EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES
Alice Brooke CT2
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
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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 EVIDENCEBASED PRACTICE
Examinations still to sit
Currently
A(i)
Held Pass
A(ii)
B
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Paper 1
Paper 2
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Paper 3
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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 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 (MDM84) Core Principles of Psychiatry
alternate Thursdays from 17th September until 26th November 2015
Module II (MDM85) Behavioural Science and Psychotherapy
alternate Thursdays from 7th January until 17th March 2016
Module III (MDM86) Biological Sciences
alternate Thursdays from 14th April until 9th 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
StudentCentral 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 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