It has been so pleasing to hear from our recent graduates of Present to Pass® who achieved success in the RANZCP clinical exams in November 2009. A number of graduates had attempted to pass the exams on a few occasions, and did let us know that tips they learnt at our workshops helped them with preparation and on the day.
We are so thrilled to hear the good news, and will continue to ask for feedback to ensure that our course remains valuable for registrars.
We are also developing a new program for surgical registrars sitting the FRACS clinical examinations. We know that presentation skills and anxiety management training is relevant to all registrars sitting oral exams, regardless of specialty.
So if you know of any surgical registrars who might like to take part in our courses, please forward this on, and invite them to join our database. That way, we can ensure they are notified when the dates are set.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Happy New Year to All
On behalf of all the team at CPD Formulations we thank you for your support of our programs, and look forward to seeing you in 2010.
Things have moved quickly this year; we have had a number of successful program launches and many thanks for coming along and participating.
And on another note, we were robbed on Christmas Eve, not a lot taken as we do not have cash or drugs on the premises, but a big shake up for us on the eve of the festive season. We hope the perpetrators are caught as they caused a great deal of damage to other offices as well.
Anyway, we plan on putting all this to one side in order to continue creating quality medical education in 2010 and beyond (that’s after a bit of a break!).
As always, very best wishes, and keep in touch,
Helen
Things have moved quickly this year; we have had a number of successful program launches and many thanks for coming along and participating.
And on another note, we were robbed on Christmas Eve, not a lot taken as we do not have cash or drugs on the premises, but a big shake up for us on the eve of the festive season. We hope the perpetrators are caught as they caused a great deal of damage to other offices as well.
Anyway, we plan on putting all this to one side in order to continue creating quality medical education in 2010 and beyond (that’s after a bit of a break!).
As always, very best wishes, and keep in touch,
Helen
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Reflections of a Local Hospital Co-ordinator for the RANZCP exams
Have you signed up for access to our resource section on the CPD Website?If not you may like to click here to request a username and password.
Just added is a document which contains some insights from a local hospital co-ordinator for the RANZCP clinical exams. Here is a snippet...
"Once the RANZCP decides on the location for the clinical examinations, various hospitals are chosen to host the OCI (observed clinical interview) and OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) component of the examinations. The OCI is held over two days in most occasions and up to 8 candidates are examined on each day at each site, if two streams are running concurrently. The OCI begins by 8am and concludes at 5.15pm, hence, a very long day for all involved"...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
A resounding ‘Yes’ for a new approach to independent medical education
It was so pleasing to see the recent feedback from our survey on independent medical education, both as a doctor and independent medical education provider.
Many thanks to all those who replied, and showed us that Doctors are prepared to pay for medical education if they are purchasing access to a quality medical education event. In addition, we were thrilled that some rated our SleepSchool and HIV Matters Summit as the best medical education event for 2009.
Most of the criticism regarding pharmaceutical company sponsorship relates to a perception that the content of the material may be biased, or that niche therapeutic areas that are not treated by medication (such as the psychotherapies) are not explored. While we have had experience with collaborating with pharmaceutical companies, we are now ready to pursue our beliefs that there is room for both approaches.
Recently, out major sponsor for our HIV summit withdrew support, but we are not perturbed and are proceeding with developing a fantastic new program for 2010. This program will address the very important areas of Image and Identity in those with HIV, and what it means to have HIV in the 21st Century. If you would like to be updated about meeting dates and registration, please email us at hivmatters@cpdformulations.com.au. We aim to deliver a valuable education event not to be missed if you have a special interest in managing patients with HIV.
And big thanks go to Servier Laboratories who helped make our vision of webcasting training programs for registrars a reality in 2009. They truly provided unrestricted educational grants and had no involvement with the content of the programs, and were always very professional and obliging to work with.
Many thanks to all those who replied, and showed us that Doctors are prepared to pay for medical education if they are purchasing access to a quality medical education event. In addition, we were thrilled that some rated our SleepSchool and HIV Matters Summit as the best medical education event for 2009.
Most of the criticism regarding pharmaceutical company sponsorship relates to a perception that the content of the material may be biased, or that niche therapeutic areas that are not treated by medication (such as the psychotherapies) are not explored. While we have had experience with collaborating with pharmaceutical companies, we are now ready to pursue our beliefs that there is room for both approaches.
Recently, out major sponsor for our HIV summit withdrew support, but we are not perturbed and are proceeding with developing a fantastic new program for 2010. This program will address the very important areas of Image and Identity in those with HIV, and what it means to have HIV in the 21st Century. If you would like to be updated about meeting dates and registration, please email us at hivmatters@cpdformulations.com.au. We aim to deliver a valuable education event not to be missed if you have a special interest in managing patients with HIV.
And big thanks go to Servier Laboratories who helped make our vision of webcasting training programs for registrars a reality in 2009. They truly provided unrestricted educational grants and had no involvement with the content of the programs, and were always very professional and obliging to work with.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Day 2 ponderings from the PME forum
This is the third year that we have attended the National Prevocational Medical Education forum, alongside some 300 delegates from a variety of different interest groups.
