TRAINEE NEWSLETTERFEBRUARY 2016

Trainee On-Call Rotas Trainee Representative RAPM Appointments Committee Changes Upcoming Faculty Events FPM Study Day: Musculoskeletal System Examination for Diagnosing Pain Problems Upcoming External Events FFPMRCA MCQ Examination FFPMRCA SOE Examination RAPM Forum A Career in Pain Management Case Reports Training Centres Review Training Concerns Acute Pain Working Party Essential Pain Management (EPM) Essential Pain Management Lite (EPM Lite) Core Standards in Pain Management Services in the UK Opioids Aware Right Patient, Right Professionals, Right Time Initiative Buddying Programme Transmitter For Your Information Contacting the Faculty The Future

Dear Trainees,

Trainee On-Call RotasRAPMs are required to complete bi-annual reports and one of the major concerns raised in these was the impact of on-call rotas on daytime training. In order for the Faculty to monitor this please could you kindly complete this survey.

Please note this is not the same as the annual trainee survey which ensures that the quality of training meets requirements.

Trainee RepresentativeCongratulations to Dr Sheila Black who has been appointed as Dr Lucy Miller’s successor as Trainee Representative. The Faculty would like to thank all trainees who applied for this role; and also to Dr Lucy Miller for her work and efforts as Trainee Representative.

RAPM AppointmentsEast Midlands region has now been split into two regions and Dr Praburam (Ibrahim) Selvaraj has been appointed as RAPM for Nottingham & Mid-Trent and Dr Yehia Kamel has been appointed as RAPM for Leicester & South Trent.

Dr Sonia Pierce has returned as RAPM for Wales from her maternity leave.

Committee ChangesAs Dr Barry Miller has now been appointed as Vice Dean, Dr Jonathan McGhie is now Chair of FPMTAC and Dr Lorraine de Gray, Deputy Chair. Dr Peter Cole has also been appointed as a member to FPMTAC and will become the Lead for Workforce.

Upcoming Faculty Events

FFPMRCA Exam TutorialsThe next exam tutorial will be taking place at the RCoA on Friday 18th March. The day will cover the following topics:

Examination overview Psychology of Pain & Psychological Interventions CRPS Neurobiology of Pain Management of Headaches Management of Cancer Pain VIVA practice

The winter tutorials will be taking place at the RCoA on Friday 9 th September . Further details will be available soon.

As of the last MCQ exam (September 2015) and SOE exam (October 2015), statistics show that 111 delegates have attended FFPMRCA Exam tutorials since 2012. Of these attendees:

This is a higher pass rate than for those who did not attend the Exam tutorials.

FPM Annual MeetingThe 9th FPM Annual Meeting will be taking place on Friday 2 nd December and attendance is strongly encouraged.

FPM Study Day: Musculoskeletal System Examination for Diagnosing Pain ProblemsThis study day is scheduled for 15 th June at the RCoA. The programme can be viewed on our website and bookings are now open. The cost for trainees is £140.

Upcoming External EventsDate Event Organiser15th February Medico-Legal/Pelvic Pain/Headache (Dr Education Steering Group of the London

Passed MCQ Passed, SOE Failed

MCQ Passed, SOE Not Attempted MCQ Failed MCQ not

attempted

66 8 5 3 29

Sandesha Kothari) Pain Training Advisory Group14th March Opioid Study Day British Pain Society

15th March

Interventional day/ Anatomy / Low back/ Implantable devices/ Evidence for interventions/Radiology(Dr Vivek Mehta)

Education Steering Group of the London Pain Training Advisory Group

15th AprilPain the Hidden Epidemic - Patient Liaison Committee Annual Seminar British Pain Society

10th-12th May 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting British Pain Society26th May 4th Perioperative Acute Pain Study Day Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

17th JuneResearch/Paediatric(Dr Suellen Walker)

Education Steering Group of the London Pain Training Advisory Group

27th-30th JuneThe Power of the Mind in Pain Philosophy & Ethics SIG Annual Meeting British Pain Society

30th June - 2nd

JulyClinical Management of Chronic Pain – ‘A Practical Approach’ Pain Relief Foundation

14th July

NHS Plan/Commissioning: Understanding Funding/Issues for Prospective New Consultants(Dr Ashish Shetty)

Education Steering Group of the London Pain Training Advisory Group

For further information on events or formal teaching taking place in your region, please contact your RAPM or Jyoti Chand (Jchand@rcoa.ac.uk).

FFPMRCA MCQ ExaminationThe next MCQ exam will be taking place on 31st August. Applications will open on 20 June and close on 4th August and the fee is yet to be confirmed.

FFPMRCA SOE ExaminationThe next SOE exam will be taking place on 12th April 2016. Applications will open on 15th February 2016 and close on 17th March 2016. The examination fee is £720.

