Peninsula Postgraduate Medical Education and Severn Postgraduate Medical Education are one organisation within NHS England South West (NHSE SW).

While NHSE SW is a single region, there will continue to be two distinct training programmes; ie Severn and Peninsula. More information on the two areas is given across the tabs on this page.

Locations & trusts

NHS England South West Peninsula is located in the South of England and incorporates Devon and Cornwall. The link below provides a map to all locations within the Peninsula Internal Medicine Training (IMT) programme.

http://medicine.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk/about-us/areas/

Trusts within the Peninsula offering Internal Medicine Training:

The programme

IMT is a three-year programme that will prepare trainees to become a medical registrar and provide them with the skills needed to manage patients presenting with a wide range of general medical symptoms and conditions. All IMT programmes include experience in intensive care medicine, geriatric medicine and outpatient clinics.

Peninsula Postgraduate Medical Education offers IMT training in all 5 Trusts.  All rotations consist of 6 x 4 month rotations with the third year consisting of 2 x 6 month rotations.

The first two years of training will be based in the same Trust. The majority of Year 3 placements will allow trainees to remain in the same Trust as their year 1 &2.  IMT3 will consist of 2x6 month placements in specialties primarily included in the acute take where the trainee can function as the “medical registrar”. The process of allocation of IMT3 posts will be based on the needs of the individual trainee and the needs for service provision across the region.

ACCS internal medicine posts are six month rotations completing six rotations at the end of the ACCS programme.

Our IMT programmes incorporate acute and non- acute specialties to give trainees a broad variety of training and experiences.

Programme features

The South West Peninsula offers high quality education in a supportive learning environment where trainees are encouraged to be part of the development of training programmes.

HEE South West Peninsula ranked 1st nationally for overall satisfaction in the 2018 GMC National Training Survey.

We offer a wide range of opportunities to support your IMT programme, achievement of MRCP and your professional development.

  • PACEs training courses are running locally within the Peninsula three times a year (Cornwall, Plymouth and Exeter) so trainees do not have to travel outside of the region.
  • Local and regional teaching – most Trusts offer all day teaching sessions so you are not pulled back into Ward duties and regional training days are offered three times a year so you can get together with your colleagues across the region.
  • Opportunity to engage in QI projects and service innovation with the support of a local Quality Improvement expert and the Peninsula Quality Improvement Network
  • Simulation training supported by high quality simulation equipment across the region
  • Leadership development via both training and practical opportunities
  • Partially funded PGCE bursaries

Life in Peninsula

If you choose to come and train with us you will have the opportunity to live and work in one of the most beautiful parts of the United Kingdom. There is no better place for an active outdoor lifestyle with an excellent climate.

The unspoilt beaches along the North Devon and North Cornwall coasts provide some of the UK’s best surf breaks, whilst the picturesque South Coast provides the backdrop for some great sailing and windsurfing. The spectacular moorland of Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor, along with the South West Coastal Path, provide limitless possibilities for hikers, climbers and mountain bikers.

For those more attracted to urban living, Exeter and Plymouth offer you the chance to live in vibrant, historic and multicultural university cities, with excellent links to the rest of the country (Exeter to London Paddington is only two hours by train). There are plenty of smaller towns and villages to choose from for those who prefer a more quiet life. 

In the South West Peninsula you will have the opportunity to mix and match lifestyle choices and undertake high quality, well-regulated training in medical specialties.

Location & trusts

The Severn Postgraduate School of Medicine is a vibrant organisation firmly committed to training future generations of physicians. We aspire to excellence through providing the highest quality of medical training whilst encouraging innovation and research. Our rotations provide clinical experience in district general hospitals, both small and large, and our teaching hospitals.

  • NBT – North Bristol NHS Trust
  • UHBW – University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
  • GWH – Great Western Hospital NHSFT Swindon
  • Chelt/Glos – Cheltenham and Gloucester
  • Yeovil – Yeovil District Hospital NHSFT
  • Bath – Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust
  • Taunton – Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust

Please visit the Severn postgraduate medical education website for further information.

The programme

IMT is a three-year programme that will prepare Doctors in training (DiTs) to become a medical registrar and prepare for higher specialty training in a Physicinaly specialty. It provides them with the skills needed to manage patients presenting with a wide range of general medical symptoms and conditions. All IMT programmes include experience in intensive care medicine, geriatric medicine and outpatient clinics.

IMT rotations are usually based in two trusts, commonly Bath and Swindon, Cheltenham/Gloucester & North Bristol, or University hospital Bath with Weston, Tauton, Yeovil, though we do have a few posts that are anomolies to these.  

We submit a 3-year rotation at the preferencing stage of the recruitment process.  Candidates will be able to preference a 3-year programme. It should be noted that candidates wish to apply for LTFT, Parental leave or Out of Programme (OOP) during the course of the IMT programme may occur changes from their original offer. The year 1 and 2 four month posts all include Geriatric Medicine and Intensive Care; post in year 3 are 6 months placements on the Medical Registrar rota. We offer a range of specialities, with opportunities to gain experience in some of the group 2 specialties. Please note that some minor changes must be made from time to time to our rotations, in terms of rotation specialties and trust site.

The RCP tutor/s in each trust monitors the progress of all IMTs, supported by a team of consultant educational supervisors. New IMTs will meet their tutor/s at their trust IMT induction; there is a deanery induction at the first regional training day too. Induction is supported by comprehensive documents on the JRCPTB website, the regional sharepoint site and the IMT learning hub and eLfH sites. IMTs usually have the same educational supervisor for at least a year who meets them regularly to guide their progress and supports progress with the eportfolio.

 

 

Programme features

Our Head of School, Training Programme Directors, College Tutors and educational supervisors are highly motivated with a passion for educating and supporting trainees, in order to  ensure they achieve their full potential. We are ably supported by an efficient management team based at NHSE Southwest Severn.

We offer a wide range of opportunities to support your IMT programme, achievement of MRCP and your professional development.

  • PACES training courses are running locally
  • Local and regional teaching days - (2 IM1/2, 2 IM3 and 2 for all grades a year)
  • Opportunities to engage in QI projects
  • Leadership development via both training and practical opportunities

The Severn School has close links with Penisinula. 

Life in Severn

The Severn area offers something for everyone; the elegant Georgian cities of Bath and Cheltenham, the cosmopolitan feel of Bristol, and easy access to beautiful countryside and coastline. Leisure, sports and cultural opportunities are superb, with excellent rail links to London and the M5 motorway for the Devon and Cornwall coasts further south.

Please visit our website for further region information.