Because this year I didn’t have the responsibility of speaking I felt it was easier to step back and think about why such a number of people meet around what is such a small time in the career of a doctor.
Prevocational training is largely defined as the post graduate (pre-specialty) years a doctor serves after completing medical school. In the olden days it was known as ‘internship’ and ‘residency’. Not a long time, and becoming shorter as the race is on for limited training places with the various colleges, and an abundance of keen doctors all vying for these places.
When I went through these years at the start of this decade, there were three main questions doctors often pondered whilst traversing what disappears in the blink of an eye:
1. Why did I decide to be a doctor?
2. Where’s the kudos?
3. How do I get into a training program?
And chatting to peers during the breaks today, it appeared that these questions are as relevant as ever.
In no way am I minimising the importance and value of this forum, certainly not, but I feel that the issues raised and the discussion generated is as equally applicable to medical students and especially registrars, who could be starting their college training as early as in their PGY2 year. These concepts include leadership, doctor’s health and wellbeing, and the tenuous balance between education and service provision. It would be nice to see the audience widened to encompass these areas as well, notwithstanding the practicalities of this and the interfaces involved.
Because this year I didn’t have the responsibility of speaking I felt it was easier to step back and think about why such a number of people meet around what is such a small time in the career of a doctor.
Prevocational training is largely defined as the post graduate (pre-specialty) years a doctor serves after completing medical school. In the olden days it was known as ‘internship’ and ‘residency’. Not a long time, and becoming shorter as the race is on for limited training places with the various colleges, and an abundance of keen doctors all vying for these places.
When I went through these years at the start of this decade, there were three main questions doctors often pondered whilst traversing what disappears in the blink of an eye:
1. Why did I decide to be a doctor?
2. Where’s the kudos?
3. How do I get into a training program?
And chatting to peers during the breaks today, it appeared that these questions are as relevant as ever.
In no way am I minimising the importance and value of this forum, certainly not, but I feel that the issues raised and the discussion generated is as equally applicable to medical students and especially registrars, who could be starting their college training as early as in their PGY2 year. These concepts include leadership, doctor’s health and wellbeing, and the tenuous balance between education and service provision. It would be nice to see the audience widened to encompass these areas as well, notwithstanding the practicalities of this and the interfaces involved.
No flies on Virgin as CPD staff no longer fly on Qantas
Greetings from the 14th National Postgraduate Medical Education forum, which starts today on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
We have been attending this conference for the past few years, and last year presented our stunning results from our Present to Pass® courses to a keen audience in Hobart. This year we have come to hear about the latest innovations in medical education, as well as talk to the JMOs about training in Australia in 2009.
We’ll let you know that we think of the content as the conference gets underway!
Meanwhile, we recognise we are a small business, but nevertheless, have always supported Qantas when we need to fly for our workshops and training sessions. But we have made a decision to switch our loyalties after a series of what we see to be examples of poor customer service. We often need to travel to holiday destinations on the eastern seaboard of Australia, prime venue locations for many conferences in this country. But we are so dismayed by how we are treated by Qantas when purchasing code share flights with Jetstar.
It seems that when it suits Qantas the two airlines operate separately. So despite the fact that we book online with Qantas, use Qantas frequent flyer points, and are eligible to access the Qantas Club lounge, we must check in at Jetstar and not be able to access priority service that we pay for.
We are only a small business, but we are going places, and we are discerning when it comes to choosing the carrier that will take us on our journey. So we will switch allegiances to other carrier to many holiday destinations in Australia.
In the meantime as they say, sit back and relax, and check up in a couple of days for the latest on our view of PMCQ!
We have been attending this conference for the past few years, and last year presented our stunning results from our Present to Pass® courses to a keen audience in Hobart. This year we have come to hear about the latest innovations in medical education, as well as talk to the JMOs about training in Australia in 2009.
We’ll let you know that we think of the content as the conference gets underway!
Meanwhile, we recognise we are a small business, but nevertheless, have always supported Qantas when we need to fly for our workshops and training sessions. But we have made a decision to switch our loyalties after a series of what we see to be examples of poor customer service. We often need to travel to holiday destinations on the eastern seaboard of Australia, prime venue locations for many conferences in this country. But we are so dismayed by how we are treated by Qantas when purchasing code share flights with Jetstar.
It seems that when it suits Qantas the two airlines operate separately. So despite the fact that we book online with Qantas, use Qantas frequent flyer points, and are eligible to access the Qantas Club lounge, we must check in at Jetstar and not be able to access priority service that we pay for.
We are only a small business, but we are going places, and we are discerning when it comes to choosing the carrier that will take us on our journey. So we will switch allegiances to other carrier to many holiday destinations in Australia.
In the meantime as they say, sit back and relax, and check up in a couple of days for the latest on our view of PMCQ!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
shop online for cpd products
We have often been asked about whether we have materials available beyond our courses and programs and we are very excited to launch our first DVD/download series: Tips for Success. We have professionally produced a number of videos which focus on interview skills in different applied clinical settings as a resource for psychiatry registrars and medical students.
To find out more visit our new online shopping cart here.
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