East of England

Infection Page: Trainee Resources

Dominic Sparkes — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:42:31 +0000

Trainee Resources

There are a number of local and regional resources to assist with training.

An Infectious Diseases handbook outlines how the department runs and has a myriad of invaluable information and up to date links to local and national guidelines. This will be given to you at departmental induction and is a good first port of call for any issues that you experience within Infectious Diseases. Similarly Microbiology and Virology have a medical staff and reporting room handbook, in addition to online resources.

The infection specialties have a mentoring scheme sent up by Dr Lucy Rivett. When you join as a new starter you will be paired with a higher specialty trainee mentor for the duration of your training.

Teaching in the East of England, including regional training days, will increasingly be delivered and stored on an online training platform powered by Bridge & Panopto. More information about how the software works can be found in the Blended Learning Hub (https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/blended-learning-platform). You will be provided with your login details when you join as an East of England Trainee.

Below are links to other useful resources including to local and national virology guidelines, a list of conferences recommended by current trainees, a draft training log and links to guidance on ARCP. There are also links on how to apply for less than full time training and resources to improve trainee wellbeing.

Virology guidelines

Panopto & Bridge (Central)

Trainee Wellbeing

Study Leave

Less than Full Time Training

Out of Programme

Training as a Medical Educator

Leadership opportunities

Global Health fellowships

Thursday, 19 August, 2021

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Training Programme - Medical Micro/Virology

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:53:36 +0000

Entry into the infection specialties is at ST3 level after achievement of IMT2 or IMT3 and MRCP (or equivalent). The first two years of infection training are the same for all trainees who are required to complete combined infection training (CIT). During this time a trainee rotates through the different infection specialties and completes FRCPath Part 1 (Combined Infection Certificate Examination) to enter higher specialist training.

In higher specialist training (HST) trainees will complete further rotations in specialties which can include medical microbiology, medical virology, infectious diseases and general internal medicine. Medical microbiology and medical virology trainees will sit FRCPath Part 2 during HST. The majority of trainees in the East of England dual accredit becoming specialised in two disciplines although there are posts for medical microbiology and medical virology alone.

You choose your higher specialty training accreditation (ID/GIM, ID/MM, ID/MV, MM, MV) when you apply for your ST3 number not when you complete CIT. Changing accreditation at a later date requires re-applying for a new national training number.

Combined Infection Training Overview & Rotations explained

For the first two years, you’ll complete Combined Infection Training (CIT), which gives baseline experience and knowledge in each of infectious diseases, virology and microbiology. During CIT, you will be required by the curriculum to attend specific training at different work placements totalling:

Six months of clinical microbiology training associated with a diagnostic laboratory
Six months of clinical virology training associated with a diagnostic laboratory
Six months of appropriate infection related clinics where the major focus is managing patients with infection. A combination of clinics could include HIV clinics, general ID clinics, travel clinics or GUM clinics
Six months of clinical inpatient care of patients with infection.

In the East of England region, training is separated into three specialties, with the six month block of clinics integrated throughout the two years. Typically you will have six months of infectious diseases experience, four months of medical virology experience and twelve months of medical microbiology experience. A number of trainees in the East of England region, are part of an academic training programme and will have academic rotations built in to their CIT programme (please see research link for further information)

During CIT you will be required to make an attempt at passing the FRCPath Part 1 exam. There are weekly teaching sessions covering the CIT curriculum over a two year period which help prepare you for this and there are multiple other resources available locally and nationally including Learn Infection from the British Infection Association (BIA).

Rotations explained

All infectious diseases placements are undertaken at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The rotation includes a combination of ward work, referrals work and general infectious diseases clinics. You will also be given your own cohort of HIV patients during this time. Infectious diseases trainees are expected to care for their cohort throughout their training (including HST) allowing them to build strong relationships over years.

