In ST2, teaching takes place on alternate Tuesday afternoons. These sessions would usually take place in the Education Centre, but will be held using Zoom until further notice.
Trainees in a GP or GP+ placement should attend the Communication Skills course. This is run by GPs at Oaks Family Practice, and would normally take place at Crompton Health Centre; due to the pandemic, these will run using Zoom or MS Teams until further notice.
Links to sessions will be emailed out in advance, and will appear here the day before teaching is scheduled.
to avoid unwelcome visitors, participants will be verified in the waiting room so please ensure your display name matches with one of the ST2 list!
If the speaker has provided session handouts, they will be linked to from the session down below.
| Date | Time | Venue | Session | Tutor |
| 1st Sept | 2-4 | Zoom | session materials | Seb/Kat |
| 8th Sept | 2-4 | Zoom | (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 15th Sept | 2-4 | Zoom | session materials | Seb Pillon |
| 22nd Sept | 2-4 | Zoom | (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 29th Sept | 2-4 | Zoom | Type 2 Diabetes session materials | Seb Pillon |
| 6th Oct | 2-4 | Zoom | (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 13th Oct | 2-4 | Zoom | resources | Jessicarr Moorhouse |
| 20th Oct | 2-4 | Zoom | (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 27th Oct | 2-4 | Zoom | resources | Glenda Beaman |
| 3rd Nov | 2-4 | Zoom | (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 10th Nov | 2.30-5 | Zoom/MS Teams | ST2 Education Session Respiratory Problems | Andrew Thurston |
| 17th Nov | 2-4 | Zoom | Communication Skills for the Consultation (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 24th Nov | 2.30-4.30 | Zoom/MS Teams | ST2 Education Session: Psychosomatic and Chronic Pain resources | Damien Herron |
| 1st Dec | 2-4 | Zoom | Communication Skills for the Consultation (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 8th Dec | 2-4 | Zoom | ST2 Education Session: Chronic Disease | Seb Pillon |
| 15th Dec | 2-4 | Zoom | Communication Skills for the Consultation (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 12th Jan | 2-4 | Zoom | ST2 Education Session: Lifestyle Medicine | Sandra Quenault |
| 19th Jan | 2-4 | Crompton Health Centre (maybe) | Communication Skills for the Consultation (email for Zoom link) | Julian Tomkinson |
| 26th Jan | 2-5 | Zoom | ST2 Education Session: GP Chronic and Common Illness | Seb Pillon |
Session Handouts
Introduction, AKT & Remote Consulting
Speaker: Seb Pillon, 15/09/2020
Type 2 Diabetes
Speaker: Seb Pillon, 29/09/2020
ADA/EASD Type 2 Diabetes Pharmacological Therapy Guidance
| SU | PIO | DPP4 | SGLT2 | GLP1 | Insulin | |
| Efficacy | High | High | Intermediate | Intermediate | High | Highest |
| Hypo Risk | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | High |
| Weight | Gain | Gain | Steady/Loss | Loss | Loss | Gain |
| Side Effects | hypo | Oedema, HF, ?bladder cancer | rare | GU, DKA | GI | hypo |
| Costs | £ | £ | £££ | £££ | £££ | £-£££ |
| Renal | eGFR >15 | Not dialysis | Dose adjust | eGFR >60* | eGFR >30 | Dose adjust |
| Examples | Gliclazide Glimepiride | Pioglitazone | Alogliptin Linagliptn | Canagliflozin Empagliflozin | Semaglutide Dulaglutide | Lots! |
Diabetes Advice, Lifestyle Advice and Health Trainers
- Diabetes UK “What Can I Eat?“
- NICE: “Diet and lifestyle” information for the public on type 2 diabetes
- NHS Wales/GIG Cymru “Advice for people newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes” [PDF]
- Bolton FT page about Health trainers; includes links to lifestyle advice information
Physical Activity
Speaker: Dr Jessicarr Moorhouse 13/10/2020
Genomics
Speaker: Glenda Beaman
- Manchester Genomics Centre, includes referral advice and contact information: https://www.mangen.co.uk
- RCGP Genomics Toolkit: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/resources/toolkits/genomics-toolkit.aspx
- RCGP Position Statement on use of Direct to Consumer Genetic Tests: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/policy/rcgp-policy-areas/genomic-position-statement.aspx
- Taking & Drawing a Pedigree: https://www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/taking-and-drawing-a-family-history/
- Gateway C: Free RCGP-accredited Cancer online learning modules: https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/
- 100000 Genomes Project: https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/about-genomics-england/the-100000-genomes-project/
- Bolton Breast Screening Services: https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/services/breast-unit/information/services-offered/breast-screening/
Functional Illness
Speaker: Dr Damien Herron
- Medically unexplained symptoms—GPs’ attitudes towards their cause and management https://academic.oup.com/fampra/article/18/5/519/664885
- Medically unexplained symptoms: An epidemiological study in seven specialities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399901002239
- Somatoform Disorders and Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442550/
- Suzanne O’Sullivan “It’s All In Your Head” https://wellcomebookprize.org/book/its-all-your-head
- Psychotherapy in Primary Care: The BATHE Technique https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0501/p2131.html
- Safe (1995) – film that the clip came from: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114323/
- Doctors and Empathy: https://abetternhs.net/2013/12/20/empathy/
- Wired into Pain: https://criticalphysio.net/2018/07/04/wired-into-pain/