On appointment to an ST4 post, please re-register with the RCOA. This is necessary even if you have already completed stage one training as part of a training programme and have been registered with college recently. 

All residents should be allocated an educational supervisor. They should meet with their educational supervisor at the start of each placement and at three monthly intervals thereafter. A record of discussions should be documented on the LLP as supervisory meetings.

Residents should aim to meet with the Training Programme Director to discuss career plans at suitable intervals throughout training. These 1:1 meetings are available to sign up to at 6-monthly intervals as required.

Stage Two Training

During this two year period, you will be allocated to training hospitals within the Warwickshire School.

Please see the guide to stage 2 training below, which will clarify what is expected of you to meet ARCP requirements during this stage of training. 

A provisional plan for the entire stage of training will be made when you meet the training programme director shortly after starting the training programme. You will spend some time working in a tertiary centre and some time working at other hospital trusts within the school. Allocations are made based on the training needs of everyone in the training programme and you should be prepared to work at any of our hospitals. 

Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia Subspecialty Training: This will be delivered during a placement at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. Additional thoracic experience can be arranged at the QE Hospital in Birmingham (QEHB) while working at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital by prior arrangement with the college tutor.

Neuroanaesthesia Subspecialty Training: This will be delivered mainly during a placement at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. Additional experience can be arranged during a one-month secondment to the QE Hospital in Birmingham if requested.

Paediatric Anaesthesia Subspecialty Training: This will be delivered during placements in trusts within the school which regularly deliver paediatric anaesthesia. All residents will be offered a one-month secondment to Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH) during stage 2 training to experience tertiary paediatric anaesthesia. A longer (3 month) rotational placement is available at BCH for those with a subspeciality interest, however capacity is extremely limited for this. This should be discussed when you meet the training programme director during your initial 1:1.

Obstetric Anaesthesia Subspecialty Training: This can be delivered at most hospitals within the rotation.