BASHH

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• Your Representatives - Contact details of BASHH Board, CGC and Education Committee Reps
• Training Issues
• Meetings, Courses and Conferences
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NOTICE BOARD

Dip HIV

The Diploma in HIV Medicine is to become a twice yearly exam. The next exam will be in September 2011 - closing date for entries is 26 July 2011. For more information see: www.apothecaries.org/

Dip GUM

The next Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine will be in November 2011. Closing date for entries is 28 September 2011. Details on www.apothecaries.org/

eHIV-STI

GUM trainees are now able to fully register on the Department of Health "Electronic Learning for Healthcare" programme. You can access the training by going to http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/. Within the projects menu there are sessions on Sexual Health and HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare and Medical Leadership. The Sexual Health and HIV sessions are intended to complement the BASHH STI & HIV course and help Dip GUM / Dip HIV preparation.

Doctors in Training Weekend

The next Doctors in Training weekend will be on 23 and 24 September 2011. Details will be available here very soon.

The topic for the clinical cases this year will HIV and Ageing so get your thinking caps on!

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

BASHH Board & SAC
Andy Williams: andy.williams@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
Ambrose King Centre, Royal London Hospital, London, E1 1BB

Clinical Governance Committee
John Evans-Jones: john.evans-jones@nhs.net
Department of Sexual Health, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester CH2 1UL
Tel:01244 363097

Education Committee
John Saunders: john.saunders@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk

Doctors in Training BASHH Regional Representatives
We have a network of GUM SpRs in the UK. Each region has a nominated representative, and the names and email addresses are below. The regional rep holds a list of all SpRs in their area. This enables information to be disseminated from the BASHH Doctors-in-Training Reps to all UK SpRs, and for comments to be fed back. This ensures that the views of all SpRs can be fairly represented at BASHH. It also allows SpRs from around the UK to share opinions, surveys, collaboration on projects, etc. Other junior doctors who wish to be included in the network should contact the rep in their area. If you notice any errors in the list, or would like to volunteer to be the rep in your region, then please contact andy.williams@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk

Regional Reps
East Anglia: Serisha Basavaraj - basavaraj.serisha@nnuh.nhs.uk
London: St George's: Sheel Patel - sheelpatel@doctors.org.uk
London: Guy's & St Thomas's: Helen Williams - helen.williams@gstt.nhs.uk
London: King's: Claire Naftalin -
London: Chelsea & Westminster: Neesha Rockwood - neesha.rockwood@chelwest.nhs.uk
London: St Mary's: Charlotte Short - charlotteeve.short@imperial.ac.uk
London: Mortimer Market: Sophie Herbert - sophieherbert@doctors.org.uk
London: Barts & The London: Andy Williams - andy.williams@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
Brighton: 
Mersey: John Evans-Jones - john.evans-jones@nhs.net
North: Yin Min Hew - yinminhew@doctors.net.uk
North West: Caroline Thng - caz78thng@yahoo.com.au
Oxford:
Scotland: Rajesh Hembrom - rajeshhembrom@gmail.com
Northern Ireland: Killian Quinn - quinnkj@doctors.org.uk
South West and Wales: Derval Harte - dervph@hotmail.com
Trent: Ruth Taylor - ruthtaylor@nuh.nhs.uk
Wessex: Leela Sanmani - leela.sanmani@gmail.com
West Midlands: Muralidhar Sivaram - muralidhar.sivaram@hobtpct.nhs.uk
Yorkshire: Mags Portman - mags.portman@leedsth.nhs.uk

TRAINING ISSUES

Curriculum for Specialist Registrars
The curriculum can be viewed on the Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training website at www.jrcptb.org.uk/

A deadline for transfer to the 2010 curriculum has been set at July
2011. There is certainly no pressure to transfer officially if you don't
wish to but trainees are encouraged to be aware of the content of the
2010 curriculum in the spirit of keeping up to date. The benefit of
transferring is mainly for trainees in smaller centres who will be
guaranteed, and can negotiate for, exposure to those elements of the new
curriculum that were previously optional and are now essential.

Honorary Joint Training Fellowships for Physicians
The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and the Health Protection Agency run a programme of Honorary Joint Fellowships for Physicians in Higher Specialist Training in genitourinary medicine. For more information click here: http://www.bashh.org/education_and_careers/bashh/hpa_fellowship

Flexible trainining
Click here for important general information for those considering flexible training in GUM.

Useful contacts at SAC for training issues

Dr Raj Patel - Chairman of Specialist Advisory Committee in Genitourinary medicine

JRCPTB Office (GU Medicine Section)
5 St. Andrews Place
Regent's Park
London NW1 4LE
Tel: 020 7935 1174 ext. 284
Fax: 020 7486 4160

Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine
Compulsory for all Specialist Registrars commencing training after January 2003. Recommended for all trainees that commenced training prior to this at any stage.
Exam syllabus and application forms available from The Society of Apothecaries of London: http://www.apothecaries.org/
Cost of exam -£495
Exams are twice a year in Summer and Winter

Diploma in HIV medicine
Compulsory for Specialist Trainees on the 2010 GUM curriculum and advisable for those on other curricula.

The exam will be held twice a year from 2011 onwards.

For details go to www.apothecaries.org/index.php?page=23

A revision course is run by BASHH/BHIVA and is free to those taking the exam. For application forms http://webapp.doctors.org.uk/Redirect/www.bashh.org/meetings/326_diploma-in-hiv-medicine-one-day-revision-course. Email bashh@rsm.ac.uk for more details.

MEETINGS, COURSES AND CONFERENCES

HIV Trainees Club
This is an excellent organisation for any trainee that is involved in the management of HIV patients ie GUM and Infectious Diseases. It is led by trainees who design and run a programme of one-day workshops relating to all aspects of HIV infection. Membership is free with application forms available from the HIV Trainees Club Secretariat: Email secretariat@hivtc.org,uk
Please visit the HIV Trainees Club website at http://www.hivtc.org.uk/ for further information

Useful websites
http://www.natap.org/ This American site will keep you up-to-date about developments in the fields of HIV and Hepatitis B/C. You can sign up for email notification about publications and presentations, but expect to receive about 10 a day.

http://www.aidsmap.co.uk/ An invaluable patient-centred resource about HIV and AIDS