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BST Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Your Training Journey

Catherine Corcoran, O&G Medical Training
Coordinator

17 July 2019
BST Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Your Training Journey - Catherine Corcoran, O&G Medical Training Coordinator 17 July 2019 - Amazon AWS
BST O&G Governance

Dean of Postgraduate Specialist Training
Prof Colm Bergin

National Specialty Directors
Dr Méabh Ní Bhuinneáin
Dr Etaoin Kent

Hub Coordinators
Coombe Hub: Dr Nadine Farah
Cork Hub:     Dr Keelin O'Donoghue
NMH Hub:      Prof Mary Higgins
Rotunda Hub: Dr Hassan Rajab
West Hub:     Dr Michael O'Leary
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BST O&G – What does it entail?

                              Exams

          Curriculum                        Courses
                              BST
                          Obstetrics
                            and
         Your learning   Gynaecology       Recording
                                          your training
         opportunities                     –ePortfolio

                            Assessments

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Examinations Requirement

MRCPI (O&G)

Designed to allow you to demonstrate what you
have learned in the workplace

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Examinations

• Opportunity to show what you have learned in the
  workplace
• Plan for when you will attempt exams
• Complete MRCOG Part I or equivalent before sitting
  MRCPI Part II
• Feedback is available from MRCPI clinical exams
• Pass MRCPI for BST Certification
• Entry requirement for HST
• Auto enrolled to Exams course on The RCPI website
  once you secure an exam place.                Exams

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Two components in the MRCPI O&G exam

                 • 100 Single Best Answer Questions
                 • 3 hour exam
Part 2 Written

                 • OSCE: Seven stations, 10 minutes each
 Part 2 OSCE     • Clinical exam: One long clinical case, 40 minutes
   /Clinical

                                                                       Exams

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BST O&G Courses p14

• Basic Practical Skills Course
  Taking place this week and next week.

• BST Leadership in Clinical Practice* -
    o   Module 1: Patient Safety (online)
    o   Module 2: Teaching Skills (online)
    o   Module 3: Leadership Skills (2 day workshop) – Already
        enrolled
    o   Module 4: Communication Skills (1 day
        workshop) - Already enrolled
                                                       Courses

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BST O&G Courses

• Certificate in Basic Ultrasound, Online course -
  automatically enrolled by RCPI

• Ethics, Prescribing Skills and Blood Transfusion* –
   o   Online course - automatically enrolled by RCPI
   o   1 day workshop - Book via Brightspace

• Infection Control
   o   This course is not delivered by RCPI.            Courses
       Please check with Medical Manpower
       in your hospital.
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BST O&G Courses

• Health Research is an online course to be taken
  in Year 3 only

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology Practical Scenario
  Models is an online course,

  Book your place on courses early!
  *If you complete your courses after completing BST rotations, you will be
  charged a fee

                                                                     Courses

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The Digital Hub

• Access to RCPI digital services by logging into the RCPI website

• These digital services help you manage your training and educational
  activities

                                 You need your username and password to access
                                 all your digital services.

                                 Contact the RCPI Helpdesk if you have any issues
                                 accessing.

                                 There is a Helpdesk stand in the Graves Hall for
                                 support.

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RCPI Courses and Events

• Accessed through the Digital Hub
• Links in ePortfolio

• Free for Trainees
• Register for RCPI mandatory courses (next
  week) and your training programme study days
  (next month)
• Book early – there is a waitlist feature for when
  an event is fully booked
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Brightspace
• Accessed through the
  Digital Hub
• New RCPI virtual learning
  environment
• Content for courses (both
  online and offline) and
  study days
• Online courses can be
  completed
• Feedback and Certificates
  of Attendance following the
  event

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Brightspace

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ePortfolio - Kaizen

• Accessed through Digital Hub – mobile and desktop
• Record of your training activities
• Progression through training against minimum
  requirements
• Trainer sign off – on the spot or remotely
• Will be available soon!

