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We are carrying out a review of the PLVE process so are not accepting new applications at the present time. As soon as the review process is published we will let you know. We expect this to be within the next 4 – 6 weeks.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. 

Due to the popularity of our July supervisor course we will be running an additional course on Monday 30th of September.

Course details:

Following the course, participants will be able to :

- Identify training needs.

- Appreciate the importance of reflective learning.

- Understand the principles of successful tutorials.

- Give useful feedback.

- Recognise and Manage inadequate performance. 

Monday 30 September 2019, 10:00 to 16:00

Engineers' House, Bristol

To book a place:

Please log on to Maxcourse where you will be able to book places on the course.

Questions:

If you have any questions please call or email Katherine Sugg 

Katherine.Sugg@hee.nhs.uk 

01454 252678

Dental Therapy Foundation Training

Dental Foundation training will be running for 12 months starting in mid-September 2019. 

More details of the programme can be found on the following webpage. 

Heart attack in women is significantly under-reported and under-diagnosed.

• Would you know the symptoms to look out for?
• Are you aware of the lifestyle factors that can reduce this risk?

Join us for a talk by Rhian Siefers, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Team Leader of the HEART Team (acute coronary syndrome and cardiac rehabilitation) at Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

Rhian will talk about symptoms, prevention and treatment – and lots of what she has to say is relevant to men as well.

All HEE South of England Staff are welcome.

This event is organised by the South of England Health and Wellbeing Group.

To book please go to our events page

The GW4 Clinical Academic Training (GW4-CAT) Programme in Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter for Medical, Veterinary and Dental Graduates

Applications for a Summer 2020 start are invited from exceptional medical, veterinary and dental graduates to undertake 3-year PhD training at the universities of Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter.

The scheme, supported by the Wellcome Trust, is aimed at exceptionally motivated clinically qualified trainees who can demonstrate the capability and drive to undertake a period of research with a view to developing a long-term career as a clinical academic. Applicants must be fully-qualified medical doctors and must have a qualification that allows them to practice clinically in the UK.

Funding offered:

• A clinical salary
• University tuition fees at the home rate
• Associated project costs
• A contribution towards travel expenses for conferences or project-related travel
• Some carer support costs where necessary, subject to approval
• A contribution towards core and specialist training costs

Further information and online application can be found on the GW4CAT website.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 GMT on 1st April 2019

If you have any queries, please email.

Applications for the 2018/2019 SAS Bursary Funding will open on Tuesday 31st July 2018.

Peninsula Bursary information.

Severn Bursary information.

We're currently in the pre-election period meaning our social channels will be slightly quieter than usual. If you have a query, you can still contact us on here though, or visit the contact us page on our website: www.hee.nhs.uk/about-us/contact-us

We (Julie Screaton (Director, London and the South East) and Professor Ged Byrne (Director of Education & Quality, Health Education England working across the North West)) are pleased to let you know that our survey of higher education institutions about embedding national antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competences into curricula is now available to access on our website.

The antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship (AMPS) competences, produced jointly by the Government's expert advisory group for antimicrobial resistance and healthcare acquired infections (ARHAI), and Public Health England were published in 2013. Implementing these competences forms a key aspect of ‘Key area 3’ of the Government's five year strategy for tackling antimicrobial resistance - improving professional education, training and public engagement to improve clinical practice and promote wider understanding of the need for more sustainable use of antimicrobials. The antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship (AMPS) competences can provide clarity for regulators, education providers and professional bodies to inform standards, guidance and the development of training.

Undergraduate students have expressed interest in receiving more education about antimicrobials, especially about their multidisciplinary use. This survey asked higher education institutions about their awareness of the competencies, and how they had embedded them into their courses.

The results showed:

• From the 45 universities that submitted information for a total of 100 health-related course 86% of universities confirmed they were aware of the national AMPS competencies.
• Implementation of the five domains of the AMPS competencies showed that 91% of courses had embedded statements on infection prevention and control, 75% of courses for antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobials, 66.3% of courses for the prescribing of antimicrobials, 62% of courses for the prescribing of antimicrobials and 40% of courses for monitoring and learning.
• Embedding of the AMPS competencies per professional group showed an average of 90% implementation for medicine, 82% for dentistry, 81% for pharmacy, 76% for independent non-medical prescribing courses, 52% for midwifery, 46% for nursing and 40.8% for allied health professionals.

We welcome the findings of this initial survey and hope best practices can be shared between higher health education institutions to enhance the adoption of these competencies. It has also highlighted the importance of non-medical prescribing courses adopting these competencies.

We would encourage you to:

• implement the recommendations in this report on behalf of your organisations
• raise awareness of these results within your organisations and networks
• provide system leadership as individuals, groups and organisations in enhancing the adoption and implementation of the antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship (AMPS) competences within your academic and health networks and organisations, at both undergraduate and post-graduate level.

For further information please contact Mohamed Sadak (Clinical Lead and Programme Manager, Antimicrobial Resistance and Sepsis).

Please see the attached letter from the Chief Medical Officer, NHS England, regarding what is currently known around Ebola survivorship, and what measures clinicians should take.

Updated Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice (A3) and Emergency Drugs in the Dental Practice (A4) posters have been produced by Phil Jevon, Multi Professional Medical Education Skills Manager, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The posters have been endorsed by the BDA and both posters are included as inserts in the latest BDJ.