UKFPO Bulletin: 27th January 2021

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UKFPO/NACT Foundation Programme Sharing Best Practice Event – 24 March 2021

This meeting is to encourage both faculty and foundation doctors to share their educational best practice and has been held annually for a number of years. If possible it will be a face-to-face event in Birmingham, UK; however, arrangements are being made to run it as a hybrid or virtual event if required.

The abstract submission deadline has now passed. Registration is open. Details on the NACT website.

The Foundation e-learning programme


The Foundation e-learning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) and is approved by UKFPO.

Do you need to complete parts of the curriculum on your e-portfolio which you do not cover in day-to-day practice? If so, why not try some of our free e-learning mapped directly to the Foundation Professional Capabilities (Training Outcomes) in the 2016 Foundation Curriculum.

The sessions in the e-LfH Foundation e-learning programme:


Professional Capability: 2
Delivers patient centred care and maintains trust sessions:

·     Assessing Mental Capacity

·     Planning Ahead Using the MCA

·     Best Interests

·     Restraint

·     Deprivation of Liberty

·     Patient Autonomy and Related Ethics

·     Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

·     Confidentiality and Privacy

·     Keeping the Patient at the Centre of Care

·     Seeing the Whole Picture

·     Family Dynamics Affecting Discharge

You can sign in to the e-learning with your login supplied by e-LfH at any time during your foundation training.

HORUS and TURAS link to e-LfH e-learning sessions from the FP Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.

Events, Information and Opportunities from External Partners

3rd annual Core Surgical Training Interview Course (King’s College London)

Following the rigorous shortlisting process, we expect the competition for Core Surgical Training posts to be higher than ever. Due to this and the high demand, we will be hosting our final Core Surgical Training Interview Course on Saturday 13th February. This course will be held online for the safety of our candidates and examiners and keeping to how the actual interview will be as per LaKSS. 

We will hold our famous lectures in the morning. These consist of frameworks and techniques on how to succeed in the Core Surgical Training Interview. This is followed by our famous mock interview circuit. The examiners are the highest scoring current Core Surgical Trainees and will provide personal and critical feedback. Each candidate will have the opportunity to have 2 interviews and observe 2 interviews. 

The lectures are also available on our online resources alongside practice scenarios, key topics and useful blueprints for interview questions. We also have a limited number of one-on-one coaching spaces for candidates that are keen to further develop their skills. Please find the leaflet here and visit our website for further details www.cstinterview.co.uk.

Sustainable Healthcare 2021 Medical Conference – Saturday 13th March

If you are interested in presenting your work at an international conference, and hearing from renowned speakers in the field of medical sustainability, please consider attending our upcoming IVMC3.This is a free, virtual even which will be held on Saturday 13th March 9-5pm GMT.

IVMC has had a fantastic track record starting with just 150 attendees at IVCM1, 800+ at IVMC2 and we are hoping to breach the 1000+ mark for IVMC with every corner of the globe represented by medical students and junior doctors.

All the info you need is below – please feel free to email me if you have any uncertainties – harry.carr2@nhs.net.

Register here.

Keep in the loop using these channels:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedAllApp/status/1344578542420549632?s=20 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6750343205088198656 

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdRmIrgNfO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/2cgDAyVqj

Foundation Feed

You are invited to join the new Foundation Feed, which streamlines posts from the UKFPO, HEE and other stakeholder’s social media accounts to ensure Foundation doctors are kept up to date.

Free educational online resources

The Virtual College has a page of free educational online courses across a variety of topics, including infection prevention, safeguarding and mental health.