For microbiology experience, the Cambridge trainees will undertake a placement at Addenbrooke’s hospital and will also be given the opportunity to work at one of the local district general hospitals to gain further experience in other settings. Rotations are typically undertaken at Watford General Hospital or Colchester Hospital and may be up to 6 months per rotation. Norfolk and Norwich trainees will undertake all their microbiology in Norwich. During the microbiology rotation you will get experience in infection control and infection consultations, which include in person reviews of staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia patients, fungaemia patients and multiple microbiology ward rounds / multidisciplinary team meetings.

The Cambridge virology placements are all undertaken in the Public Health England Laboratory in Cambridge. The Norfolk & Norwich placements are undertaken in the Norwich Virology laboratory. Both may have the opportunity for short placements at the other site to gain experience. There is also opportunity to experience short placements in PHE Colindale and with field epidemiologists and the health protection team.

Useful links:

https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/infection-specialties

https://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/Recruitment/Person-specifications

https://learn.britishinfection.org/

Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases is a broad and fascinating specialty which offers the opportunity to see a wide range of patients with many presentations. It combines detailed history taking, clinical acumen, laboratory techniques and careful selection of investigations to make diagnoses and treat patients.

In the East of England all inpatient infectious diseases is based in Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge which is the regional tertiary centre. You will manage a range of complex conditions including community acquired infections, returning travellers, TB, HIV, bone and joint infections and multi-drug resistant infections amongst many others.

Out-patient work includes reviewing patients with pyrexia of unknown origin, travel-related conditions, specialist clinics in HIV, TB, viral hepatitis and bone and joint infections. There is also an out-patient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service which runs 7 days a week allowing a wide range of experience.

As the regional centre the referrals registrar gives telephone advice for the whole of the East of England and frequently reviews patients in ambulatory care, the emergency department and any patients with pyrexia of unknown origin. As Addenbrooke’s is a large tertiary centre with every specialty the range of patients seen is vast, ranging from neurosurgical complications to immunosuppressed patients post bone marrow transplant.

There is a strong tradition of research and a large proportion of trainees go on to complete research projects including PhDs during their training. The infectious diseases team is very supportive in assisting with applications for funding and for time out of training to complete research.

Useful Links:

https://www.jrcptb.org.uk/specialties/infectious-diseases-and-tropical-medicine

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/medicine/infectious-diseases

https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/education-practice/advice/specialty-spotlight-infectious-diseases

Medical Microbiology

Medical microbiology is a rapidly changing specialty which involves all aspects of infection. Traditionally it was seen as a laboratory-based job with interpretation of results and providing telephone advice to clinicians. However, increasingly it is far more clinical and diverse. There are multiple opportunities for consults, specifically staphylococcus aureus and candida bacteraemias. There are multiple MDTs and specialist infection-focused ward rounds ICU (including daily rounds on the adult intensive care units and neurocritical care unit; and twice weekly rounds with neonatal and paediatric critical care , haematology, diabetic foot and transplant (liver, renal and multivisceral) services which trainees can attend.

There is ample opportunity to learn the laboratory techniques critical to understanding microbiology with daily bench rounds to discuss findings with biomedical scientists and review culture results. The teams in the East of England are very supportive of their trainees and encourage participation in lab activities. Trainees are also encouraged to partake in antimicrobial stewardship and infection control activities.

There is significant overlap with other infection specialties, specifically infectious disease and many trainees dual train in both specialties.

There is a strong tradition of research and a large proportion of trainees go on to complete research projects including PhDs during their training. The microbiology team is very supportive in assisting with applications for funding and for time out of training to complete research.

Within medical microbiology you will also sit FRCPath Part 2 to attain full Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists and there is support from the department, including mock exams, to help you with this.

Useful Links:

https://www.rcpath.org/trainees/training/training-by-specialty/medical-microbiology.html

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/pathology/microbiology-and-virology-doctor

Medical Virology

Clinical virology is a broad and fascinating specialty which, similar to microbiology, sits at the interface between laboratory and clinical medicine alongside research and management of infection control.

