Consultant Intensivist Transition Course
This course for senior trainees explores the challenges and rewards of non-clinical consultant work and aims to equip attendees with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to ease the transition to Consultant life.
The UK Consultant Intensivist Transition (CIT) course will be held in Cardiff on the 15 & 16 May 2025.
This course is designed specifically for senior resident intensivists within the last couple of years of training or new consultant intensivists in the first few years of their consultant appointment.
People doing portfolio pathway to a CESR are also equally welcome. The course will provide a very good opportunity to network with fellow delegates and the Faculty. It is a course run by experienced intensivists for those wanting to ease their own transition from being a senior resident to becoming a new consultant with a balanced career and avoid some common pitfalls.
Aims:
The first few years of being a consultant intensivist can be difficult. People are well educated and trained but there are some areas such as interacting with colleagues, other specialities, medico-legal areas, medical ethics, job planning and appraisal, where we believe this course can help ease those difficulties in transition to being a consultant.
Faculty:
We have a Faculty coming from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The Faculty are experienced consultants. The ratio of Faculty to Delegates is high to ensure time and ready access to ask questions, interact and learn.
Venue:
The Course is in the centre of Cardiff which has excellent rail links. For those wanting to have some time off before or after the course there is excellent access to the Welsh Coast (Gower) or the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons National Park).
Fee: £400, £470
Programme
Day 1: Learning about self and others
| Time | Session Title & description | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 | Registration. Coffee | |
| 09.30 | Welcome |
Dr Sara-Catrin Cook Associate Dean for Simulation (Project Lead) Health Education & Improvement Wales |
| 10.20 | “The Education Bit” | Dr Sara-Catrin Cook |
| 10.30 | What does success look like? |
Dr Scott Bradburn Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia, Swansea Bay University Health Board |
| 11.20 | Morning Break | |
| 11.40 | What is your leadership style? |
Dr James Day Pre-Operative Lead, Oxford University Hospitals |
| 12.30 | Defining your clinical leadership style |
Dr Iain McLeod SICS President or President Elect |
| 13.20 | Lunch | |
| 14.10 | Conflict Management |
Dr Sarah Clarke Chair FICM Training, Assessment & Quality Committee |
| 15.00 | Negotiation | Ms Meryl Jenkins |
| 15.50 | Afternoon Break | |
| 16.10 | When things don’t go well | Dr James Williams Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board |
| 17.00 | Close of Day One |
Evening Speaker: Dr Liz Thomas, FICM Board Member
Day 2: Learning about systems
| 09.00 |
Welcome Back Housekeeping |
Dr Sara-Catrin Cook |
|---|---|---|
| 09.10 |
Organisational Culture What is the NHS? How do we set appropriate tone and culture |
Dr Gilly Fleming Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian |
| 10.00 |
Managing Meetings Meetings culture, how to get the most out of them, how to say no |
Dr James Day Pre-Operative Lead, Oxford University Hospitals |
| 10.50 | Morning break | |
| 11.10 | 'Leading Change: Where to Start |
Dr Gethin Pugh Director of Educational Improvement (Medical Deanery) Health Education & Improvement Wales |
| 12.00 |
Performance Management How to ensure your own performance, how performance is monitored, how performance is supported |
Dr Jack Parry-Jones Vice Dean, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine |
| 12.50 | Lunch | |
| 13.40 | Legal & Ethical considerations and dilemmas |
Dr Sonya Daniel Member, FICM Legal and Ethical Policy Unit |
| 14.30 | Human Factors |
Dr Al Hellewell Connector/Facilitator/Anaesthetist/Senior Lecturer Healthcare Leadership and Management |
| 15.20 | Afternoon Break | |
| 15.40 | Quick Fire Q&A session | All Faculty |
| 16.30 | Closing Thoughts & Reflecting on “what is success” | Dr Sara-Catrin Cook and Dr Jack Parry-Jones |
| 17.00 | Close of course |