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ePortfolio – trainee dashboard

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Filling out a form

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Linking your trainer for signing off forms
ePortfolio - Tips

•   Check your post and trainer details are correct
•   Meet with your trainer and agree goals for your post
•   Complete your Personal Goals form
•   Record activities on a regular basis
•   Complete your quarterly/end of post forms
•   Submit all records before finishing in a post

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Also in the Digital Hub

                     • Online Journals
                     • Research Services

                     • Rewards scheme

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BST O&G Assessments

• Years 1 and 3 are normally assessed in Nov/ Dec annually
• Year 2 is normally assessed in late Jan/ early Feb annually

Structure: NSDs conduct a formal review of your clinical performance
using trainer input, plus thorough scrutiny of your ePortfolio entries

• Progression is dependant on a satisfactory outcome
• Year 2 assessment is combined with Year 3 recruitment interview
  (competitive entry)

• Where the outcome is ‘not progressing’ remedial measures will be
  recommended followed by an interim assessment         Assessments

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BST O&G Lifecycle: Year 1 and 2 SHO

   Jul 2018– Jan 2019           Jan 2019 – July 2019

     • Review Curriculum           • Review Curriculum
     • Meet your Trainer and       • Meet your Trainer and
         set Goals                   review Goals
     • Think about your exams      • Think about your exams
         and Study Days
     First year Assessments –
     How do I prepare?

   July 2019– Jan 2020          Jan 2020 – July 2020

     • Review Curriculum           • Review Curriculum
     • Meet your Trainer           • Meet your Trainer
     • Think about your exams      • Think about your exams
         and Study Days
      Prepare for:                  Competitive entry into Year
     Second Year Assessments                    3
     and Interview for year 3

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BST O&G Lifecycle: Year 3 Jnr Reg

   July 2020– Jan 2021        Jan 2021 – July 2021

     Review Curriculum           Review Curriculum
     Meet your Trainer           Meet your Trainer
     Think about your exams      Think about your exams
     Study Days                  Trainee Awards Open
     Apply for HST

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Getting Started - Your First Rotation

•   Know your curriculum
•   Meet your trainer and set your goals for the year
•   Get to know your RCPI Digital Services
•   Start using ePortfolio
•   Log onto your RCPI Brightspace – e learning
•   Research your mandatory courses
•   Look at the learning opportunities available to you
•   Think about your exams
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Before you complete your rotation

• Ensure you have recorded all of your requirements in
  your ePortfolio, and they have been signed off by your
  trainer.

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Certification,

To qualify for a Certificate of Completion of Basic Specialist
Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, you will need to satisfy
the following exit criteria:

•   Ensure all of the Minimum Requirements listed in your
    curriculum have been met

•   End of Post Assessment Form signed by each of your trainers
    in your ePortfolio

•   Pass the MRCPI O&G examination

•   Upload a copy of your MRCPI Diploma to the your ePortfolio

•   Upload copies of your mandatory course certificates to your
    ePortfolio

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Eduroam

      • Eduroam (education roaming) is a secure, world-wide
        roaming access service developed for the international
        research and education community.

      • Eduroam allows you to obtain Internet connectivity in
        available sites and when visiting other participating
        institutions by simply connecting your device.
Eduroam Hotspots
Eduroam - How to connect

• Visit https://cat.eduroam.org/ to install and logon with any device

• Once the Eduroam installer is downloaded on your PC/Laptop/ Phone
  or device you will be asked for your RCPI login and password

                       Further details: help.rcpi.ie
Support available to you, p28-30

• Your Trainer                   • RCPI Postgraduate Medical
                                   Education Centre
                                    (PMEC)
• Your Hub Coordinator           courses@rcpi.ie

                                 • Medical Manpower and
• Site Trainee Rep                 Occupational Health

• National Specialty Directors   • HSE Workplace Health and
                                   Wellbeing Service
                                   www.workwell.ie
• Trainees’ Committee Rep
                                 • Training Post Evaluation

