Education & Training

The Training and Education committee's aims are:

  • Review of educational meetings for RA approval and inclusion in eNews
  • Review criteria for CPD with Royal Colleges
  • Review of educational material for training and CPD for RA approval
  • Review of content and evaluations of RA Advanced Nephrology course
  • Develop annual CPD sessions for annual RA meeting
  • Identification of educational gaps in courses currently available
  • Training issues – curriculum, assessment
  • Ensure that education is available – courses, e-learning etc are appropriate for current and changing nephrology workforce
  • Ensure that renal education and training are available for non-clinical renal scientists
  • Review renal teaching to undergraduate medical students
Training and Education Committee membership

Chair: Professor Sue Carr 2008-12
Dr Philip Mason (Specialty training; Workforce planning lead) 2009-2012
Dr Alison Brown (Women in nephrology; undergraduate curriculum) 2009-2012
Dr Pearl Pai (Training director) 2010-2013
Dr Jeremy Levy (Specialty school lead) 2009-2012
Dr Sunil Bhandari (Advanced Nephrology Course) 2009-12
Dr Paul Harden (Advanced Nephrology Course) 2009-12
Dr John Firth (Distance learning) 2009-2012
Dr Liz Lighstone (RA Exec member) 2010-13
Dr Chris Kingswood (Curriculum planning) 2009-12
Dr Robert Mactier (RA Exec, and Scotland) 2009-12
Dr Steve Riley (Wales) 2010-13
Heather Wilson  (Renal Scientist) 2011-14
Dr Colin Hutchinson (Academic Trainee representative ) 2010-13

Professor Lorraine Harper (Academic training represntative) 2010-13
Dr Maggie Fitzpatrick  (Paediatric nephrology) 2009-12
Dr Madeline Vernon  (SpR Rep) 2010-13

Dr Mark Brady (Spr Club representative) 2010-13
Dr Jonathan Fox (Renal Speciality Certificate Exam) 2009-12

Dr Peter Topham  (Deaneries) 2008-11

Dr Raj Thuraisingham (Consultant <10 years) 2010-13
 
Contact: Sue Carr, John Walls Renal Unit, University Hospitals of Leicester. Email: sue.carr@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
 

 

The Renal Association and the Royal College of Physicians have recently worked jointly on an e-learning for health project entitled “KidnE” which has two modules on acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Each of these modules contains 7 sessions include interactive scenarios, MCQ questions etcetera and take approximately 30 minutes to complete.  The sessions are aimed towards Foundation Trainees and Core level Trainees but hopefully will  of benefit to Nephrology and other Specialty trainees.

Downloads

  1. Minutes of Teleconference 16112011
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  2. Following the GMC approval of a standalone CCT in Intensive Care Medicine
    .doc file (29.00 KB)
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  3. Minutes of RA E & T Meeting 07062011
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    Minutes of Education and Training Committee meeting, 7.6.2011
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  4. Enc Dii 2010 ASR - Renal Medicine
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    Annual Speciality Report for Nephrology to GMC, Dec 2010
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  5. Minutes for Regional Advisers - Final
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    Minutes of Regional Advisors plus Speciality Representatives CPD update meeting Dec 2010 : attended by Dr Alison Brown as Renal CPD representative, on behalf of the RA Education and Training Committee
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  6. Membership of Committee - updated May 2011 (C)
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    Full details of committee members inluding email contact details
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  7. RULES OF THE RENAL ASSOCIATION E&T (D)
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    Rules of the Education and Training Committee , updated May 2011
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  8. Minutes of Training and Education Committee Teleconference 07022011
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    Minutes of Education and Training Committee Teleconference meeting Feb 2011
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  9. Update on Curriculum Working Group Activity
    .doc file (32.00 KB)
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  10. Education and Training Committee minutes 2010
    .doc file (53.50 KB)
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  11. Education and Training Committee report Sep 2009
    .pdf file (48.61 KB)
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  12. Education and Training Committee - Minutes April 2009
    .pdf file (90.55 KB)
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  13. Education and Research Committee minutes June 2009
    .doc file (31.50 KB)
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  14. Minutes May 2007
    .pdf file (75.76 KB)
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