Rotations for 2011!

As the nights draw in and the leaves start turning yellow it comes to that time of year when I start thinking about vacancies in August 2011 ... again! Applications to start GP training in August 2011 open on Monday 22nd November 2010. Further details can be found at the National GP Recruitment Website click here.

So - I have started looking at what rotations we will have and where we will have vacant slots. We are not able to swap any of our current trainees hospital posts but we maybe able to swap GP posts (as long as it will not upset the rota). If you would like me to consider a swap then click here and tell me what you would like to do. I cannot promise I will be able to do it but I will consider it.

Remember, its only nine weeks till the recruitment process for 2011 starts!

Deanery Quality Monitoring Visit

The Deanery is inspecting our training posts at Mid Yorks NHS Trust next week. This is part of the Deaneries planned Quality Monitoring of all training posts in the region. We are particularly interested in trainees good and bad experiences about their hospital training posts. The things we are particularly interested in are:

• Ability to get to whole day training
• Clinical supervision
• Organisation of post
• Any areas of concern that you feel the Deanery should know about

If you would like me to feedback some comment to the Deanery inspection team then click here and I will annonymously feedback your comments.

Preparing for AKT

If you are thinking of doing the AKT this time then you can now book your place via the RCGP website now. The Training Programme Directors advice that you should take the AKT exam in ST2 as soon as you have done some general practice. If you have done a general practice post in ST1 then you should be doing it now. The next AKT exam is 27th October and you can apply between 7th - 24th September via the RCGP website or 9th to 27th September via the Pearson Vue website.

The Yorkshire and Humber Deanery has produce a helpful guide about how to think about your preparation for the exam. Click here to download the Word document.

Another resource that trainees who have passed AKT have found helpful is Pass Medicine - click here to go to their website.

Good luck!