This week, Dr Marilena Giannoudi focuses on the geriatric career path with Dr Kat Ralston. This episode covers the day-to-day as well as the advantages, challenges, and the pathway to this profession. Dr Ralston provides many resources to inform your journey into geriatric medicine and discusses a few interesting cases she has encountered. 

Dr Kat Ralston is a geriatric medicine registrar in Edinburgh. She is also the Education Co-Vice Chair and the joint Podcast Lead for the RCPE Trainee & Members' Committee (T&MC).

Dr Marilena Giannoudi is a cardiology registrar based in Leeds. She is Co-Chair of the Trainees and Members’ Committee, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and is currently undertaking a PhD.

--Useful Links--
Physician Higher Specialty Training Recruitment - https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/geriatric-medicine

British Geriatrics Society
https://www.bgs.org.uk/

Clinical Frailty Scale - 
https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/content/attachment/2018-07-05/rockwood_cfs.pdf

REDMAP Framework
https://www.spict.org.uk/red-map/

Think Delirium Toolkit
https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/2442/rrheal/education-networks/rural-teams-education-network/think-delirium-improving-the-care-for-older-people-delirium-toolkit

The Geriatric 5M’s
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.14979

Silver Book II
Geriatric Syndromes (British Geriatrics Society) - https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/silver-book-ii-geriatric-syndromes

ACB Calculator
https://www.acbcalc.com/

-- Related episodes --

A Fresh Look at the Geriatric Giants – Front Door and Beyond, Clinical Conversations Podcast
https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/clinical-conversations/a-fresh-look-at-the-geriatric-giants-front-door-and-beyond-26-feb-2024

Frailty for the Non-Specialist, Clinical Conversations Podcast 
https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/clinical-conversations/frailty-for-the-non-specialist-11-mar-2024

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Career Conversations

Medical Specialties - Geriatric Medicine (4 Dec 2024)

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DOPA SOUND - AUSTRALIAN PSYCHEDELIC - 21 AOÛT 2024

In this exciting first episode of our new series, we take a comprehensive look at the portfolio and application process for securing a gastroenterology ST4 position. We get some unmissable top tips from trainees who have recently been through the process and hear their take on important bits to focus on during IMT training. Recorded live at BSG, this episode features an brilliant lineup of speakers: Dr. Georgie Kerry, Dr. Writ Halder, Dr. Prateek Prasannan, Dr. Noam Roth, and Dr. George Sismey.

Useful links: 

https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/gastroenterology

https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring

https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/documents

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Getting a training number - Portfolio and application

DOPA SOUND - CUMBIA - 28 AOÛT 2024

DOPA SOUND - DEAD KENNEDYS - 30 OCTOBRE 2024

In this episode, we dive in to the dreaded interview! Join us as we take you through each of the stations, revealing exactly what the examiners are looking for and hearing insider tips from gastroenterology trainees who have made it out the other side. Don’t miss the invaluable insights from Dr. Sarah Clarke, an experienced interviewer, who gives us her advice from across the table. 

Our fantastic speakers this episode are: Dr. Georgie Kerry, Dr. Writ Halder, Dr. Prateek Prasannan, Dr. Noam Roth, Dr. George Sismey, Dr. Eleanor Croft and Dr. Sarah Clarke. 

Links:
- https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/gastroenterology
- https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/gim---internal-medicine--stage-2--2022-curriculum-final-july-2022_pdf-91723907.pdf

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Getting a training number - The interview

DOPA SOUND - NAKED CITY - 22 JANVIER 2025

DOPA SOUND - BELGIUM ACID TECHNO - 29 JANVIER 2025

DOPA SOUND - METAL - 05 FEVRIER 2025

We’re kicking off our new mini-series exploring Out of Programme (OOP) opportunities. In this first episode we speak with Lucy Gorard, a gastroenterology registrar based in the KSS region, who has taken a year out of programme to undertake a nutrition fellowship. Lucy shares valuable insights into her experience — including motivations for applying, skills she’s developed and challenges she’s encountered along the way. Whether you're considering an OOP experience yourself or simply curious to learn more, this is an episode not to be missed.

Links: 
- https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/guidance/out-of-programme#:~:text=When%20a%20doctor%20in%20training,your%20royal%20college%20or%20faculty
- https://www.thefederation.uk/training/training-certification/going-out-programme

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OOP opportunities: Nutrition fellowship

RCPE's Podcast Series 'Career Conversations' by the Trainees & Members' Committee (T&MC).

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The BSG Trainees Podcast launches with a series of interviews with key figures in gastroenterology, exploring how they developed their passion for gastroenterology and their work. Think of The Life Scientific but "The Life Enteric"!

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