Clinical virology allows an opportunity to be involved in a mix of clinical work including the diagnosis of viruses and management of chronic viral infections e.g. HIV, hepatitis B and C as well as congenital and perinatal infections and latent viral infections within immunocompromised patients, particularly transplant recipients. There is also much work on emerging pathogens which requires virology expertise with a direct link to public health organisations.

Addenbrooke’s is attached to the PHE laboratory which is the referral laboratory for the region. It deals with all virology enquiries from the East of England and processing many samples including those for transplants. There is also the opportunity for virology trainees to train in other centres including Norwich and other PHE laboratories at Colindale and work with the Health protection team and field epidemiologist departments within PHE to gain more experience.

There is a strong research interest in the department and a large proportion of trainees go on to complete research projects including PhDs during their training. The virology team is very supportive in assisting with applications for funding and for time out of training to complete research.

Within medical virology you will also sit FRCPath Part 2 to attain full Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists and there is support from the department, including mock exams, to help you with this.

Useful Links:

https://www.rcpath.org/trainees/training/training-by-specialty/medical-virology.html

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/roles-doctors/pathology/microbiology-and-virology-doctor

Friday, 20 November, 2020

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Pathology Specialties

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:24:46 +0000

Chemical Pathology (Metabolic Medicine)

Clinical Immunology

Haematology

Histopathology

Infection Specialities (Medical Microbiology & Medical Virology)

Friday, 23 November, 2018

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Pathology - Contacts

Heather Shaw — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:37:42 +0000

School of Pathology

Head of School

Emma Gudgin

Head of School for EoE School of Pathology

emma.gudgin5@nhs.net

Training Programme Director - Histopathology

Sarah Lower

Training Programme Director - Histopathology

Sarah.Lower1@nhs.net

Training Programme Director - Medical Microbiology

Michelle Toleman

Training Programme Director - Medical Microbiology

england.microbiology.eoe@nhs.net

Training Programme Director - Virology

Chris Smith

Training Programme Director - Virology

christopher.smith98@nhs.net

Training Programme Director - Infectious Diseases

Elinor Moore

Acting Training Programme Director - Infectious Diseases

elinor.moore@nhs.net

Training Programme Director - Haematology

Emily Symington

Training Programme Director - Haematology

emily.symington1@nhs.net

Training Programme Director - Chemical Pathology

Adrian Park

Training Programme Director - Chemical Pathology

adrian.park@nhs.net

Deputy Dean

Christopher O'Loughlin

Deputy Dean

christopher.oloughlin@nhs.net

Faculty Account Manager

Patti Bradshaw

Faculty Account Manager

patti.bradshaw1@nhs.net

School Administrator

Kate Tarbet

Specialty Administrator

ct555@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Deputy Training Programme Director - Histopathology

Claire Waites

claire.waites1@nhs.net

Deputy Training Programme Director - Haematology

Marquita Camilleri

Deputy Haematology Training Programme Director

marquita.camilleri@nhs.net

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Useful Links

Heather Shaw — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:27:13 +0000

Royal College of Pathologists

http://www.rcpath.org/

ST1 Recruitment Portal

https://www.rcpath.org/trainees/training/recruitment-into-pathology.html

The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, is dedicated to enhancing high quality research and education in pathology in its broadest sense. The Society hosts a major conference twice a year with outstanding speakers on a range of topics from basic molecular pathology to diagnostic practice and provides a forum for investigators across the world to present their research.The Society also has a generous range of grants that it awards to its members including PhD studentships, scholarships and travel support.

Membership is open to all individuals involved in pathological research and education and includes subscription to their Society Journal, The Journal of Pathology, which remains one of the foremost and highest impact journals in the field.

Their website provides all the latest news on Society activities and we welcome you to join us as the Society continues to grow: http://www.pathsoc.org/

British Division - International Academy of Pathology

http://bdiap.org/

Wednesday, 21 November, 2018

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The Area

Tony Blacker — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:28:08 +0000

Living in the Peterborough Area

Situated between East Anglia and the East Midlands, Peterborough is the cathedral city is at the centre of one of the fastest developing regions in Europe. It offers a wide range of housing, education, sporting, leisure, and commercial facilities.

