Foundation programme
Career workshops
During Foundation training the CDU offers trainees two free MedicCareers workshops at their local education centre:
- MedicCareers 1: Your Career - Thinking Ahead (spring, for F1s) - see below for details, dates and venues
- MedicCareers II: Your Career - Applications and Interviews (late summer/autumn, for F2s)
Foundation doctors who are not able to attend their local workshop are encouraged to book to attend at one of the other education centres in the Deanery.
Your Career – Thinking Ahead
The CDU MedicCareers I workshop for F1s. This highly interactive half-day workshop is recommended for all F1s. It includes:
• career planning tools and resources
• tips on portfolio building
• preparation for specialty selection
• selection interviews on DVD.
Booking:
Your Medical Education Manager or Administrator will contact you asking you to book for the workshop.
If you’re not able to attend your local workshop, you’re welcome to join one of the other sessions. Email the contact given below with your name and training location, to request a place.
| DATE | VENUE | TIME | CONTACT |
| Wed 26/1/11 | Wexham Park | 9am – 12pm | Rupal.Patel@hwph-tr.nhs.uk |
| Fri 4/3/11 | Stoke Mandeville | 9am – 12.30pm | |
| Thur 10/3/11 | JR, Oxford | 9am – 12.30pm | Linda.Kempson@orh.nhs.uk |
| Wed 16/3/11 | JR, Oxford | 9am – 12.30pm | Linda.Kempson@orh.nhs.uk |
| Wed 23/3/11 | JR, Oxford | 9am – 12.30pm | Linda.Kempson@orh.nhs.uk |
| Fri 25/3/11 | Wycombe Hosp | 1.30-5pm | |
| Thur 31/3/11 | JR, Oxford | 9am – 12.30pm | Linda.Kempson@orh.nhs.uk |
| Thur 26/4/11 | Milton Keynes Hosp | 12.30pm - 4pm | Yvonne.Jenkins@mkhospital.nhs.uk |
| TBC Thur 27/4/11 | JR, Oxford | 9am – 12.30pm | Linda.Kempson@orh.nhs.uk |
| Thur 5/5/11 | Horton Hosp, Banbury | 1pm - 4.30pm | Liz.Clarke-pgec@orh.nhs.uk |
| Thur 12/5/11 | Royal Berks, Reading | 9am - 12.30pm | medicaleducation.administrator@royalberkshire.nhs.uk |
Individual support
- The CDU offers individual and confidential career guidance for those with a significant career dilemma, who have tried other resources but remain uncertain - most often about which specialty to apply for. We can offer the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI) as part of helping individuals understand their own preferences and approaches.
- Foundation trainees are also eligible for CDU coaching/mentoring, rather than career guidance, if they are experiencing difficulties in their role. See also our coaching/mentoring contract for how this works.
- If a trainee feels they need to talk to someone in confidence about work-related stresses or personal problems they can contact Medic Support, based in Oxford, for one or more free, confidential sessions.
Online resources
- see our Making medical career choices
Email cdu@oxforddeanery.nhs.uk
