EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES Alice Brooke CT 2

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES Alice Brooke CT 2 On behalf of Dr Richard Whale Principal Lecturer BSMS Course leader MSc Psychiatry Consultant Psychiatrist

• RCPsych Exam changes • MRCPsych course • MSc courses • Teaching opportunities • Research opportunities

RCPsych Exam changes From April 2015 • Paper I / II • Paper III • CASC Paper A Paper B Updated syllabus December 2013 http: //www. rcpsych. ac. uk/pdf/Syllabic%20 Curriculum%20 MRCPsych%20 Dec ember%202013. pdf

’MRCPsych Paper A’: The scientific and theoretical basis of psychiatry ’MRCPsych Paper B’: Critical review and the clinical topics in psychiatry • The papers will each comprise of 200 items made up of MCQ best 1 of 5 and EMI questions. • For a transitional period Paper A will be split into two sections A (i) and A (ii) and will be held on the same day.

• Paper A sections 1 -5 of the syllabus BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE AND SOCIO-CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BASIC NEUROSCIENCES CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY CLASSIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHIATRY • Paper B sections 6 -14 of the syllabus ORGANISATION AND DELIVERY OF PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY OLD AGE PSYCHIATRY PSYCHOTHERAPY CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY OTHER CLINICAL SPECIALTIES RESEARCH METHODS, STATISTICS, CRITICAL REVIEW AND EVIDENCEBASED PRACTICE

Examinations still to sit Currently A(i) Held Pass A(ii) Paper 1 B CASC √ √ √ Paper 2 √ √ √ Paper 3 √ √ √ Papers 1 and 2 √ √ Papers 1 and 3 √ Papers 2 and 3 √ √ Papers 1, 2, and 3

• Recommend that Paper A is sat first, and that 12 months experience in psychiatric practice is gained before attempting Paper B; however this is not a requirement in the regulations. • Written papers must be passed in order to sit the clinical exam • Please feed back on most useful MRCPsych course structure (? Paper A topics < April)

BSMS MRCPsych course • Sussex and Kent students currently • Alternate Thursdays at the Sussex Education Centre, Hove Developing days to be delivered in Dartford Year 1 covers Paper A syllabus Year 2 covers Paper B syllabus • Funded from study budgets • Application form needed: contact: c. a. martin@brighton. ac. uk

BSMS MRCPsych course Year 1 Module I (MDM 84) Core Principles of Psychiatry alternate Thursdays from 17 th September until 26 th November 2015 Module II (MDM 85) Behavioural Science and Psychotherapy alternate Thursdays from 7 th January until 17 th March 2016 Module III (MDM 86) Biological Sciences alternate Thursdays from 14 th April until 9 th June 2016 Year 2 Modules IV and V Clinical specialities Module VI Research methods and critical appraisal 5 days teaching per module

MRCPsych course Learning strategies: Whole group problem based discussion Online learning through MCQ feedback Student presentations CASC workshops MCQ practice sessions Attendance is monitored via a register and fed back to MEM/Educational Supervisors / DME / Head of School Attendance and MSc enrolment directly associated with exam pass Student. Central is electronic source of learning materials for the course

BSMS MSc Courses • Why undertake? MSc Psychiatry (not recruiting 2015 due to revalidation) MSc Dementia PGCert teaching MRes Leadership / Commisioning Additional funding required

Teaching opportunities • Undergraduate via n. medford@bsms. ac. uk Undergraduate examining for ST 4 -6 • Postgraduate. MRCPsych Teaching placement Honorary lecturer Locality program teaching

Research opportunities • • MSc Audit with wide relevance Systematic review Choose supervisor with academic record New vs existing project Publish Locality supervisor register Start early

Sussex Research Supervisors Register Name Al Amaladoss Richard Bowskill Field of research interest Medical education Bipolar disorder. Adherence to medication Site SPFT West BSMS, SEC SPFT East BSMS Hugo Critchley Biological psychiatry and neuroimaging Neurodevelopmental disorders in adulthood Normal and abnormal control of emotion Caroline Gorst-Unsworth Old age psychiatry and ECT Rick Fraser First episode psychosis SPFT West Autistic spectrum disorders Effects of inflammation on emotion, cognition, BSMS motivation, depression and dementia. Adult Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Autism, ADHD, Tourette Syndrome) Neil Harrison SPFT West Bernadette van den Hout Neurodevelopment, trauma prevention in young children. Social services liaison. SPFT Mokhtar Isaac Systematic Reviews of Cognitive impairment, Dementia, Suicide prevention Neuropsychiatry. Dissociation. Neuroimaging Epidemiology of suicide dementia research, clinical trials and systematic reviews Biological aetiology of depression Psychosis outcome studies Systematic reviews. SPFT East Nick Medford Anjun Memon Naji Tabet Richard Whale BSMS, SEC SPFT East BSMS, SEC SPFT Brighton