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Get ready to SPIN: Level 3 Paediatric Trainees

  • Writer: PMHA
    PMHA
  • Nov 10, 2020
  • 1 min read

The RCPCH offers various special interest (SPIN) modules for training.

A SPIN Module in Child Mental Health is now available

INTRODUCTION TO SPIN:

There are two types of SPIN offered:

  1. SPIN in training for level 3 trainees This is additional training and experience in a clinical area, which you complete in 12 to 18 months of clinical time. If you do a SPIN module and complete your training, you can apply for posts as a General Paediatrician with a special expertise.

  2. Post completion SPIN for paediatricians on the GMC specialist register This is additional training or experience, which you complete usually over a 12 month to five year period.

All SPIN modules are designed to enable a paediatrician to lead in that area as part of meeting a service need. It is vitally important that you articulate the service need for your choice of SPIN explaining why it is necessary on your application form.

Once completed, applicants can be the local lead and part of the clinical network providing for children who need specialist paediatric care.

APPLICATIONS:

Applications opened on the 2nd November and close on the 1st December 2020. To apply now, click here.

* You can apply once you start your level 3 training in paediatrics (normally from your ST6 placement).

* You cannot usually undertake SPIN training at the same time as sub-specialty training (also called GRID). There are some exceptions to this rule and we will update this page as we develop our SPIN work. If you have an enquiry about SPIN eligibility for you, contact us at training.services@rcpch.ac.uk.

 
 

Attend ACAMH’s 2020 Events Online

  • Writer: PMHA
    PMHA
  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 1 min read

Did you know that you can now see a lots of ACAMH events from wherever you might be at the moment?

With the global spread of the coronavirus, many organisations across the world are changing working practices to ensure everyone’s safety. One such organisation is the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), which will not be staging physical events for the rest of 2020, but instead is bringing events online as live webinars, many of which will be free. There are also a number of recorded webinars already available for view, including:

More will be added to the ACAMH website’s Freeview section, which contains a whole host of other past lectures.

 
 

Anna Freud Learning Network

  • Writer: PMHA
    PMHA
  • Oct 31, 2020
  • 1 min read

The Anna Freud Learning Network is a free national network for professionals, both individuals and organisations, which shares the latest research, resources, and learning opportunities to those working to transform the mental health of children and young people.

To find out more and to join the network, please click on the link below

 
 
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