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Welcome to the course organiser  (CO) pages, which are in development. The CO role has many aspects and while this set of documents and links can't pretend to be comprehensive, it aims to give help or guidance for the key CO activities in facilitating vocational training.  Course organiser job description Meeting the needs of registrars and other trainees in practice Summative Assessment and the nMRCGP MRCGP and the nMRCGP GP registrar study leave and educational allowance Senior registrar applications and reference form Mid-term assessment sample questionnaire and feedback form (Oxford district)  Certificate in Primary Care GPR appraisals The pastoral role and the registrar in difficulty Out of hours guidance and workbook How your GPR can acquire the first third of a Masters Degree in their Registrar year. Guidance on GP returners   LNR Simple Guide to F2s in General Practice Meeting SHO needs: VTR2 forms study leave ideas sample SHO refocusing course (Aylesbury) expenses guidance SHO logbook the CO role in RCGP approval of training posts Trainers and training practices sample model for chairing a trainers group criteria for approval of training practices process for reapproval of training practices oxVT10 draft Enhanced Trainers Report (for use from 2007) Administrative matters and the PGC sample administrator job description (Wexham) sample agreement with PGC sample partnership agreement for educational sponsorship by a pharmaceutical company sponsorship guidelines (Nov 2005) from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, and press release on changes in the latest version notes from a Berkshire discussion of sponsorship, with links managing a district VTS budget submitting expenses Deanery Postgraduate Centre contacts

The course organiser role In summary, the CO role is to ensure effective education for trainee GPs by the delivery of Vocational Day Release in their district for GPRs, and to influence standards of appropriate education for trainees while in their hospital and general practice posts. Oxford Deanery CO job description. Read the COGPED medical educators competency scale for an account of the skills and experience expected for the CO role, which is rated GP01-2.   Where the CO fits within the Deanery COs report to their district Associate Adviser and thus to the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education. Click for Oxford Deanery GP staff tree, naming deanery course organisers. Useful definitions Commonly used acronyms PMETB glossary   Professional development Membership of a professional body, either ACO or NAPCE is allowed from the VTS budget.   An Oxford Deanery CO comments: ‘A new CO needs decent IT skills, especially email, as virtually all our work is now electronically based. A knowledge of group handling skills is vital: how to run a group, problems with groups, organisation of groups etc. Thirdly, a CO should become familiar with the information needed to provide career counselling to junior doctors. This was something I just picked up as I went along. Fourthly, you need to know where to turn for help if there are any problems, and use the Associate Directors as a resource. Lastly, communicate with the rest of your admin staff regularly.’