Between 2012 and 2017, the BGS has, as part of the annual Trainees' Weekend, set a mock SCE session in order to support BGS trainees who were preparing to sit the RCP SCE exam. Here we publish the mock questions and answers for each year's session.
Providing healthcare to older adults is often extremely challenging. Patients often have multiple long-term conditions, and present to healthcare in atypical ways. Doctors need to be highly competent communicators with knowledge of medical ethics, social care and palliative medicine.
When taking time out of programme (or OOP), it's important to maintain clinical skills and knowledge when medical practice is constantly evolving.
If you're thinking of doing research but are put off by taking a lengthy break from work or studies, consider doing research part time alongside your clinical job. We examine the pros and cons.
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.
Pressure ulcers cause immense suffering and considerable increases in length of stay. An understanding of the causes of pressure ulceration is fundamental to prevention of occurrence.
This curriculum is based on the specialty training curriculum for geriatric medicine, formulated in August 2010 (amended in 2016).
The JRCPTB published the curriculum for specialist trainees in geriatric medicine in 2010. In 2016, it published an amended edition. Trainees are be required to learn to manage the whole range of medical conditions at a generalist level for adults of all ages.
The Older Person Whisperer's series of comic presentations on the life of a geriatrician
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.
Medical Education Terminology relating to the education of specialist trainees, catalogued by the Vice President for Education of the British Geriatrics Society
The ageing population in the UK and increasing pressures on acute hospitals has shifted the balance of care to the community and providing care closer to home. This has led to closer joint working across primary and secondary care, with social care and the third sector.
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.
Based on the specialty training curriculum for geriatric medicine, reference is made to the guidelines for collaboration between physicians of geriatric medicine and psychiatrists of old age.
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.
Congratulations to Dr Richard Dodds and Dr Melanie Dani - the winners of the BGS EAMA awards in 2018.
The BGS invites entries from medical and dental students for the 41st award of the Amulree Prize, to be submitted by 1st December 2018.
The QOLCARE Study Group invites visitors to complete a survey which explores how doctors rate their professional quality of life and job satisfaction.
The past decade has seen a proliferation of textbooks in geriatric medicine – definitely a good thing for the specialty and our patients. But in this competitive space it has become more challenging to find a single book to recommend to non-specialty trainees or medical students!
Taking a step off the conveyer belt of medical training can be a daunting move for trainees, who have become accustomed to the continued encouragement for career progression. It’s a choice that is not actively encouraged, but does allow(s) space to refocus through dedicated time doing a different kind of work.
Over the course of five days we worked together under the supervision of our Brazilian and UK mentors to share ideas, learn from each other and work on developing new collaborative research projects.
As junior consultants, leadership skills are essential, in addition to clinical skills, in order to set up and run the kind of collaborative teams and services that consultants are asked to lead, and enable them to thrive.
In the world of Alzheimer’s research we heard from Professor Michael Rowan, who focused on amyloid and ageing. Sleep and mood disorders can pre-date dementia diagnoses, and we see circadian rhythm disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
This February marked the first, hopefully of many, Biogerontology for Clinicians International Conference, held at the state-of-the-art Mercer Institute of Successful Ageing (MISA) at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin.
An FY2 taster week can have a multitude of meanings. For some, it offers a reprieve from their mundane day job, almost as desirable as annual leave. For others, it is an opportunity to try a specialty that piqued their interest as a student. Fran Kirkham reflects on her own experience.
David Scott's impressions of the BGS Autumn Meeting 2017 which he attended in his capacity as a patient representative.
Much has been written about the need for healthcare systems to adapt to meet the growing demands associated with demographic changes and an ageing population worldwide. For this to truly happen, we need a culture change, says Diarmuid O’Shea, Consultant Geriatrician at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin.
Delirium has, technically, been around for centuries. But many working in healthcare till do not know about it. Or if they do, they refer to it by every other name except delirium. With an incidence of around 20 per cent, ignorance is no longer acceptable. There is a pressing need to do something that goes beyond merely raising awareness.
Falls are a major cause of disability and mortality for older people and the problem is likely to increase with an ageing population. Other consequences range from distress, pain, injury and loss of confidence to complete loss of independence. Dr Kawa Amin shows how simulation training can help staff deal with falls better.
The Association for Elderly Medicine Education (AEME) is an organisation set up by trainee geriatricians in 2012, to provide educational tools and experiences in elderly medicine. The aim was also to attract more trainees into the specialty. Nick Saxton describes the organisation's work.
MDTea produce free fortnightly podcasts on common topics encountered in clinical practice, critically looking at what evidence bases exist and which do not, and applying practical solutions. Joanna Preston and Iain Wilkinson explain the concept and answer questions on how it works.
Registrars Emily Bowen, Judy Martin and Marissa Minns explain how the Royal College of Physicians Chief Registrar programme sets out to equip a new cohort of clinicians with the skills and experience they need take on roles in clinical leadership and management.
The Dutch are fortunate to have very good nursing home care. The biggest challenge is not how to provide good care but how to pay for that care. So the government is trying to find other ways of caring for vulnerable and dependent people and encouraging them to live as long as possible in their own home
Although geriatric rehabilitation in most countries is considered to belong to the core tasks of geriatricians, there is no consensus about definition and target groups of patients.
Amy Heskett found re-reading Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvelous Medicine’ to her children has made her wonder if it formed the foundation of her understanding of Geriatric Medicine.
Social psychologists have been interested in attitudes for about 90 years now. Debate rages on about how much of what we do can be predicted from our attitudes. Given how they influence behaviours, attitudes have a role to play in medicine too.
Geriatrics for Juniors 2018 is here! A day of practical tips & career advice for junior docs, specialist nurses & AHPs around the care of older people. November 24th in London.
Covering core topics:SIG sessions on Stroke, Movement Disorders, Falls
A 2 day residential course for senior registrars focusing on management & leadership issues that affect health services for older people.
This annual meeting aims to identify and address key training and learning points within the speciality. Sessions include: Developing management skills, Older people in the emergency department, Quality Improvement surgery, Neurosurgery, Nutrition in old age.