To the east of the city are the wide open landscapes and skies of the fens which stretch far across East Anglia and continue far into South Lincolnshire. To the west of the city there are the rolling hills and picturesque villages of the shire counties Northampton, Nottingham and Leicester.

The City & Surrounding Areas

Peterborough is a city of energy, alive with culture, colour and community, with much to discover and explore. A historical and cosmopolitan city with diverse food, music, heritage and retail.

Peterborough has a thriving population of over 215,000 residents.
There is a rich multicultural society with about 13% of the population non-white British, compared with around 12% in England and around 7% in the region.
Average house prices are around £240,000 with a mix of style and location – from a vibrant urban environment, to villages set in the rural idyll of John Clare country.

There are large area of green space within the city. Just beyond the city borders you will find historic market towns and rolling countryside with villages full the rural character of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

Housing

There is a wide range of housing available in the city centre and the surrounding established townships of Orton, Bretton and Werrington.

Because Peterborough is a growing city there are many new housing developments in the area. The Hampton township currently under construction will provide a further 5,000 houses and is the largest privately financed housing development in Europe.

Houses in the surrounding villages vary from older traditional country cottages and large houses to more modern homes of varying sizes. With the excellent parkway system travel from a village location to Peterborough City Hospital can take under 15 minutes.

Education

State Schools
As one of the fastest growing cities in the UK, Peterborough City Council has agreed to fund the expansion of four schools Stanground Academy, Marshfields School, NeneGate School and Duke of Bedford Primary School. There are a raft of excellent schools in the city including the highly acclaimed Cathedral School, Kings with a 480 year history.

Public Schools
Peterborough is a superb location to be in easy reach of some truly outstanding schools. Tatler’s Public School of the Year 2012 was Oundle School which is just 12 miles from Peterborough. Also within easy driving distance are Peterborough High School, Stamford Schools, Uppingham School and Oakham School.

Further Education
A recent addition to the city is Anglia Ruskin University - Peterborough campus.

Shopping & Leisure

Peterborough is a renowned location for shopping, attracting people from a wide area. There are three covered shopping centres linked by tree lined, traffic free streets, containing many shops large and small. The award winning Queensgate is the largest shopping centre in the city with over 100 stores, including Boots, Clarks, TK Maxx and several restaurants. There is also a new ODEON Luxe cinema situated on the second floor.

In the city centre the Broadway area is the focus for a lively night out with late night bars and clubs. Peterborough boasts two theatres the Broadway and Key Theatre and Tolthorpe Hall, home of the Rutland Open Air Theatre and the popular Stamford Shakespeare Company is not far away. Peterborough Cathedral is used for many concerts and festivals. There are a diverse range of eating places available from pubs, wine bars and hotel, restaurants to Indian, Chinese, Thai and Italian eateries within the city and many fine village pubs nearby offering a warm welcome and delicious food, often in delightful riverside locations.

There are also a few outside city centre shopping parks including Brotherhood Shopping Park and Maskew Retail Park with selection of stores including Marks & Spencer, Next, B&Q, Dunelm and more.

Access

Access to the rest of the country from Greater Peterborough is quick and easy.

Road
Two miles from the A1 and A47 giving access to major routes in all directions. Peterborough is within easy driving distance of London and Cambridge.

38	miles to Cambridge
42	miles to Leicester
45	miles to Northampton
56	miles to Nottingham
80	miles to London
85	miles to Birmingham

The Peterborough Parkway is a dual carriageway that runs around the city and linking to the A1 and the A47. This makes the city centre, outer suburbs, and surrounding towns and villages all highly accessible.

Rail
Peterborough is on the main intercity East Coast Line between London and Edinburgh. Several trains an hour depart to London Kings Cross which has a non-stop journey time of only 45 minutes. Trains to other popular destinations include Cambridge, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, and Norwich. There is also direct link to Stansted Airport.

