RCGP Training
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Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse - Part One
This course is aimed at practitioners providing advanced service level treatment as part of a shared care or Locally Enhanced Service.
It consists of two e-modules and a one day "Face-to-Face" training event and costs £150 if you attend a locally run event, or £250 if you attend a national event.
The e-modules can be accessed at Doctors.net.uk. Information about Face-2-Face events and how to organize your own events locally are available on the SMU page on the RCGP Website, or contact Lorna Boothe at lboothe@rcgp.org.uk.
Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse - Part Two
This course is aimed at practitioners with a special interest working with substance misusers and individuals intending to take on a leadership or strategic role.
The course consists of three formal training days and the equivalent of six self directed learning days and candidates complete a viva with their tutors and produce an Assessment folder at the end of the course. The work is then reviewed by the RCGP SMU Assessment Board who award a pass or fail.
The course costs £1,500 and runs from February to October each year. To download the application pack for the 2010 course please go to the SMU page on the RCGP Website or contact Enrique Ramos at eramos@rcgp.org.uk
Certificate in the Management of Alcohol Problems in Primary Care
This course is made up of the Department of Health e-learning modules available at Alcohollearningcentre.org.uk and a one day "Face-to-Face" training event. The training day covers:
- The Evidence Base
- The AUDIT tool and alcohol unit calculation
- Brief Interventions and Motivational interviewing
- Medical Issues, community detoxification and care planning
The course costs £150 if you attend a locally run event and £250 if you attend a nationally run event. To download information about events and how to organize a local event please go to the SMU page on the RCGP Website or contact Sally O'Neill at eventssmu@rcgp.org.uk.
The SMU periodically run one day, stand alone CPD events and information about these can be accessed from the Courses & Events page or from the SMU page on the RCGP Website.
Information about the RCGP National Drug Conference can be found in the RCGP Conference section.
The RCGP Substance Misuse Unit runs a number of courses, and more information and application forms can be downloaded from the Substance Misuse Unit (SMU) page on the RCGP Website.
Administrative Team
Manager: Jo Betterton
E-mail: jbetterton@rcgp.org.uk
Tel: 020 7173 6095
Part One Coordinator: Lorna Boothe
E-mail: lboothe@rcgp.org.uk
Tel: 020 7173 6093
Part Two Coordinator: Enrique Ramos
E-mail: eramos@rcgp.org.uk
Tel: 020 7173 6091
Alcohol Certificate Coordinator: Sally O'Neill
E-mail: eventssmu@org.uk
Tel: 020 7173 6092
Clinical Team
The SMU has a clinical team which is made of:
- Clinical Director
- Part One Clinical Lead
- Part Two Clinical Lead
- Academic Lead
- Alcohol Certificate Clinical Lead
- 9 WTE Regional Leads, mapped to the Strategic Health Authority areas
Contact details for all of the above are available on the SMU page on the RCGP Website.