UKFPO Conference Materials Now Available

Published: 06/02/2009

Materials from the recent UKFPO conference, Creating Foundation Programmes of the Future are now available. The conference discussed

• Creating good, rounded programmes which meet the aims of the Foundation Programme Curriculum;
• developing community placements, bearing in mind the DH announcement that 60% of graduates will have to go into primary care; and
• how useful are primary care placements? Do they add value?

What are the future needs of the workforce and where does the Foundation Programme fit? (Debbie Mellor)

Psychiatry and the Foundation Programme (Dr Gianatta Rands/Dr John Lowe)

Setting up and running successful community placement programmes (Dr Jacky Hayden)

The ideal foundation programme: the trainee perspective (Dr Scott Oliver)

Workshop: Constructing F2 programmes to meet workforce need (Dr Malvena Stuart-Taylor)l

Workshop: Do community placements really add value? (Dr Sam Scallan/Sharon Kibble/Camilla Leach)

Workshop: Universities and foundation schools: working together (Dr Stuart Carney/Dr Stewart Peterson)

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