South East of Scotland Training School (Edinburgh)

South East of Scotland Training School (Edinburgh)

South East Scotland

Training School Lead:

Dr Marie Mathers – Training Programme Director

Department of Pathology, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU

Email: marie.mathers@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Tel: 0131 537 1952
Training School Deputy:

N/A
Administrator:

Fiona Fourie

Training Programme Administrator

102 Westport, Edinburgh, EH3 9DN

Email: fiona.fourie@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Tel: 0131 656 3470
Contact person for arranging Cellular Pathology taster sessions:

Dr Marie Mathers – see details above
No. of trainees per school/deanery:

South East 16
ST1 rotations:

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
ST2-5 rotations:

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
  • Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
  • Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Training programme for ST1’s:

Local teaching programme in house

National courses for ST1s

  • Introductory block teaching, Glasgow – August
  • Introduction to cervical cytology, Edinburgh – September
  • Scottish Histopathologists in Training symposium, annually, rotates between four Scottish programmes
  • Neuropathology training course for stage A & B trainees, Edinburgh – two weeks in late November/early December, alternate years
  • Paediatric pathology course for stage A & B trainees, Glasgow, December
  • Non-gynaecological cytology course, Aberdeen – 2 days in February/March
  • Revision course including mock stage A exam, Edinburgh – February/March
Cluster for your school:

Scotland
Health Education England (Deanery) for your area:

NHS Education for Scotland Central Offices, Westport 102, West Port, Edinburgh. EH3 9DN

Tel: 0131 656 3200

Website: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/
Training Programme Director (TPD):

Dr Morna MacNeill

Department of Pathology, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA.

Email: Morna.MacNeill@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Tel: 0131 242 6245