North Northumberland Trainers Group Trainer group meeting held on 29 September, 2000 at Wellway Surgery, Morpeth.

Members Present:

• Chris Stevenson (secretary)
• Brad Cheek
• Gary Fraser
• Stuart Jobling
• Charles Dean
• Chris Marr
• Dave Gill
• Mike Dodd

Apologies:

• Mike Guy
• Gordon Cameron
• Alan Fraser  

Matters arising

Trainee problems

Much of the usual supportive discussion

Embleton Hall NLP Course 1999

Embleton Hall, NLP Course – finance update – CJS to ask MG about repayments.

Course Organiser Report

Mike and Gary reported that:

• Tynedale Questionnaire to be updated and numerical reviews of trainer’s performance to be stopped.

• Hospital visiting of local hospital posts to be imposed by Professor Van Zwanenburg as trainers group responsibility.  CJS to write to Tim Van Zwanenburg re costing.  We are apparently to be responsible for Wansbeck, St Georges and St Oswald’s Hospice.  

  • Dates: 

    • 29.11.00. -  Mike Dodd to be accompanied by possibly CJS to St Georges.  1

    • 3.12.00.- Gary Fraser to be accompanied by Stuart to WGH.

• Number of Trainee applications is up.

Future of the group

After much debate, soul searching and canvassing the group's decision was to abandon the present secretarial and chairman configuration and replace with a single group convenor.  An election was held and Gary Fraser is the first Trainer Group One Convenor to sit in office from 2001 to 2003. Hard luck Gordon C - better luck next time!

• Embleton Hall 2001 to continue.
• Suggested subjects for half day meetings.
  • T2D2 mid-point appraisal.
  • Video appraisal as trainer group two Julian Turner and Dave Morgan to present.
  • Trainee educational meeting for hospital-based registrars i.e. mentioned in agenda item 3 above.
• Group to have sustained discussions over the year re Cambridge-Calgary system.
• To incorporate visit by Dr H Dixon re first six months appraisal and trainer expectation.
• It was agreed CJS to arrange Evening Curry Meeting at Shilbottle in November – date to be circulated.
• Mid Point Appraisal of Trainee between practices T2D2 – discussion delayed until next meeting.
• HTML and Internet Explorer compatibility – no interest.
• CD-ROM tool will be released soon by Brad

Agenda items

1. SHO Hospital Inspection letter 7.9.00. – CJS to respond

2. Contributions to Annual Report – CJS to cobble

3. M. Thomas – letter – career advice to GPR – CJS to respond affirmatively

Any Other Business

Audits 

noted there will be full cycle summative assessment audit projects from February 2001, this will require to be done in first six-month job.  Brad advised computerised data collection as will make second part of audit easier.  The Northumbria failure rate at present is 33%.  MJD noted that it is the trainers responsibility to educate the trainee re suitability of their audit to submit.

Cambridge Calgary Course

Discussion took place successfully.  Follow up to be sorted by Gary F.

Future meetings

On the minutes page.

Brad Cheek: December 28, 2006

• Brad Cheek: last updated Dec 2006
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