ACCS REGIONAL TRAINING DAYS
Please find below the ACCS Regional Training Programme 2022/2023. Please ensure you liaise with your individual departments to arrange study leave on these days.
The School provides monthly regional training days for ACCS trainees in order to ensure the curriculum is fully covered. It is therefore imperative that local departments prioritise releasing of trainees to attend these days. The only exception is where the trainee is on nights. All other shifts including twilight and late shifts should be covered by other staff. Trainees should not be expected to return after attending a training day to complete the remainder of a shift whilst in the Emergency Medicine rotation. The new contract also makes provision for trainees to attend a training day if it happens to fall on a scheduled day off and claim a day off in lieu elsewhere.
All ACCS CT1 trainees and DRE-EM trainees in their ACCS year 1 should attend the below regional training days.
All ACCS CT2 trainees and DRE-EM trainees in their ITU and Anaesthetics placement will be sent a novice regional training programme for anaesthesia while in their anaesthesia placement via email. This is only for CT2 ACCS trainees of any stream doing their anaesthesia placement.
For Anaesthesia stream trainees only: ACCS CT2 EM targeted training days are not mandatory for your stream. Consider attending the primary FRCA anaesthesia teaching which is on an 18 month rolling programme available here: https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/anaesthesia/east-england-anaesthesia-regional-training-days
During the ICM placement, they should attend the ACCS ICM regional training day, and you can also attend the ICM regional training programme.
We recommend the 'Medicine and ICU' and 'Transplant/GI/Liver' sessions. You will receive a bridge invite for these, and for the ICU ACCS novice training in October 2022. Prior to the ACCS ICU novice teaching, please go through the bridge modules for ICU novices.
The up to date regional ICM training programme is here: https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/anaesthesia/intensive-care-medicine/icm-training-dayscourses
The combined regional training days for CT2 year can be found below
Getting Started
Introduction to the ACCS Program.
Host: The Training Program Team
Contacts: M. Hemavathi, Kamal Patel, Serena Goon, Nina Walton
Example conditions include: ACS, MI, Arrhythmias, Cardiac failure, Cardiac tamponade, Congenital heart disease, Diseases of the arteries, including aortic dissection, Diseases of myocardium, Hypertensive emergencies, Pacemaker function, failure Pericardial disease, Sudden cardiac death, Valvular heart disease, Asthma, COPD, Foreign body inhalation, Pertussis, Pleural effusion, Pneumonia, Pneumothorax, Pulmonary Aspiration, PE
Host: Split site: Lister Hospital, Stevenage & Norfolk and Norwich
Contacts: Liz Turner & Franciose Sheppard
Management of Common Minor Injuries with a focus on upper limb (fractures and soft tissue injuries) and lower limb.
e.g. scaphoid fracture, colles fracture, Hand examination, NOF, ), Infection - paronychia, pulp space, flexor sheath, nail bed, amputations, Imaging decisions/pitfalls/guidelines
Host: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
Contacts: Suneil Ramnani
Assessment of gastro (medical & surgical) common presentations including Abdominal and loin pain, Abdominal swelling or mass, Ascites, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Haematemesis and melaena, Jaundice, Anal pain and rectal bleeding, Nausea and vomiting, Dysphagia with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting. Example conditions include: Alcohol related liver disease including withdrawal, Decompensated cirrhosis, Functional bowel disorders, Gastrointestinal infections, Hepatitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, Peptic ulcer disease, Ano-rectal abscesses, Appendicitis, Biliary colic, Bowel obstruction, Breast abscess, Cholangitis, Cholecystitis, Diverticular disease, Haemorrhoid disease, Hernias, Ischaemic Bowel, Lower gastrointestinal and rectal bleeding, Pancreatitis, Viscus perforation, Volvulus.
Host: Southend Hospital, Southend
Contact: Ajantha Kurukulasuriya
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Mental health & Toxicology |
Example conditions include overdose of prescription and non-prescription medications including legal and non-legal drugs, Poisoning – carbon monoxide, cyanide, organo-phosphate, Toxidromes, Use of antidotes, Aggressive or disturbed behaviour, Anxiety/panic, Physical symptoms unexplained by organic disease, Self-harm, Refusal of treatment, Managing the agitated or violent patient including the legal framework, Safeguarding vulnerable patients
Host: Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Contacts: Yasmin Sultan and Sarah Hazleman
Assessment of Nephrology and endocrinology common presentations including electrolyte disorders, Oliguria, Addisonian crisis, Hyperglycaemia & Hypoglycaemia with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting.
Example conditions include: ABG interpretation, Acute kidney injury, Drugs and the kidney, Electrolyte disorders, Fluid balance disorders, Renal replacement therapy, adrenal disorders, Diabetic ketoacidosis, Diabetes mellitus and complications, including diabetic foot, Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state, Pituitary disorders, Thyroid emergencies
Host: Peterborough City Hospital
Contact: Athar Yasin
he role of clinical evidence in practice, The principles of critical appraisal, Data protection and sharing information
Host: Ipswich Hospital
Contact: Alex Newman
Host: Watford
Contact: Raj Vasiraju
ACCS year 1 and 2 meet together to present QIPs
Host: Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Contact: QIP TPD
ACCS and ST3 Trainees meet together to share learning and celebrate the end of the year.
Host: Bedford Hospital
Contacts: Devasena Subramanyam and Richard Austin
Introduction to Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine.
Attend ICM teaching for trainees in ICM and NOVICE Anaesthetics teaching for trainees in Anaesthetics
Attend ICM teaching for trainees in ICM and NOVICE Anaesthetics teaching for trainees in Anaesthetics
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Assessment of common presentations: Diplopia, Eye trauma including foreign bodies, Painful eye, Red eye, Sudden visual loss with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting. |
Example conditions include Acute glaucoma, Cranial nerve palsy, orbital and per-orbital cellulitis, Inflammatory eye disease, Temporal arteritis, Anti-coagulant reversal, Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), Haemophilia, Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Leukaemia, Lymphoma, Marrow failure, Sickle cell disease/crisis, Transfusion reactions
Comprehensive geriatric assessment, Acute confusion, Ceiling of care, Dementia – cognitive impairment, Fragility fractures, Mobility, Osteoporosis, Pharmacology considerations in the older patient, palliation
EMleaders leading self and leading team modules focussing on: Managing workload, Clinical decision-making under pressure, Difficult interactions in the workplace, functioning as good team member, followership
Attend ICM teaching for trainees in ICM and NOVICE Anaesthetics teaching for trainees in Anaesthetics
Attend ICM teaching for trainees in ICM and NOVICE Anaesthetics teaching for trainees in Anaesthetics
Attend ICM teaching for trainees in ICM and NOVICE Anaesthetics teaching for trainees in Anaesthetics
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Assessment of common presentations including ENT foreign bodies, ENT injuries, Epistaxis, Hearing loss, Painful ear, Sore throat, Vertigo with a focus on: History taking, Differential diagnosis, Investigative decisions, Guidelines, Communication with other teams, Discharge planning, Safety netting. |
Example conditions include Epiglottitis, Glandular Fever, Lower motor neurone (LMN) facial nerve palsy, Meniere’s disease, Nasal fractures, Otitis externa, Otitis media, Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis, Tracheostomy emergencies, Quinsy, Salivary gland disease, Vestibular neuritis, Dental abscess, Facial wounds, Post extraction complications, Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation
ACCS year 1 and 2 meet together to present QIPs
ACCS and ST3 Trainees meet together to share learning and celebrate the end of the year.
