Please note that teaching is from 2:00-5:00 pm
Date: 15th August 2024
Topic: Meet the TPDs/intro to West Herts
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speakers: Dr Ruth Williams; Dr Bruce Covell
Date: 5th September 2024
Topic: Introduction to e-portfolio(14Fish)
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Education WGH
Speakers: Dr Ruth Williams; Dr Bruce Covell
Date: 12th September 2024
Topic: Child Safeguarding – Joint session
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speaker: Orla Burke, Lead safeguarding nurse
Date: 19th September 2024
Topic: Religion and the impact on health
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speaker: Dr Bruce Covell
Date: 26th September 2024
Topic: Head injury – joint session
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speaker: Dr Howard Borkett-Jones
Date: 3rd October 2024
Topic: Head Injury
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speaker: Dr Howard Borkett-Jones
Date: 10th October 2024
Topic: Menopause/HRT
Location: The Niland Centre
Speaker: Dr Inna Vardi-Flynn, TPD
Date: 17th October 2024
Topic: Adult Safeguarding
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Presenter: Dr Samuel Afolami
Date: 24th October 2024
Topic: The newly diagnosed diabetic – Joint session
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speaker: Dr Nicola Cowap
28th October 2024 – Half Term week No Teaching
Date: 7th November 2024
Topic: Cancer Care
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Education Centre, Watford General Hospital
Speaker: Dr Hannah Cowling
Date: 14th November 2024 – Joint session
Topic: Drug & Alcohol Recovery Service
Location: The Niland Centre, 93 Elstree Road, Bushey Heath, WD23 4EE
Speaker: Dr Gideon Felton
Date: 21st November 2024
Topic: Minor Injuries
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Presenter: Dr Howard Borkett-Jones
Date: 28th November 2024 – Joint session
Topic: Menopause – part 2
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Speaker: Dr Inna Vardi-Flynn
Date: 5th December 2024 – NO SESSION
Date: 12th December —–Brussels-Winter Outing
19 December – 08 Jan Christmas break
Spring Term 2025
Date: 9th January 2025
Topic: Balint Groups (set up/running)
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Education Centre, WGH
Speaker: TPDs
Date: 16th January 2025 – Joint session
Topic: Teenage Mental Health
Location: Lecture Theatre 1,Education Centre, WGH
Speaker: Alison Cowan
Date: 23rd January 2025
Topic: GUM
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Education Centre, WGH
Speaker: Dr Rasha Dabis
Date: 30th January 2025 – Joint session
Topic: Sustainable/green healthcare
Location: Lecture Theatre 1,Education Centre, WGH
Speaker: Dr Sarah Dowling
Date: 06 February 2025
Topic: Palliative Care
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 WGH
Presenter: Dr Alexandra Rogers
Date: 13th February 2025 – Joint session
Topic: Dermatology
Location: Remote
Presenter: Dr Julia Schofield
Please note: no session 20th February – half term
Date: 27th February 2025
Topic: Key Surgical Topics
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, WGH
Presenter: Dr James Hollingshead
Date: 6th March 2025 – Joint session
Topic: Dermatology-conditions in darker skin
Location: Lecture theatre 2, WGH
Presenter: Dr Nawar Saffar
Date: 13th March 2025 – Joint session
Topic: Asthma
Location: Mayfield Villages, Colnebank Drive, Heron Place WD18 0LQ
Presenter: Dr Ariff Amin
Date: 20th March 2025 – Joint session
Topic: Frailty – what GPs can do
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Dr Ruth Williams
27th March 2025 – ABLS – There is no teaching session – please note, trainees who are not attending ABLS can use the afternoon as private study time
Easter break begins 27/3 -No sessions 3rd, 10th and 17th April – Summer Term begins on 24/4/25.
Date: 24th April 2025
Topic: AKT
Location: Niland Centre
Presenter: Drs Bruce Covell & Ruth Willliams
Date: 1st May 2025
Topic: Learning Disabilities
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Dr Harriet Strain
Date: 8th May 2025
Topic: Cows Milk Allergy
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Dr Deepan Vyas
Date: 15th May 2025
Topic: Medico Legal
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Mike Ingram
Date: 22nd May 2025
Topic: Breast Cancer workshop
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Drs Simone Shelley & Michelle Ferris
29th May 2025 Half Term – no session
Date: 5th June 2025
Topic: Orthopaedics: Knees and hips
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Dr Ben Spiegelberg
Date: 12th June 2025
Topic: Obesity Management – Joint session
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Dr Hannah Cowling
Date: 19th June 2025
Topic: How to manage confrontation – Joint session
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Alexandra Freshwater, MDU
Date: 26th June 2025
Topic: Eating Disorders
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Education Centre, WGH
Presenter: Ceri Laird
Term Ends
Please note that the teaching programme is subject to change.