Overview

The New Consultants' Day is an event to help and support those recently appointed to a consultant post, or who will soon be taking one up. It is appropriate for all pathology specialties and for both medically-trained pathologists and clinical scientists. 

You will hear from experienced consultants on a range of topics such as how to prepare a business case to secure resources, how to set up new services and how best to deal with complaints, and learn more about appraisal, revalidation and job planning (parallel session for medically-trained pathologists) and the experiences of consultant clinical scientists (parallel session for clinical scientists), among other things. It is most suitable for those appointed to a consultant post within the last year, or who expect to be appointed to a consultant post within the next year.

Draft Programme

Programme

09:30  Welcome from the President, (Dr Bernie Croal, RCPath President)

09:40  What I wish I’d known… How to make the transition from trainee to consultant –the first few weeks and months in a consultant post (Rachel Rummery)

10:05  How to obtain resources – writing business cases (TBA)
10:30  Research, how to get involved – (Dr Matthew Clarke)

10:55  Q&A

11:10 Coffee/tea break

11:25  Complaints – how to avoid them and how to handle them (Prof Mike Osborn, RCPath Past President)
11:50  Diversity, inclusion and adjustment – (Chris Tiplady)

12:15  Pensions (Aidan Adams, BMA pensions expert)

12.40  Q&A

12:55  Lunch break

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Breakout into two groups – delegates choose which to attend (Breakout 1 is suitable for medics and Breakout 2 is suitable for Clinical Scientists
BREAKOUT GROUP 1:
13:25  Appraisal and revalidation ( Representative from GMC)
13:55  Job planning and contracts (Mr Patrick Boardman, BMA) 

14:25  End of breakout session

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BREAKOUT GROUP 2:
13:25  How to approach life in a consultant role (Katherine Hayden)
14:25  End of breakout session

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14:25  Coffee/tea break

 

14:35  Getting Involved: Training and Supervising Trainees (Dr Harriet Hughes) 
15:00  It’s your College - how to get involved at RCPath (Professor Angharad Davies)
15:25  Wellbeing at work (Professor Peter Johnston)

15:50  Q&A
16:00  Event close

Registration fees
This Event is Free for all to attend - please use the 'book now' button to register your attendence. 
Zoom

ZOOM

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