East Midlands Postgraduate School of Medicine (South)

All 3 major NHS Trusts in East Midlands Deanery (South) [University Hospitals of Leicester - UHL, Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital] contribute to a successful CMT Training Programme. The majority of rotations offer a year in Kettering or Northampton and 1 year in Leicester. Our rotations provide a wide experience of acute medical specialties which we believe provides trainees with a combination of excellent learning opportunities and a wealth of clinical experience. Many of our rotations have been specifically 'themed' towards possible future subspecialty interests (see http://www.lnrmed.org.uk)

Successful applicants are asked to express a preference between the different rotations, to suit individual interests and career plans. Allocation to rotation is on the basis of expressed preference and interview score. Locum appointment for training (LAT) posts may be appointed if short term training opportunities arise, but all appointments in the first round of application for 2010 will be CT1 posts.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

UHL NHS Trust incorporates the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester General Hospital. CMT posts in these hospitals offer exceptional experience in both acute medicine and chronic disease management in all of the medical disciplines. UHL NHS Trust offers tertiary referral services for the southern half of the East Midlands and has strong links with the University of Leicester. Each CMT rotation has been tailored to provide the right balance of acute medicine and ward based specialty training. All rotations include specialties with strong international academic credentials and there is a desire for CMT trainees to develop research and audit skills during their time in Leicester in preparation for commencement of specialist training.

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

General medicine at Northampton General Hospital provides a broad experience in acute general medicine and training in the full range of medical specialties. The hospital has a number of new developments including interventional cardiology, an acute stroke unit and a new renal unit which opened in 2008. CMT rotations within NGH are split between acute general medicine which combines work on the Emergency Assessment Unit and attachments to specialist wards including cardiology, respiratory, stroke, nephrology, haematology and predominantly outpatient based specialties such as dermatology, rheumatology & neurology. These 1 year rotations provide excellent specialist and general medicine training and have been combined with training posts at UHL to ensure a rounded and complete 2 year training in core medical training.

Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust

Kettering has been a popular choice for medical trainees for many years due to its friendly atmosphere and good track record with the MRCP exam, many former trainees returning to the Trust subsequently as senior trainees or Consultants. The Core Medical Training program provides trainees with a broad range of skills and experience to enable them to confidently progress to higher specialist training. The rotations contain a good mixture of the essential medical specialties with two of the rotations offering the further possibility of gaining valuable experience of Emergency Medicine. These posts would be especially suited to trainees wanting to enter Acute Medicine. Again the year in Kettering is combined with one year in Leicester and the specialties undertaken over the two years have been chosen to complement each other to allow the CMT trainee the opportunity to consolidate vital emergency medicine and outpatient skills in preparation for a successful transition to specialty training.

Why train in the East Midlands (South) School of Medicine?

CMT trainees in our training program have a strong pass rate for MRCP Part I, II and PACES. There is a well established educational program and excellent PACES teaching at each of the three sites for the 6-8 weeks before each diet of PACES. The newly established cross-deanery education program runs in a two year cycle and provides interactive teaching in all the medical specialties and an opportunity to meet the training program directors for specialty training for career guidance. This program supplements local CMT training programs which are also of very high quality. The recent Royal College of Physicians/ PMETB External Assessors visit specifically commented on the well structured education program and the opportunities for training in East Midlands (South).

The Royal College of Physicians tutors take an active role in providing pastoral care and co-ordinate regular reviews of trainee progress to ensure that any problems either with a particular post or an individual's progress are promptly addressed. Trainees also play a vital role in developing the CMT training program and representatives sit on the CMT training committee to provide feedback and suggestions for improving the program.

For further details on all the East Midlands (South) CMT training program and additional information regarding ACCS training and Academic Clinical Fellowships please go to www.lnrmed.org.uk

Contact details:

East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery (South Centre)
Rutland House
11 Merus Court
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
LE19 1RJ

Email: medicalrecruitment2010@eastmidlands.nhs.uk