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Registered Charity 269736
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Breast Educational and Training portfolio RCS England
Introduction
High quality education and training is vital for high quality patient care and improved patient outcomes
The breast education and training portfolio was established in 1996 to provide structured specialist breast training to support the growing demand for specialist breast surgeons. The portfolio focuses on developing a sound knowledge and skills base which is then reinforced and extended in clinical practice and training. There is a strong emphasis on developing clinical judgment and a holistic approach to patient care.
Overview
Courses are regularly refined or developed to reflect new research and evidence as well as 'hot topics' such as sentinel node biopsy.
In addition a seamless rolling programme has been developed to support the emergence and integration of oncoplastic techniques into breast surgery.
Enthusiastic faculty is drawn from the whole multidiscipline breast team to include national/international opinion leaders and educators as well as senior trainees from the mammary fold trainees group.
The RCS programme is complemented by other courses supported by the Association of Breast Surgery (for example the Glasgow trainees meeting, Oncoplastic master classes, Bristol breast ultrasound course etc)
Multiprofessional Education (Advanced nurse practitioner, breast clinician, radiographer etc) As patient care becomes competence based and team delivered professional boundaries/ groups are merging. To reflect these changes core aspects of breast education and training programme are being adapted to meet other professional needs as well as those of the trainee surgeon.
MMC and Breast specialty specific training
Currently breast training is obtained through the general surgery training programme.
It is likely specialist breast training will start in SY3/4 and run parallel with general/emergency surgery training until CCT. The breast tutors are developing a detailed breast curriculum and syllabus and reworking the education and training portfolio to reflect the new syllabus requirements. This work will be the platform for specialty specific training and assessment if breast obtains specialty recognition and its own SAC.
For further information on any of theses courses contact the Raven Department of Education on 020 7 869 6340. To view the current programme of courses please click here.
Fiona MacNeill
Adrian Ball
Breast tutors
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