RAPM ForumThe next meeting will be held at the College on Thursday 3rd March 2016. If you have any issues you would like to have raised, please discuss this with your RAPM.

A Career in Pain ManagementThe Faculty is always looking to expand this webpage which provides guidance to trainees, so if you are interested in providing your career story, or sharing helpful tips and experiences with other trainees then please contact Jyoti.

Case ReportsPlease note that case reports need to be submitted by month 9 of your training programme and the Faculty recommends all trainees begin thinking about their case reports in month 6 of a training programme. For further information on the recommendations the Faculty have made for trainees during the one year training programme, you can view our step-by-step guide on our website.

The Faculty has had a recent suspected case of plagiarism. The Faculty uses a plagiarism checker and will deal with matters of plagiarism seriously which could lead to serious repercussions.

Training Centres ReviewAs part of new quality assurance procedures, the Faculty have asked RAPMs to review the Advance Pain Training centres in their region on a triennial basis to ensure they are able to meet the requirements of the training programme. The information collected should also show prospective trainees, trainees and consultants the opportunities available in each region. Further information can be found on our website.

Training ConcernsIt is important to the Faculty that all training centres meet the requirements of training programmes and as a quality assurance procedure we have asked RAPMs to highlight any issues or concerns trainees may be experiencing. If there are any issues or concerns you would like to raise, please contact your RAPM.

Acute Pain Working PartyThe Working Party is currently working on amendments to the curriculum which will be forwarded to the GMC for approval. The Faculty successfully ran a Study Day on Acute Pain Management in a Complex World on 8th February. The Working Party are working on collating a list of Acute Pain Leads nationwide.

Essential Pain Management (EPM)The EPM UK Working Group have scheduled two courses in Malawi; 29 th February and 7th March, and one course in Madagascar; 2nd May 2016. The Group are also in discussion with instructors in Zambia and Nigeria and further information will be provided soon.

For information on past visits by the EPM UK Working Group, please visit our website.

Essential Pain Management Lite (EPM Lite)EPM Lite has successfully been piloted in Aberdeen and Newcastle. If you feel EPM Lite could be delivered in your region then please do contact the Faculty for further information.

An EPM Lite webpage will be available soon detailing information on past courses, feedback and recommendations of how to set up a first course.

Dr Michael O’Connor, EPM Lite Lead, will also be presenting at the 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting on 10-12 May. Core Standards in Pain Management Services in the UK Core Standards for Pain Management Services in the UK (CSPMS UK) was launched at the Parliamentary Day on 18th November along with Opioids Aware (please see below). This document can be downloaded from our website.

Opioids AwareA resource for patients and healthcare professionals to support prescribing of opioid medicines for pain is now available on our website.

Right Patient, Right Professionals, Right Time Initiative

The Right Patient Right Professionals Right Time initiative documents have been widely

disseminated following their launch at Parliament on 18th November 2015.

These include:

The Future for People with Chronic Pain a briefing document for commissioners, politicians

and national stakeholders.

Helping People with Chronic Pain , a rallying call for patients, relatives and carers.

Please help us spread the word further by sharing them with your colleagues, patients and commissioning bodies.

Buddying ProgrammeThe Faculty is looking into whether there is a need for buddying/mentoring schemes specifically for Pain Medicine doctors. We are currently surveying fellows to determine what schemes already exist and if there is need for further schemes, giving the opportunity to be a mentor, mentee or buddy. The survey is open until 9.00am on 23rd February 2016. If you haven’t already taken part please do so by clicking here.

TransmitterThe next edition of Transmitter will be published in April. If you have any content ideas or would like to contribute to the Autumn edition then please contact Laura (lowen@rcoa.ac.uk).

For Your InformationThe GMC has published its fifth annual report on the state of medical education and practice in the UK, which can be viewed on their website. The report sets out what is happening in the education and practice of doctors, and considers some of the current challenges facing the profession and the systems in which it works. It also includes an extensive online resource of the GMC’s registration, education and fitness to practise data.

Contacting the FacultyThe Faculty would recommend that if you have any queries regarding your training, you contact your RAPM in the first instance. This is because they will have a greater understanding of local issues which may be affecting you, and they are more likely to be able to advise on a solution as a consequence. However, the Faculty are very happy to advise where possible and we would encourage trainees to get in touch with the FPM team at fpm@rcoa.ac.uk .

The FutureWe hope that you have found this newsletter useful. Please do let us know your thoughts on this. Also, do note that previous trainee newsletters can be found on our website .

If you have any ideas of what might be useful to include in the future then please do get in touch – we would welcome your suggestions!

Best wishes,

The FPM Team