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Welcome to the Severn Postgraduate Medical Education School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
This site outlines the training and education in Obstetrics and Gynaecology offered by the Severn. Obstetrics and Gynaecology is one of the broadest of hospital based specialties encompassing aspects of medicine, surgery and childbirth; indeed it is this immense variety that is one of the major attractions to our specialty.
The curriculum, set by the RCOG offers broad-based training in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the five years with opportunity to specialise in different areas in the final two years of training.
Pictured - Dr Louise Ashelby - Head of School
The Postgraduate School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has a number of aims which include:
- Organising and managing postgraduate medical education in Obstetrics and Gynaecology enabling a coherent approach to the delivery of high quality trainin
- Producing fully trained, competent and professional specialists
- Supporting trainees choosing Academic career pathway
- Supporting educators and trainers
There are 71 training posts in the Severn end of the South West area in our seven year Training Programme rotating around six Trusts in the Deanery. Details about each Trust can be found under our Training Programme. There are currently four sub-speciality training posts – details can be found under Advanced Training.
Dr Abigail Oliver - Training Programme Director for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Operations) is responsible for planning and executing recruitment, training rotations, quality assessment of training, management of OOP and assessment of trainees (ARCP).
Pictured - Dr Rebecca Swingler - Training Programme Director for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Education) is responsible for supporting the SWOT Educational team to co-ordinate regional training days and as SITM/ ATSM director has oversight of the quality of SITMs/ ATSMs provided in the region, ensuring all SITM/ ATSM Preceptors and SITM/ ATSM Educational Supervisors of modules are delivering all elements of the curriculum.
Pictured - Dr Sharon Moses - Training Programme Director for Community Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Obstetrics and Gynaecology School Manager
Emily Jones is the Education Programme Lead for the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialty in the South West.