Bolton GP Trainers Group is a peer support and development group for GP Trainers and GPs interested in becoming trainers. It is chaired and convened by Dr Reuban Pratheepan Reuben.Pratheepan@hee.nhs.uk. Meetings are currently held over MS Teams.
HEE NW GP SCHOOL CONTACT DETAILS:
All queries including trainer, trainee and ARCP related issues should go to gptraining.nw@hee.nhs.uk. The team then forwards these on to the relevant departments.
USEFUL RESOURCES FOR TRAINERS
Teaching and Learning Consultation Skills (TALC) resource
RCA SOX RESOURCES:
Date for the next meetings:
Future meeting ideas: SRTT: Raj Khiroya, TALC: Julian Tomkinson, Extension Support Pilot & PCN Estates Questionnaire NW
Minutes and Resources from recent meetings
January 25th 2023 (WEDNESDAY): Ruth McCann Assistant HR Business partner at STHK Lead employer came to talk about the leave arrangements for trainees as well as support offered by the HR Advisory team. Nicola Layton, the new Bolton training programme administrator was introduced to the group. Improving trainees’ attendance at OOH sessions was discussed with a view to highlighting this at induction and the group was reminded about the upcoming local trainer CPD sessions.
September 27th 2022 (TUESDAY): Mary Cheshire & Rob Harris discussed the GM Training NHSE GP Fellowship programme:- GM Training NHSE GP Fellowship programme. Reuban Pratheepan presented a CPD exercise detailing the difference between PDPs and Agreed action plans:- Agreed Action plans Vs PDPs and Seb Pillon introduced the group to the locally developed RCA calibration tool (RCA SOX Resources above).
May 24th 2022 (TUESDAY): Mohan Kumar (Wigan AD) introduced the trainers’ group to the GM TALC resource and the concept of TALC trainers and local RCA SOX mentors. Teaching and Learning Consultation Skills (TALC) resource
December 9th 2021(THURSDAY): AKT SOX, Head of School’s Winter Update
May 27th 2021 (Fellowship, The Trainee Education Programme, General Update/Q&A)
- Greater Manchester Training NHSE GP Fellowship for GP Trainers – Thursday 10th December 2020 (Out of Hours GP Trainee Experience: Dr Zahid Chauhan, BARDOC, ST Attendance: Rob Stokes and LE, Trainee RCA Survey: ST3 Derek Adu), FourteenFish Eportfolio (Manu Jeyam)
- WORKPLACE BASED ASSESSMENT UPDATE
- ST3 DEREK ADU’s TRAINEE SURVEY ABOUT RCA
- 22 Sept 20: WPBA and the new 14fish ePortfolio presentation
- Ian Hamer’s Presentation on the RCA
- Trainers Group May 2020 (RCA overview)
- 21.5.20 ESR and ARCP Panel during COVID for Educators and Trainers
- Bolton Trainers Group Jan 21 2020
- Linking UCC learning outcomes to log entries
- Nick Walton’s Presentation to Bolton Trainers 24.9.19 final
- Trainers Group Minutes 23.5.19
- Bolton GP Trainers’ Meeting 19.3.19
- Trainers Group 22nd Jan 19
- Trainers Group Minutes 13 December 2018
- MORE DETAILS ABOUT IRIS CONNECT
- Trainers Group Minutes 25th September 2018
- Trainers Group Minutes May 24 2018
- Audio COTS presentation N Walton March 2018
- January 23 2018: Meeting about Enhanced Training Practice and the Workforce
- Trainers Group Minutes 14 December 2017
- TPD update to Trainers Sept 26 2017
- Trainers Group Minutes 25 May 2017
- Trainers Group Presentation 24 January 2017 (includes HEE(NW) October 2016 Quality Monitoring Visit Feedback)
- Trainers Group Minutes 8th December 2016
- Trainers Group Minutes 6th Sept 2016
- Trainers Group Minutes 5th May 2016
- Global View Consultation Tool
- Consultation Detailed Descriptors (Red and Green)
- Trainers Group 11 February 2016
- RCGP LEARNING LOG QUALITY CRITERIA
- RCGP ESR AND CSR QUALITY CRITERIA
- Trainers Group 3 December 2015
- Trainers Group 1 September 2015
- Trainers Group 21 May 2015
- Trainers Group 10 February 2015
- Trainers Group 4 December 2014
- Trainers Group 23 October 2014
- Trainers Group 22 May 2014
- Trainers Group 11 February 2014