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Learn how to successfully complete your hand diploma during a fellowship. Get insider information, book tutorials in advance, and plan for cancellations.
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How I completed the hand diploma(during a fellowship) Mark Brewster
Be organised • Know what you have to do • Get the insider info • Book tutorials before you start your fellowship • Plan for cancellations
KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO • Tutorials – 28 • Who does what, how each broken down • KBAs – 7 • Pass fail viva, review, when? • WBA • CBDs, DOPS • Misc projects • Video, review article, algorithm, scientific review, rehab talk EXAM
During your fellowship • 1 year fellowship • 28 tutorial +7 KBA +7 cancellations =42 slots to book • Feb to Jan minus 6 weeks leave = 42 weeks • It’s very tight!
Insider Info • Before you start find out: • For each tutor • How they divide modules and run KBAs • Their best days to teach and reliability to not cancel • If your fellowship is split into blocks and book appropriate tutorials for each block • Beware leaving anything to Dec as 2nd week of Jan is the deadline and people go on leave and cancel in this period • Book a few dates before you start with the aid of the outgoing fellow • Complete the review article before your fellowship.
NO.1 TIP • WRITE NOTES aids revision aids future revision in consultant job aids teaching