Welcome to the South Thames Foundation School

South Thames Foundation School www.stfs.org.uk

Welcome to the South Thames Foundation SchoolInformation for F1 TraineesAugust 2010


STFS

• 1 school, 3 offices• 1 advice e mail –

[email protected]• Enquiries checked daily and relevant

staff will respond• Policies on STFS website

www.stfs.org.uk

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.stfs.org.uk/


• Brighton – F2s• London Bridge – policy and

communications• Tooting – F1s

• Trainees needing to meet STFS staff can attend local office

DIRECTORDr Jan Welch

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Dr Mark Cottee

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Dr Martin Parry

London Bridge

Tooting Brighton

DHFW/FSMMarc Terry

Administration Officer

Janet Benjamin

Admin AssistantTammy Harman


Lana Sargent

FSMBeverley Osbourne

FSMChristine Bridge


Cheryl Eaton

Admin Assistant Jan Cook

Tooting BrightonLondon Bridge

Admin AssistantLeigh Britton

Administrative Officer

Kata Varnai

Admin AssistantChevonne Blackwood

Admin AssistantHazel Williams



STFS communications• Requirement to maintain e mail address and check it

weekly – do not just auto-forward as often the original e mail service will close

• STFS currently recommends Doctors.net.uk as available in all trusts – if another used your responsibility to inform STFS and ensure functioning (avoid hotmail etc as their spam filters block STFS e mails)

• Enables information about GMC registration, careers etc to be sent out - to help you

• STFS bulletins sent regularly – also available on website• All new information also stfs website



e-LFHe-lfh.org.uk

•e learning modules for foundation

•useful to support your experiential learning, eg Safe Prescribing

• to catch up if you miss a teaching session

•user names / passwords will be provided


National informationwww.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk

• New curriculum• New reference guide

(national policies)• Other information

http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/


Protecting patients (and you)F1 doctors must NOT

• Site mark (except under direct supervision by the operator)

• Prescribe or administer cytotoxic or immunosuppressant drugs (except corticosteroids)

• Inject contrast unless trained to do so


Your trust will provide you with:

• Appropriate learning experience• 3 hours+/ week bleep-free education eg teaching sessions,

teaching ward rounds, clinics etc• Training compliant with European working time

regulations (EWTR)• Educational supervision• Access to careers advice / guidance• Representation at local faculty group via elected F1

representative


Consent• Taking consent is the responsibility of the doctor

performing the procedure

• If a FD is not capable of carrying out a procedure, s/he may only obtain consent for it when trained to do so, directly supervised, and under delegation from the experienced doctor carrying out that procedure


F1 sign-off (1) in order to achieve GMC registration you must:

• Have no more than 4 weeks non-statutory leave in the year (if more is likely, contact STFS)

• Attend at least 70% of your F1 teaching sessions• Attend a day of simulation training


F1 sign-off (2)you must:• Possess a valid intermediate life support (or equivalent) certificate or

record of attendance• Complete required assessments satisfactorily*:

– 6+ mini-CEX– 6+ CBDs– 3 DOPS– 1-2 multi-source feedbacks

• *assessments should be spread throughout the year, with 5+ in each 4/12 rotation and 8 to be done by January

• STFS videos about assessments are on www.stfs.org.uk



F1 sign-off (3)you must:

Maintain your e-learning portfolio, and include evidence that you:

• can carry out procedures required by the GMC (a logbook of the procedures is part of e portfolio)

• meet other curriculum and statutory requirements such as child protection training

• have your skill in teaching / making a presentation assessed (yearly form)


F1 sign-off (4)

You must:• Do the mandatory national online trainee survey• This assesses the quality of your training• Feedback is essential to monitor and improve

medical training


F1 sign-offlist of skills to perform competently and teach undergraduates• Venepuncture /IV

cannulation• Use of local anaesthetics• Arterial puncture (adult)• Blood cultures• Injection (SC/ID/IM/IV)• Prepare and give IV meds,

blood and blood products

• IV infusions inc. fluids, blood and blood products

• Perform and interpret ECG, spirometry and peak flow

• Urethral catheterisation (male and female)

• Airway care • NG tube insertion


Asking for advice about your training

• Usually ask locally first, eg your educational supervisor or FTPD

• STFS need to know if it may affect your training programme, eg:– You need to be away, for example for maternity leave– You wish to work abroad– You have special circumstances and need to move to

another foundation school – You are having problems with your training

• If so please check the policy and deadlines on www.stfs.org.uk and contact [email protected]


mailto:[email protected]


Careers• Careers support and resources available in your

trust• ROADS book – and four stage approach to career

management• Up to 5 days of your F2 study leave entitlement

can be taken towards the end of F1 for a ‘taster’ to explore career options

• www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk for further ideas

http://www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk/


Feedback to STFS• Foundation programme trainee representative at

all trusts – can raise issues locally• Trainee representatives at STFS committees –

inform and influence future directions• Online and brief paper (pre-visit) questionnaires –

please contribute as your views are valued!

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