London Deanery

At the London Deanery, we aim to provide the highest quality of training and deliver the college curricula while exceeding national standards. Trainers and trainees will feel part of a valued training environment, promote excellence and encourage academic training, research and innovation. We work closely with the Royal College of Physicians and NHS London to achieve these aims.

The London school of medicine and medical specialties supports some of the best training in the UK. Trainees will gain experience in world-class research and clinical institutions, including (click the trust name to go to the website of each):

• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• University College London Hospital (UCLH)
• Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
• Bart's & The London NHS Trust
• Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust

London offers the greatest diversity of opportunity, and the capital has the widest range of patients, disease and innovative clinical practice, in addition to dedicated trainers.

Training is widely recognised as a core activity of NHS London, and we have excellent relationships with the NHS and the universities.

The school supports its trainees through clinical training days, offering tuition in academic and teaching skills. We also encourage trainees to undertake full-time research degrees.

Although London is a large metropolitan area, generally trainees will have training within one sector (eg north east London). All rotations will give exposure both to district general hospitals and to teaching hospitals.

We offer programmes across London in core medical training (CT1 and CT2 levels). These two-year programmes generally rotate through tertiary centres and DGHs.

Rotations vary with either four- or six-month attachments to a wide variety of specialties.

In addition to clinical training, we encourage trainees to develop skills in research, teaching or management.

Trainees who are interested in careers in the acute aspects of medical care should also consider the acute care common stem training programme (ACCS). In this, trainees will follow a set programme of experience in acute medicine, critical care, anaesthetics and emergency medicine.

ACCS is a three-year training programme that normally follows foundation year 2. It is the only core training programme for trainees wishing to enter higher specialty training in emergency medicine, and is an alternative core training programme for trainees wishing to enter higher specialty training in general internal medicine (GIM), acute internal medicine (AIM) or anaesthesia.

The first two years are spent rotating through emergency medicine (EM), general internal medicine, anaesthetics and intensive care medicine (ICM). The third year is spent providing training that will ensure the trainee meets the minimum requirements for entry into higher specialty training in their parent specialty (EM, GIM/AIM, anaesthetics and also ICM). The components of training in ACCS are:

• one year emergency medicine general internal medicine: acute (usually 6 months each)
• one year anaesthesia intensive care (minimum of 3 months in each)
• one further year within chosen parent specialty.

Further information can be found on the ACCS website here: http://www.accsuk.org.uk/index.htm

The preference sheet for 2012 CMT/ACCS-AM posts can now be downloaded from the London Deanery website. The preference sheet and instructions can be found on the top right-hand corner of both the ACCS acute medicine and core medical training pages of the London website.

(NB it is the same document on both pages)

Candidates are advised to carefully read the instructions, and then complete this preference sheet in advance of the London Deanery interviews.

An electronic version of the preference sheet needs to be submitted by 5.00pm on Friday 10 February 2012 to 2012ACCSAMandCMTCT1@londondeanery.ac.uk - stating 'Preference Sheet' in the subject line.

Any queries on the preference sheet should be directed to the same address.