Physicians

Current Issues - Physicians

Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference: The Next Decade: What is the Future of Public Health?

This year the influential FPH annual conference is taking place for the first time in London at Imperial College with a new and exciting format. There will be keynote speeches from the leaders in public health, break-out sessions, discussions and plenty of debate as the audience contemplates public health policy and practise under a new government. This will be the biggest annual conference of public health leaders in the UK, and will be held in a central London location for the first time. Further details can be obtained from the conference website at www.fphconference.org

2008 Census of the Consultant Workforce

The 2008 Census of the Consultant Workforce published by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK can be accessed here.

RCPSG & SIGN Guideline e-CPD ProjectRCPSG are delighted to have secured funding from The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC) to support the development of two SIGN Guidelines for a online self-assessment CPD tool which can be used for revalidation purposes.

The guidelines which are being developed for this project are:
SIGN Guideline 95 - Management of Chronic Heart Failure;
SIGN Guideline 98 - Assessment, diagnosis and clinical interventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders.

Once the system is live, clinicians will be able to test their knowledge of the guideline using a scenario based online assessment tool. As CPD will play an important role in the revalidation process, this system will be a valuable tool supporting clinician's learning and development.

We hope to launch the system in Spring 2010. For futher information, please contact Lynsey McNaught, Project Manager (t) +44 (0)141 227 3249 or (e) lynsey.mcnaught@rcpsg.ac.uk