Life After CCT: Career Management for New GPs
Date: Sunday 18th July 2010
Venue: Ramada Ealing Hotel, Ealing Common, London
ST3 trainees on gpboard.com can get a £50 discount - enter this code when signing up - londoncct2010
1 day course aimed at newly qualified GPs and GP registrars coming to the end of GP Specialty Training. This course will help you understand the career options open to new GPs, and learn to manage and plan your career post CCT.
Full details and bookings are at
http://courses.emedica.co.uk/acatalog/RCGP_MRCGP_CCT_GP_Careers.htmlYou can see video feedback from ST3 trainees that have attended in the past at
http://www.emedica.co.uk/video/CCT/CCT.htmlThis course covers both conventional and alternative career options for qualified GPs, with detailed coverage of the most popular career choices for MRCGP trained GPs. The course will cover:
Important paperwork post CCT - GMC GP Register, Performer's lists, indemnity for qualified GPs.
Preparing a Great CV - Tailoring your CV for the job, common mistakes and how to avoid them, writing effective covering letters.
Finding the right job - Understanding job adverts, where to find jobs, how to get shortlisted.
Locum GP (Freelance GP) - how to set yourself up as a freelance GP, registering as self employed, tax matters, terms and conditions, getting work, setting rates, how to become a £100k a year GP locum.
Salaried GP - BMA model contract, what to watch out for, APMS / PMS / GMS / PCTMS practices, understanding job plans.
GP Partnerships - understanding practice accounts and pay, making the most of mutual assessment periods, parity, buying in to property, partnership agreements.
Out Of Hours GP - options for working OOH, benefits and drawbacks.
Negotiating skills - what you can negotiate on, how to negotiate a better deal
Portfolio GPs - What is a portfolio GP? Why would you want to be one? How do you go about it? Developing a Specialist Interest (GPwSI) as part of a portfolio.
Alternative GP Careers - Working overseas as a GP, becoming a Forensic Medical Examiner, Prison Doctor, Ship's doctors, etc.
Appraisal and Revalidation for Qualified GPs - Preparing for appraisals, CPD requirements for revalidation.
The Course Director and main speaker is Dr Mahibur Rahman. He is a Portfolio GP in Birmingham and a Consultant in Medical Education. He is the author of the GP Careers Guide and has helped over 8,000 doctors succeed in achieving their GP career goals since 2005.
Programme:
09.30 Registration
09.45 Welcome and introduction
10.00 Important paperwork when completing training
10.15 Career options for the newly qualified GP (including alternative GP careers)
11.00 Finding the right job and getting shortlisted (Great CVs and Covering Letters)
11.30 Break for Refreshments
11.50 How to succeed as a GP Locum
13.00 Lunch (Halal and Vegetarian options available)
14.00 Taking up a Salaried GP position
15.15 Becoming a Portfolio GP
15.45 Break for refreshments
16.10 GP Partnerships - what to look for in a partnership
17.10 Negotiating skills for GPs
17.30 Appraisal and Revalidation for qualified GPs
17.50 Questions and Answers and Summary
18.00 Close
Feedback from our previous GP Careers courses:
"Great insight into life after CCT. Covered a broad range of topics, all of which are relevant in a short period of time, bringing up lots of topics that I would never have thought about. Excellent course, very engaging presentations, glad I came."
"Excellent Course. Made me come to a decision on what I'd like to do after August. Lots of options I was unaware of."
"Comprehensive coverage of issues regarding career pathways for GPs."
"Fantastic presentation, excellent knowledge (practical, workable). Good overview over available opportunities. Must attend for all ST3, highly recommended."
"Excellent - well delivered, well structured, very relevant, summaries were really helpful. Keep it up."
"Excellent. Good explanation of advantages/disadvantages of partnerships/salaries/locum GPs and what pitfalls to look out for. Your courses are such an enjoyable way of covering a lot of ground in a short time."
"Fantastic overview of how to locum, how to apply for salaried posts, how to negotiate your contract. Best course I've been on all year…I thought it was pitched at exactly the correct level, I learnt all the things no one else tells you! Really really good."
"Very Practical advice - things that I think are essential to know but will not find out anywhere else until learning about them the hard way. Well done…I think the course should be run more often to give the opportunity to more people. Well done."
"Really appreciated a view of the financial look of pay as well as how practices run and the good and bad points for locum/salaried and partnerships. Brilliant as always".
"Excellent course. Very insightful, useful, practical information. The best Emedica course to date!"
"Excellent speaker - very slick and fluent. Good section on locum - things you need to do. Also, helpful to mention pitfalls. Useful to include negotiation as hadn't thought of this."
"Very useful information about different types of work we are likely to get. I especially appreciated the session on accounts and negotiation skills. Well worth it! thank you."
"Excellent session on working as locum GP. Example terms and conditions were good. Appraisal and negotiating session were useful."
"Has enlightened and helped me feel more confident regarding venturing into the known - and not unknown now. I would say keep this up…it is a lot of new information for ST3."
"Very Detailed and informative. Very useful. Good organisation, well done. I came for courses throughout my GP training - GP ST, AKT, CSA. Helpful throughout. Many thanks."
"Very organised and focused. Relevant stuff, good on practical things…Gained a lot of information which the VTS never provides! Thank you."
"An excellent overview of entering working life as a gp."
"Very useful practical information re: reading a job advert and targetting your covering letter specifically to get shortlisted. Nice to know what to include in terms and conditions as a locum and locum pack."
"Very good talks on CV writing and GP careers."
Full details and bookings are at
http://courses.emedica.co.uk/acatalog/RCGP_MRCGP_CCT_GP_Careers.html