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Oxford Emergency Medicine

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  • About
    • About
    • Consultant Team
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    • Education
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    • Middle Grade Teaching
    • SHO Teaching
    • Medical Students
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    • Research
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CESR - A purposeful hike to the summit. Not a race!

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Documents to download

CESR Pathway

Check out our events! 

Webinars, CESR days, local conferences, events, study days to help you grow your portfolio.

Calendar

CESR Pathway

Documents to download

CESR Pathway

There are 5 phases towards achieving this objective. 

REad more

Documents to download

Documents to download

Documents to download

A few essential documents available to download or print for your application.

Check them out!

CESR Fellowship

CESR consultants at Oxford

Documents to download

Join our Emergency Department!

Apply for our Oxford CESR Fellowship here.

Apply now

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!

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!

watch videos

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!

Meet the team!

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!

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!

Let's go!

Downloads

CESR Application GMC Divider Pack (pdf)Download
Template of Evidence Provided against Competence for CESR applicant (docx)Download
Specialty Specific Guidance - Emergency Medicine (pdf)Download
Logbook Template (xlsx)Download
Guidance for referees on completing a structured report for a CESR aspirant (pdf)Download
Customisable CESR checklist (pdf)Download
List of books worthy of CPD time (docx)Download

The CESR pathway...

Let's take this one step at a time...

Congratulations on taking your first step towards CESR!

There are five phases to achieving this objective! 

  1. Understanding the process
  2. Collecting evidence
  3. Organizing evidence
  4. GMC online application
  5. Review process


Click on the pictures below to access links and documents!

1. Understanding the process...

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!

Webinars & videos!

CESR Webinar on 27th June 2020

"Where do I start?"

The top 5 things to get started!

I am an International Medical Graduate. Is CESR for me?

Quick tour of adding an entry to the RCEM CPD diary.

Survey results, CESR pathway at Oxford and much more!

CESR Webinar on 18th July 2020

"How to not fail at your CESR application?"

Discussing pitfalls in CESR application. 

Questions & answers on CPD hours, Ultrasound certification, audits, how to log evidence and much more.

CESR GMC Divider pack series Episode #1

Covering topics 1 to 10 of the GMC divider pack. 

1. Curriculum Vitae 

2. Registration information 

3. Primary medical qualification 

4. Specialist medical qualifications(s) 

5. Curriculum or syllabus (if undertaken outside the U.K.) 

6. Specialist registration outside the U.K. 

7. Honours and prizes 

8. Other relevant qualifications and certificates 

9. Assessments and appraisals 

10. RITA's, ARCP's and training assessments 

CESR GMC Divider pack series Episode #2

Covering topics 11-18 of the GMC divider pack 

11. 360 degree and multi source feedback 

12. Awards and discretionary points letters 

13. Participation in assessment, appraisal and appointment process 

14. Logbooks 

15. Consolidation, cumulative data sheets, summary lists and annual caseload statistics 

16. Medical Reports 

17. Case histories 

18. Referral letters discussing patient handling 

CESR GMC Divider pack series Episode #3

Covering sections 19-28 of your application.

19. Case Histories

20. Referral letters discussing patient handling

21. Patient lists

22. Departmental (or trust) workload statistics and annual caseload statistics

23. Rotas, timetables and job plans

24. Courses relevant to curriculum

25. Portfolio (electronic or re-validation)

26. Employment letters and contracts of employment

27. Job descriptions

28. Job plans

2. Collecting evidence...

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.

3. Organizing your evidence

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!

4. Submitting your application to GMC...

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.

5. The REVIEW process & Outcome...

After sending the hard copy evidence to GMC

A GMC officer is assigned to inspect your application. 


They look at each bit of evidence submitted and check for: 

  1. Verified status? 
  2. In date? Evidence which is less than 6 years old is given more weight. Older evidence may be accepted provided you have shown continuous use of skill/knowledge.
  3. Compare evidence listed in the GMC online application vs all evidence submitted.


If any evidence is missing or you wish to submit any more documents, you have a specified period of time within which to do this. 


Your referees will be contacted within this period and asked to complete reference forms/structured forms. 


Once all the evidence is in order and accepted by this GMC officer, they will then inform you that the window of submission is closed and your application is locked. From the date of submission, this process takes between 4-6 weeks.


Your application is then submitted to the GMC for assessment. This takes about 3 months. 


Once the GMC assessment is complete, your GMC officer will inform you via email that your application has been forwarded to the RCEM for assessment. Again, this process may take up to 3 months. 


A final verdict is then sent to you via email by the GMC informing you of the outcome. The entire assessment process may take 6 or more months.

If it was unsuccessful, you have  a specified time period to appeal this decision.

Congratulations!

When your application is successful, your name will be added to the 

Specialist Register of Emergency Medicine.

CESR events

Please look at our main website calendar for other events 

which maybe useful to build your portfolio & acquire competencies. 

Research, Ultrasound, Paediatrics, Teaching, Simulation, Governance meetings and more!

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