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Just qualified and new to the Specialty?
Then download this! An excellent guide aimed at clinical staff new to the specialty. Contains comprehensive and helpful information about the specialty, lists of conditions, evaluation/appraisal forms and contact details. Can be edited to suit individual requirements. Feedback about the Pack should be sent to the Secretariat
Induction Pack

Specialist Training Curriculum

SpR Curriculum in Genitourinary Medicine 2003

Curriculum in Genitourinary Medicine 2007

Curriculum for Specialist Registrars
The new curriculum has been approved by the Specialist Training Authority (STA) and came into effect 1 January 2003. All Specialist Registrars appointed after this date must follow the new curriculum. The curriculum can be viewed on the Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training website at www.jchmt.org.uk/

Additional Training in Clinical Infection [update 20/11/03]
The additional training in clinical infection for Specialist Registrars in Genitourinary Medicine has now been agreed by the JCHMT. The curriculum for this additional training is shown here. The training time can be up to 12 months (but may be shorter) and the programme for each individual SpR needs to be agreed by the local programme director and the Deanery. This training will extend the CCST date by whatever length of time the training is undertaken. Funding for this additional training needs to be discussed with the local programme director and the Deanery

Dr J A Wilson
Chair, Specialist Advisory Committee in Genitourinary medicine,
Dept of Genito-Urinary Medicine,
The General Infirmary at Leeds,
Great George Street,
Leeds LS1 3EX

Newsletter
The SAC has produced a newsletter specifically aimed at Regional Specialty Advisors and Specialist Registrars, but it may also be of interest to anyone involved in the training of Specialist Registrars

Experiences in representing Doctors in Training in AGUM & MSSVD (Sept 2003)

Enquiries relating to GU specialist training in the UK should be directed to:
Gareth Bland (gareth.bland@rcplondon.ac.uk)
JCHMT Office (GU Medicine Section)
The Royal College of Physicians
5 St. Andrews Place
Regent's Park
London NW1 4LE
Tel: 020 7935 1174 ext. 284
Fax: 020 7486 4160

General enquiries relating to the postgraduate MRCP degree can be found at: www.jchmt.org.uk/

The Society of Apothecaries of London
Syllabus and application for Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine & Diploma in HIV Medicine
Click here for details

Specific enquiries to:
A.M. Wallington Smith,
The Registrar
Apothecaries' Hall,
Black Friars Lane,
London EC4V 6EJ
Tel: 020 7236 1180/1189
Fax: 020 7329 3177

Imperial College, London
Short course on Infectious Disease Modelling
Click here for details

Specific enquiries to:
Dr Peter J White PhD,
Coordinator,
UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates,Modelling & Projections
and
Organiser,
Short Course on Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Next course:.
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology,
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine,
Norfolk Place,
London W2 1PG
Tel +44 (0)20 7594 3259
Fax +44 (0)20 7594 3282