ABN Preparing for Consultancy Course
Friday 20 September 2024 | James Watt & George Stephenson Suite - IBIS Birmingham, New Street
9.30am - 5.30pm
35 places | £155
We are pleased to invite senior neurology registrars to the second iteration of our hugely popular, neurology-specific consultant course. This is aimed at preparing you for your first consultant role and demystifying the job. This in-person 1-day
course will cover a range of topics including interview and job planning, CPD, staff management, errors, and medicolegal issues.
We will be joined by a faculty of consultants including both experienced consultants and those who have recently taken up a consultant job, who bring with them a wide variety of experience and expertise. In addition, small group sessions will allow
you the opportunity to get to know the consultant faculty and generate discussion in an informal setting.
The course will include lunch and two coffee breaks.
Chair: Christopher Hutchcroft
Programme
9:30
Introduction & ABN President’s Welcome: Richard Davenport, Edinburgh
9:45
Talk: The nuts and bolts - 10 things I wish I knew about being a neurology consultant: Richard Davenport, Edinburgh
11:30
Talk: Getting there – the interview and starting out: Krista Farrell, London
14:15
Talk: Moving forward – Sub-specialisation and developing a clinical service: Ashwin Pinto, Southampton
16:00
Talk: Facing difficulty - Errors and how to successfully overcome them: David McKee, Manchester
17:15
Final panel questions and discussion
Faculty: Jason Appleton (Nottingham), Richard Davenport (Edinburgh), Krista Farrell (London), Tom Hayton (Birmingham), Lucy Kinton (Southampton), Tzehow Mok (Surrey), Ashwin Pinto (Southampton), David McKee (Manchester), Viraj Bharambe
(Liverpool), Saiju Jacob (Birmingham)
Small Group Session:
- Preparing for practice: Identifying jobs, what to find out, preparing for interview, job planning.
- Skills for success: working with colleague and teams, CPD and revalidation, staying on top of admin, supervising and looking after junior colleagues.
- Academic Skills: job planning as an academic, grant writing, keeping up with clinical and academic commitments. (TBC)
- Money matters: writing a business case, private practice, pensions.
- Errors and complaints: human factors, avoiding complaints, responding to complaints, medicolegal aspects.
