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Documents to download
CESR Pathway
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Webinars, CESR days, local conferences, events, study days to help you grow your portfolio.
CESR Pathway
Documents to download
CESR Pathway
There are 5 phases towards achieving this objective.
Documents to download
Documents to download
Documents to download
A few essential documents available to download or print for your application.
CESR Fellowship
CESR consultants at Oxford
Documents to download
Join our Emergency Department!
Apply for our Oxford CESR Fellowship here.
CESR consultants at Oxford
CESR consultants at Oxford
CESR consultants at Oxford
Do you need advice?
A mentor, a guide on your CESR journey?
Come and meet one of our CESR consultants!
Watch our Webinars
CESR consultants at Oxford
CESR consultants at Oxford
We hope to meet up once a month on Microsoft Teams.
We would love to have you join in.
Couldn't make it? No problem!
Watch the recordings of our webinars here!
CESR CORE Working Group
Specialty Specific Guidance
CESR CORE Working Group
Our goal is to create the best support system possible for our CESR aspirants in Emergency Medicine and to facilitate a smooth, effective, and efficient journey to achieve this objective!
Contact us
Specialty Specific Guidance
CESR CORE Working Group
Need advice? Want to join the team? Need a link to our WhatsApp group or our Microsoft Team? Have a useful resource to add to the website? Suggestions or comments?
Get in touch!
Specialty Specific Guidance
Specialty Specific Guidance
Specialty Specific Guidance
Make every shift, every SPA hour and every study leave count.
Be productive!
Be proactive!
Be efficient!
Essential reading and conversations!
GMC Guide for CESR
Consider Oxford CESR Fellowship
GMC Guide for CESR
This guide provides a great overview of the process and answers the essential questions to help get you started!
RCEM website
Consider Oxford CESR Fellowship
GMC Guide for CESR
Key questions answered about curriculum, assessment and requirements.
Consider Oxford CESR Fellowship
Consider Oxford CESR Fellowship
Consider Oxford CESR Fellowship
Tailored to your needs. Dedicated time to complete requirements for CESR portfolio. Assigned mentor and supervisor to keep you on track.
A one-off consultation
A one-off consultation
Consider Oxford CESR Fellowship
Set up a meeting with one of our CESR consultants. Bring along your CV, certificates, portfolio and other collected evidence for review. They can then advise on how to proceed to ensure all categories are fulfilled. For example, putting you in touch with the person that can supervise you answering a complaint or writing a guideline.
Meet with peers
A one-off consultation
FAQ's on RCEM website
Join our CESR WhatsApp group, Microsoft Team & monthly CESR Webinars.
Join up with a buddy to keep you on track.
Ask for a CESR mentor/supervisor and have regular meetings with them.
FAQ's on RCEM website
A one-off consultation
FAQ's on RCEM website
The RCEM has made a list of FAQ's and provided answers. Take a look!
RCEM Curriculum
RCEM CESR Study Days
RCEM CESR Study Days
This provides the breadth of the competencies expected of a consultant - core competencies, clinical, procedural and management.
RCEM CESR Study Days
RCEM CESR Study Days
RCEM CESR Study Days
Book yourself onto an RCEM CESR study day.
These are on 5th March 2021 and 10th September 2021.
Book your study leave soon!
FRCEM exams
Mandatory courses
Mandatory courses
Taking the FRCEM exams and completing them successfully is about 70% of the work required to enter into evidence. So plan ahead and get these done!
Mandatory courses
Mandatory courses
Mandatory courses
Book and complete these courses : Adult and Paediatric Life Support, Trauma, Major incident management and Ultrasound.
Portfolio
Mandatory courses
RCEM Learning
Set-up an NHS e-portfolio account.
The link above has details on setting up, logging entries, sending a ticket, naming supervisors, reflecting and much more!
RCEM Learning
RCEM CPD diary
RCEM Learning
All activity on the RCEM Learning website is organized according to the curriculum. Evidence your learning against a particular competency by completing one of the modules.
Secondments
RCEM CPD diary
RCEM CPD diary
Speak to ED middle grade rota coordinator to request required secondments well in advance. These will need to be discussed and approved with your supervisor.
RCEM CPD diary
RCEM CPD diary
RCEM CPD diary
Download the RCEM CPD diary on your mobile device and log activity on the go.
e.g. the 1600 handover teaching or case presentation, reflection on debrief after a difficult case or teaching a colleague on shift!
Create a structured CV
Create a structured CV
Create a structured CV
It takes time to create this GMC specific CV. Prepare early and keep it up to date.
Review it with at least two consultants.
Treasure hunting!
Create a structured CV
Create a structured CV
Look through your emails, old notes, reflective diaries, calendars of last 6 years, boxes left in storage, yearly appraisals, meeting notes with supervisors, travel plans. You might find some gems!
Be focused!
Create a structured CV
Be focused!
Every small thing you do at work could count as evidence! Ask yourself, how you might be able to showcase your work across the 4 GMC domains. Collect letters, feedback & tickets. Make it a habit to reflect and log.
GMC divider pack!
Competency vs curriculum template
Competency vs curriculum template
GMC requires the evidence to be sent to them under these 52 headings. Take a look.
Competency vs curriculum template
Competency vs curriculum template
Competency vs curriculum template
It is useful to have this template on your online drive document.
Remember, the CESR reviewers want to see your evidence of work & learning across the breath of the curriculum.
Specialty Specific Guidance
Competency vs curriculum template
Specialty Specific Guidance
This is an absolute must read document. Read through each section carefully. Failing to read this document is bound to drastically reduce your chances of success!
Step by Step guide!
Create a system of your own!
Specialty Specific Guidance
Absolutely brilliant resource & e-book created by the consultants at Homerton University Hospital. This will take you through the SSG, step by step!
Create a system of your own!
Create a system of your own!
Create a system of your own!
Most applications have between 900 to 2000 pages of evidence. Evidence can be hard copy, as uploaded documents or linked. Develop a system of your own to keep track of type, location in portfolio, links, date achieved and to do's.
Have a checklist
Create a system of your own!
Create a system of your own!
It is good to have a checklist or to do list! This should be created once you have had a chance to have the one-off consultation with a CESR consultant and have read the SSG in detail. Every aspirant's checklist will look different! The downloads sections has one if you want to see an example!
Create application
Verification of evidence
Verification of evidence
On your GMC online account, create a new application and start filling in the details. Once opened, the application will remain active, unless not used for 1 month. You can take months or years filling in the details.
Verification of evidence
Verification of evidence
Verification of evidence
Original documents should not be submitted as part of the application. A consultant will need to verify copies against your original documents. You must submit a document listing these, which must be signed by the verifying consultant.
Anonymize evidence
Verification of evidence
Anonymize evidence
All patient identifying information, except for gender and age must be removed from all documents.
Colleagues - all names, contact information, GMC numbers, ticket numbers must be removed.
Find referees
Posting your evidence
Anonymize evidence
You will need at least 6 referees for your application. Completing the reference letter is a long process, so make sure they are happy to write this for you.
Submission fee
Posting your evidence
Posting your evidence
Save up well in advance! If your application is not successful you will need to re-submit with an additional fee. Please check the GMC website for up to date details.
Posting your evidence
Posting your evidence
Posting your evidence
Post your hard copy evidence to the GMC Manchester office. It is crucial this arrives safely and within the required time frame of 28 days after clicking "submit" on your GMC application.