Wessex Training School

Wessex Training School (Southampton)

Wessex school

Training School Lead:

Dr Vipul Foria

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD

Email: vipul.foria@uhs.nhs.uk

Tel: 023 81204338
Training School Deputy:

N/A
Administrator:

Mrs Mary Dutton

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD

Email: mary.dutton@uhs.nhs.uk

Tel: 023 81206393
Contact person for arranging Cellular Pathology taster sessions:

Dr Matthew Sommerlad

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD

Email: Matthew.sommerlad@uhs.nhs.uk

Tel: 023 8235 4980
No. of trainees per school / deanery:

ST1 to ST5 = 20-25 trainees
ST1 rotations:

Based at Southampton General Hospital
ST2-5 rotations:

Trainees rotate between the following participating training centres on a yearly basis:

  • Southampton General Hospital, Southampton
  • Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
  • Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury
  • Poole Hospital, Poole
  • St Richards Hospital, Chichester

The rotations are decided taking into account training needs of the individual trainee. Trainees will generally spend 2-3 years in Southampton and 2-3 years within the district general hospitals in the programme.
Training programme for ST1’s:

In addition to a model of clinical apprenticeship training, there are opportunities to participate in the departmental teaching activities, including:

  • Seminars on basic Histopathology over a multi-headed microscope with a consultant
  • A “blackbox” session on current and difficult cases in Surgical Pathology, held weekly
  • Cellular Pathology Course, held fortnightly during term time
  • Annual audit presentation meeting

ST1s also have the opportunity to attend three block-teaching weeks during the first year. One of these teaching weeks is held in Southampton (November) and the other two in Bristol (September) and Oxford/Wycombe (February).

Trainees are also encouraged to attend national meetings and courses organised by the Royal College of Pathologists and other organisations such as the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Cluster for your school:

Southern Cluster- Bucks/Oxford, Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Southampton & Cardiff
Health Education England (Deanery) for your area:

Health Education England – Wessex

Southern House, Otterbourne, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2RU

Email: medicine.wx@wessex.hee.nhs.uk

Tel: 01962 718420

Website: www.wessexdeanery.nhs.uk
Head of School or TPD:

Dr Vipul Foria – TPD

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD

Email: vipul.foria@uhs.nhs.uk

Tel: 023 81204338