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RCPI Office Contacts
Name
                   Fiona Collins          Sheila Kelly              Muire Graham
Hospital Group     RCPI South/South West RCPI Saolta Hospital Group UL Hospital Group
Office Name
                   Hospital Group
Address            Office 2.60,           Academic Office,          Postgraduate Office,
                   School of Medicine     Nurses Home               Ground Floor Nurses’
                                                                    Home
                   Brookfield Health      University Hospital       University Hospital
                   Sciences Complex       Galway                    Limerick
                   College Road, UCC      Galway                    Limerick
Working Hours      Monday: 8am to 5pm     Tuesday, Thursday         Mon     8:30am – 1:30pm
                   Thursday: 8am to       and Friday mornings.      Tue     8:30am – 1:30pm
                   4.30pm                                           Wed     8:30am – 1:30pm
                                                                    Thur    10am – 1:30pm

Telephone Number   021 490 1589           091 893 151               061 588264
Email              fionacollins@rcpi.ie   RCPISaolta@rcpi.ie        muiregraham@rcpi.ie
                   fiona.collins@ucc.ie   Sheila.Kelly3@hse.ie      muire.graham@hse.ie
Dedicated Coordinators

RCPI Medical Training Coordinator Catherine Corcoran
catherinecorcoran@rcpi.ie or bst@rcpi.ie
01 6698 830

RCPI Exams Coordinator Rachel Bishop
rachelbishop@rcpi.ie or examinations@rcpi.ie

RCPI Online Courses: RCPI Programme Coordinator Niamh
Goucher niamhgoucher@rcpi.ie or courses@rcpi.ie

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BST Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Your Curriculum

Keith Farrington, Assessment and Programme
Development

17 July 2018
What are the curricula?

 • Outlines what you need to know
 • Contains your minimum documentation
   requirements
 • Reviewed annually by NSD and STC
What's in the curriculum?

                      Curriculum

                 Generic      Specialty     Minimum
Introduction
               Components      Section    Requirements
Sections of the curricula

 Introduction

 • BST Requirements and Policies
 • Overview of BST
 • Training Environment
Sections of the curricula

 Generic Components

 Outlines the expectations of professional
 conduct, guided by the medical council’s
 standards including communication, infection
 control, professionalism, safe prescribing,
 wellbeing and others
Sections of the curricula

 • Specialty Section

 • What is expected of you on completion of
   BST
 • Knowledge statements - what you are
   expected to know and skill statements -
   what you are expected to be able to do.
 • Assessments of clinical knowledge,
   (examinations and workplace based
   assessments), mapped to this section
Sections of the curricula

 • Minimum Requirements

 Details what needs to be recorded in your
 ePortfolio

 Last section of the curriculum and it
 corresponds to your progress report in
 ePortfolio. Your Trainer will review this
 during your evaluations of progress
Know your minimum requirements
Know your minimum requirements

In this section you record information about your
plans for the post.
Know your minimum requirements
Section 2 –Training Activities
This section details clinics, cases and procedures you are
expected to have exposure to during BST
Know your minimum requirements
Section 3 Educational Activities
This section lists activities you are expected to attend or
complete such as courses, conferences, reports or
examinations
Know your minimum requirements
Section 4 Assessments
Workplace based assessments and Quarterly
Assessments/End of Posts/End of Year Evaluations
Training and Educational Activities

• If you feel you aren’t comfortable with a
  requirement talk to your trainer

• If you feel you may not meet your requirements
  let someone know

• Attend courses in the recommended timeframe

• Feedback is important for you and for us
Examinations Requirement

• MRCPI (O&G)

• Designed to allow you to demonstrate what you
  have learned in the workplace

• Consider when you will attempt your exams

• For your clinical exams, you can get feedback from
  us
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