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This page clarifies the training standards for higher specialist trainees in Geriatric Medicine in community liaison and practice in the context of the new training curriculum and syllabus.
This section of the Delirium Hub contains resources which focus on staff training and how to educate patients and relatives.
The West Midlands Region Autumn Meeting 2021 was held on 24 September 2021
#NurseAHPcouncil online meeting Wednesday 24th February 2021
National networking through peer support and professional development
Here you can find links to our new frailty elearning module and other useful training materials.
The Older Person Whisperer's take on coping and responsibility when looking after a person with Parkinson's Disease
Physicians practising in general internal medicine (GIM) commonly manage illness in patients who may be in the last phase of their lives. It is therefore an important part of the specialist training programme to manage patient and family involvement.
In a pioneering step, Wales has developed a comprehensive core curriculum of competencies for intermediate care for SpRs in geriatric medicine. While designed for SpRs in Wales, the curriculum has UK-wide relevance.
The Older Person Whisperer's series of comic presentations on the life of a geriatrician
The Wessex Region Spring Meeting 2021 was held on 27 May 2021
FAQs for doctors in training regarding COVID-19 disruption to their progression.
Medical Education Terminology relating to the education of specialist trainees, catalogued by the Vice President for Education of the British Geriatrics Society
Focus on Physicians 2017-18 is the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow’s most recent census on the consultant physician and higher specialty trainee workforce in the UK.
Joint activities such as art, sewing, knitting, cooking or growing plants help relationships grow between the generations.
This Practice Question has been published with the kind permission of the Royal College of Nursing.
This report summarises findings from a BGS survey of training programme directors (TPDs) about recruitment, retention and support initiatives, as well as challenges they face and solutions they have found regarding their trainee workforce.
As the country moved out of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, BGS issued a survey to its members to find out about their experiences of working through the pandemic and their concerns going forward. This report summarises its findings and sets out actions for the future.
From November 2023, the CESR route for Specialist and GP registration changed to the new Portfolio Pathway. Dr Amit Arora (BGS Vice President, Workforce), Dr Saniya Naseer (SAS doctor) and Dr Somaditya Bandyopadhyay (SAS doctor) met with the General Medical Council (GMC) to clarify some common issues and questions for the benefit of our many SAS doctors.
In advance of the general election on 4 July, BGS has outlined ten asks under three themes that the next Government needs to prioritise in order to improve healthcare for older people.
This report analyses data from the UK 2022 census of consultant physicians, conducted by the Royal College of Physicians London on behalf of the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK. The latest RCP census was published in 2023 and is based on data collected in 2022.
This report summarises the findings of a survey of the BGS membership undertaken in late 2023. It provides a snapshot into how our members are feeling about their work and the services they work in.
This section of the Research Hub provides an introduction to the topic and looks at how and why to get involved in geriatric medicine research.