EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES
Dr Richard Whale
Principal Lecturer BSMS
Course leader MSc Psychiatry
Consultant Psychiatrist
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RCPsych Exam changes
MRCPsych course
MSc courses
Teaching opportunities
Research opportunities
RCPsych Exam changes
From April 2015
• Paper I / II
• Paper III
• CASC
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Paper A
Paper B
Updated syllabus December 2013
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/Syllabic%20Curriculum%20MRCPsych%20Dece
mber%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 EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE
Examinations still to sit
Currently
A(i)
Held Pass
A(ii)
B
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Paper 2
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Papers 1 and 3
Papers 1, 2,
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Papers 1 and 2
Papers 2 and 3
CASC
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• 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
•Alternate Thursdays at the Sussex Education Centre, Hove
Year 1 covers Paper A syllabus
Year 2 covers Paper B syllabus
•Funded from study budgets
•Application form required
contact: c.a.martin@brighton.ac.uk
MRCPsych course
Year 1
Module I (MDM84) Core Principles of Psychiatry
alternate Thursdays from 18th September until 11th December 2014
Module II (MDM85) Behavioural Science and Psychotherapy
alternate Thursdays from 8th January until 19th March 2015
Module III (MDM86) Biological Sciences
alternate Thursdays from 16th April until 25th June 2015
Year 2
Modules IV and V Clinical specialities
Module VI Research methods and critical appraisal
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
StudentCentral is electronic source of learning materials for the course
BSMS MSc Courses
• Why undertake?
MSc Psychiatry
MSc Dementia
PGCert teaching
MRes
Leadership / Commisioning
Additional funding required
MSc Psychiatry
• Teaching days follow MRCPsych
• Assessments at end of each of 6 modules
follow RCPsych format
MCQ
CASC
• Third year dissertation
Structured / supervised research experience
• Additional tutoring / support
Teaching opportunities
• Undergraduate via n.medford@bsms.ac.uk
Undergraduate examining for ST4-6
• Postgraduate. MRCPsych
Teaching placement
Honorary lecturer
Locality program teaching
Research opportunities
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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
Field of research interest
Site
Al Amaladoss
Richard Bowskill
Medical education
Bipolar disorder. Adherence to medication
Hugo Critchley
Biological psychiatry and neuroimaging
Neurodevelopmental disorders in adulthood
Normal and abnormal control of emotion
SPFT West
BSMS, SEC
SPFT East
BSMS
Caroline Gorst-Unsworth
Old age psychiatry and ECT
SPFT West
Rick Fraser
First episode psychosis
Autistic spectrum disorders
SPFT West
Neil Harrison
Effects of inflammation on emotion, cognition,
motivation, depression and dementia.
Adult Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Autism, ADHD,
Tourette Syndrome)
BSMS
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
BSMS
BSMS, SEC
SPFT East
BSMS, SEC
SPFT Brighton
KSS Regional Academic Symposium
Youth Psychiatry
8th October 2014
1-5pm
Chowen Theatre
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
registration required: places strictly limited
contact mike.silver@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk