The Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine training programme is a four-year programme starting at ST4 with competitive entry through national recruitment. There are currently 19 posts within the Thames Valley Programme across the following training sites
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 3 posts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 1 post
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3 posts
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 7 posts (including 2 posts at The Horton Hospital, Banbury)
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 5 posts
Residents will usually move hospitals every twelve months and at least one year will usually be spent in Oxford. The rotation is built on an individual basis taking residents’ interests into account as well as their prior experience and training requirements. Endoscopy training is offered at all centres with the opportunity for basic skills training and periods of immersive training at the Thames Valley Endoscopy Training Centre. Opportunities for accreditation in nutrition and hepatology modules are an integral part of the training programme. Resident doctors’ clinical competencies and progress will be monitored and subject to annual reviews in the form of ARCPs and progression through the training programme is dependent on these reviews.
As well as regional study days, there is a weekly teaching afternoon which is supported by trainers from across the Thames Valley. Our aim is to deliver specialty training to the highest standards of clinical and academic excellence whilst ensuring that our residents have the necessary leadership skills required for their future careers.
Many residents undertake a period of academic study and there are excellent links with clinical academics to support out of programme research opportunities in both laboratory based and clinical research projects in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School advertises academic training posts including those in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
For further details or queries about the training programme please contact the Training Programme Director: Dr Emily Johns emily.johns@nhs.net