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We want our patient representatives to be heard where it matters most.
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Dr David Smith Andrew LOTF
A recording of the RCoA Annual General Meeting 2023 and the results of voting on the three motions presented.
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At the beginning of November, the College publishes annual reports on the performance of the Primary and Final components of the FRCA exam in the previous academic year.
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Guidance for flexibility for Stage 2 and Stage 3
Dr May looks at why the NHS needs international medical graduates (IMGs) and why we need to do better at integrating them.
This article looks at why the NHS needs international medical graduates (IMGs) and why we need to do better at integrating them into the workforce to maximise their contribution.
The General Medical Council’s Workforce report 2023 emphasises that the current reliance of the NHS on IMGs will continue in the future, despite an expansion of medical school places. The GMC predicts that almost a third of all doctors will be IMGs by 2036. It declares that the ‘integration and retention….must be improved’ and describes as essential that these colleagues are ‘welcomed into supportive teams’.
The way we welcome our international colleagues not only determines the extent to which they can contribute safely to the service, but also how easy it is to recruit and retain them. Our attitude should include a willingness to learn from their previous expertise and their ability to look at our services with fresh eyes.
Dr Sarah Thornton, RCoA Council Member gives us an overview of the rise of CESR programmes in anaesthesia and explains why they're here to stay.
In anaesthesia they have been present for the last 10 years but have become more prevalent in the last four years. Many factors have led to this increase, but one of the biggest is the rise in the number of IMGs as new registrants on the GMC register. These totalled 40% of all new registrants in the last year.1 Other factors include training bottlenecks that have appeared as an unintended consequence of the changes from the 2010 curriculum.
This has led to increased competition for available posts, with significant numbers of doctors sitting in Locally Employed Doctor or Medical Training Initiative posts accumulating competencies that can count towards CESR. Understandably, trusts that can offer all the components of the curriculum in-house have recognised the potential to have a consistently high-quality, in-house workforce, with an ability to fill their own rotas when gaps appear. This is aided by the Lifelong Learning Platform being freely available to all members of the College, enabling training gaps to be easily identified and targeted with in-house training programmes.
As the 2021 curriculum enters its second year, the new curriculum continues to evolve. At each step, this process has been informed by feedback from anaesthetists in training and trainers to guide changes, aid additional clarification, and influence future improvements.
As the 2021 curriculum enters its second year, the new curriculum continues to evolve. At each step, this process has been informed by feedback from anaesthetists in training and trainers to guide changes, aid additional clarification, and influence future improvements.
In this article, we explore some of the recent key updates and improvements in the curriculum and look forward to future developments.
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The College hosts a number of networks to promote a culture of safety, continuous learning and quality improvement throughout anaesthetic services.