearance. When asked to climb a mountain to fundraise for Sightsavers it seemed like the most appropriate challenge. To put it in context Pen y Fan is 886m, Snowdon is 1085m and Ben Nevis is 1345m. However while it is possible to walk up these peaks, the easiest route up Stetind requires scrambling (using hands as well as feet to climb), a technical climb as well as an abseil.
After mulling over it for a few months,I planned a trip with my climbing partner ( who is conveniently Norwegian – meet Åke – his comments are in this report). There are a number of routes up Stetind but we decided on Normalveien (‘The Normal route’)
