The School of Medicine is responsible for managing all aspects of Internal Medicine stage 1 (IMT programme) and specialty medical training from ST3/4 onwards in the medical specialties in the NHS England (formerly HEE) Thames Valley Region.
Contacts:
Each specialty has its own Training Programme Director for trainees from ST3/4 onwards.
- Heads of School:
Dr. Matthew Giles – matthew.giles@ouh.nhs.uk
Dr. Jasroop Chana – jasroop.chana@nhs.net - Educational Programme Manager:
Carla Taylor – england.schoolofmedicine.tv@nhs.net - Co-Directors of Internal Medicine Training (Stage 1):
Drs. Chitra Ballav, Beatrix Nagyova, and Henry Owles
The School is accountable to the General Medical Council through its various Directors for ensuring that:
- Recruitment and appointment of trainees in the medical specialties takes place according to the principles laid down by the GMC
- Training posts in all specialties offer training of outstanding quality
- Thorough and accurate assessment of the competencies of trainees occurs as required by the GMC and that these competencies are recorded in portfolios
- Teaching and training follows the curricula for general internal medicine and the medical specialties as laid down by the GMC
- Trainees in difficulty receive appropriate remedial training and other measures
Information for Academic Trainees can be found by visiting the Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School website
