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Forensic Psychotherapy (dual)
Severn Postgraduate Medical Education Advanced Training in Forensic Psychotherapy Introduction This training scheme offers five years of higher specialist dual training in Forensic Psychotherapy. The objective of the training is to prepare the trainee for future appointment as either a Consultant in Forensic Psychotherapy, a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist with special responsibility for Forensic Psychotherapy, or a Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy. The training scheme has been designed... Read more...
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Guidance for Trainees: On-Call and Emergency Work
Training in Emergency Psychiatry: Out of Hours Working All psychiatry trainees (at Core and Advanced level) must gain competencies in emergency psychiatry. These will be clearly outlined in the relevant curriculum. The new curriculum states ‘Demonstrate proficiency in devising safe, effective, collaborative systemic treatment and management plans, depending upon the differential diagnoses, comorbidities, reproductive status, clinical situation and risks in an emergency, as well as in the short... Read more...
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Old Age Psychiatry
The Training Programme Director for Old Age Psychiatry Training is Dr Seona Duroux. The Old Age Training Scheme in Psychiatry offers 11 Advanced Trainee National Training Numbers which includes trainees undertaking both single and dual CCTs (in Old Age & General Adult Psychiatry). Trainees rotate through posts at the beginning of either February or August. Those trainees who who are LTFT are also encouraged to rotate at these times so as to enable all trainees to have an equal opportunity in... Read more...
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Revalidation
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Integrated Academic & Clinical Training Programme
Integrated Academic and Clinical training programme in Psychiatry at Severn Postgraduate Medical Education and the University of Bristol The School of Psychiatry in Severn Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) in partnership with Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol, offers a high quality integrated academic and clinical training programme for those intending to follow an academic career pathway in psychiatry. There are two entry routes to academic training: 1) at core trainee le... Read more...
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Attendance at the Core Psychiatry Course
Message from Dr Roz Ward, Core Psychiatry Training Programme Director Dear all, I just want to make sure everyone is aware of the expectations around attending this course. The Royal College of Psychiatrists stipulate that attendance is mandatory, and indeed it is necessary before being signed off to take your MRCPsych examinations. It is held on a normal working day, and Trusts are very clear that it is a contractual requirement that you always attend. We recognise that there will be occasions,... Read more...
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Training and Post Descriptions
All training placements within this training scheme have been approved for training by the Quality Assurance Group of the School of Psychiatry. All educational supervisors are required to complete appropriate training and engage in regular updates for this role. The posts available each rotation will vary depending on the responsibilities of the consultant trainer. The following provide examples of some of the job descriptions of training posts within the scheme. ST4-6 Training in the Southmead-... Read more...
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Advice for Prospective Advanced Trainers
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Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP)
The Severn Postgraduate School of Psychiatry guide to ARCPs can be found here. This will provide you with a comprehensive summary of the ARCP process in Severn, which the School of Psychiatry follows. Many trainees tell us that they feel anxious before their ARCP and worry about what will happen. We would like to help you to feel more confident as you approach your ARCP. It is almost always a time to celebrate all of the amazing things that you have been doing over the last year. Very occasiona... Read more...
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General Adult Core and Sub Specialty Posts
no SPECIALITY AREA/HOSPITAL TRAINER 1 General Adult Core community Bath Intensive (Crisis/HT) Dr Chris Lucchese 2 General Adult Core community Bath Recovery Dr Thom Proven 3 General Adult Core Community Bath Early Intervention Dr Liz Ewins 4 General Adult Core community Bristol Central Recovery Dr Simon Downer 5 General Adult Core community Bristol North Recovery Dr Dan Hodgson 6 General Adult Core Community North Bristol Crisis Service Dr Sy... Read more...