Airports
Stansted and Luton approximately 80 minutes by car.

Birmingham and East Midlands approximately 90 – 110 minutes by car.

There is a direct rail link from Peterborough to Stansted Airport.

Bicycle
Peterborough is a cycle friendly city. The Peterborough Green Wheel is a 50 mile cycle route encircling the city that provides access to the city centre from many points.

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Peterborough GPST

Tony Blacker — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:39:30 +0000

The Peterborough GP Training Programme was one of the first schemes to be set up in the early 1970s and is now over 50 years old! It is a well-loved scheme with a strong alumni who came together to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2023.

The main philosophy of the scheme continues primarily to focus on training excellent GPs. We believe in focusing on the traditional, core values of general practice whilst looking towards the future and innovative changes. We hope our graduates leave training with the skills to take general practice into the future as a sustainable model and career.

The scheme is privileged to have a rich variety of Trainers and Training practices scattered over three counties (Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire). The diversity of Training Practices range from inner city to sub urban to rural practices. The vast majority of practices in Peterborough and its surrounding town and villages are training organisations. Our trainers span a large breadth - from recently qualified to late-career GPs. Many of our trainers completed the Peterborough training programme themselves.

All trainees are posted to two different Practices during their training enabling them the opportunity to experience a varied range of General Practice.

"Peterborough VTS is a well-organized training program engaging the trainees throughout and beyond" Suresh ST3

Tuesday, 13 May, 2025

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Broadlands GPST Programme - Gt Yamouth & Waveney

Tony Blacker — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:19:10 +0000

Broadlands Gt Yarmouth & Waveney is part of the Norfolk GP Programme it is one of the Region's leading GP Training Programmes. As well as being of a very high academic standard, it has a reputation for innovation and fun.

Broadlands General Practice Specialty Training Programme Philosophy

To enable qualified doctors to enjoy General Practice by:

• Developing clinical and communication skills that reflect a personal approach to patients
• Being sensitive to the social, political and ethical context within which medicine is practised
• Understanding the role of the GP in the primary health care team and in society
• Using the hospital specialities to gain expertise that will be relevant to general practice
• Knowing how to look after themselves and their own needs
• Being able to work in teams - understanding their managerial and personal functions

While at the same time:

• Having fun
• Taking responsibility for their own personal development and learning
• Being intellectually challenged and academically stimulated

Contacts

Broadland Gt Yarmouth & Waveney Locality Contacts

Dr Louise Santori; Training Programme Director

Dr David Johnston; Training Programme Director

Jackie Collison: GP Specialty Training Administrator ( jackie.collison@jpaget.nhs.uk )

Norfolk 2020 Rotations

https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/general_practice/norwich/training-placement-information-and-norfolk-august-2020-rotations

Thursday, 6 December, 2018

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Contacts

Tony Blacker — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:59:43 +0000

Training Programme Director

Dr David Johnston

Training Programme Director

david.johnston6@nhs.net

Postgraduate Centre Manager

Mrs Irene Walker

Medical Education Manager

irene.walker@jpaget.nhs.uk

Senior Specialty Training Administrator

Mrs Jackie Collison

Senior Specialty Training Administrator/Deputy Medical Education Manager

jackie.collison@jpaget.nhs.uk

Monday, 18 November, 2019

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Chelmsford GPST Home

Tony Blacker — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:38:30 +0000

Chelmsford General Practice Specialist Training

The scheme is based at Broomfield Hospital with some GP hospital training posts based at The Linden Centre, The Crystal Centre and Chelmsford and Essex (C&E Centre).

The GP training scheme consists of three years, of which 12 months of hospital medicine and 24 months in General Practice. At Chelmsford we additionally have integrated training posts (ITP), which are attached to our ST2 year.

The future is bright for GP training in the East of England and we look forward to welcoming all our new trainee cohort in August 2024.

Useful Educational Material

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021

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