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Policy for DFPH examination milestone
SOUTH WEST PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMME POLICY FOR DFPH EXAMINATION MILESTONE This policy document outlines the expectations of specialty registrars when progressing through training and meeting examination timings and milestone achievements. Specialty Registrars in Public Health attainment of a CCT requires demonstration of all required elements which include DFPH (Faculty of Public Health Diplomate) Examination. The gateway between phases 1/2 requires a full pass at DFPH examination an... Read more...
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Specialty Training
Severn Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) is committed to providing high quality Public Health training across the South West. The Postgraduate Dean is Dr Geoff Smith. The Public Health Head of School is Maggie Rae. The South West Public Health Training Programme is governed by the Faculty of Public Health curriculum, the Gold Guide and the South West Public Health Training Policy. All Specialty Registrars and supervisors are expected to be fully conversant and work within these policies, gui... Read more...
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OHID and NHSE Training Policy
Contents Item Introduction Scope of Policy Placement Locations in the South West Coordination of Placement once agreed Arranging Extended Phase 2 Placements Induction Outline of Responsibilities and Expectations Placement Evaluation and Quality Assurance Placement Contacts in the Office of the Regional Director of Public Health List of Figures Item Figure one: The Public Health System from October 2021 Figure two: Public Health Training Pathway and Placement Opportuniti... Read more...
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Roles and Expectations
Clarification of the Roles and Expectations of Specialty Tutors Specialty tutors are a standard feature of all specialty training programmes in Severn PGME. The Training Programme invite DPHs to nominate a specialty tutor for each of their training locations. An identified enthusiast to support quality of training in each location was needed given the clear need to implement the PGME Quality Framework systematically in all training locations. University leads have adopted the specialty tutor r... Read more...
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South West Training Policy
South West Public Health Specialty Training Programme Policy Section A - The Public Health Specialty Training Programme Introduction What Is Public Health? Key Areas Of Public Health Access To The Public Health Specialty Training Programme Aims And Objectives Of The Programme Section B - The Organisation of the Training Programme Training Timetable Duration Of Training Academic Year Assessment Training Locations and Placements Time Out Of Programme (OOP) Educational Roles and Expectations Ind... Read more...
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Regional Guidance for Academic and Educational Supervisors
Academic Public Health training: Regional guidance for Academic and Educational supervisors and Public Health Specialty Registrars in the South West Introduction With the development of Public Health training, changes in the DFPH and MFPH exams and the introduction of the ARCP and e-portfolio there has been a growing need to review the role of academic supervisors (this term is equivalent to the term “trainers”). These changes have in some cases resulted in confusion concerning the resp... Read more...
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Professional Support and Wellbeing (South West)
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Raising Concerns policy
SOUTH WEST PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMME RAISING CONCERNS The intention of this policy is to empower Public Health Registrars to raise concerns as early as possible and to promote a supportive and positive environment where Registrars who have legitimate concerns, are able to raise these without fear of discrimination or reprisal. Registrars All Registrars have a responsibility to understand: They have a right and a duty to raise genuine and legitimate concerns; The importance of the policy t... Read more...
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Health Protection Training
As part of Specialty Training all Specialty Registrars are required to complete an initial minimum of three month whole time equivalent (WTE) placement in health protection after passing the DFPH exam. During this placement a safe on-call assessment will be undertaken before progression to on-call out of hours work. You should discuss plans to undertake this placement with your Educational Supervisor and make contact with one of the PHE Specialty Tutors. Health Protection Training Policy There... Read more...
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Specialty Tutors List
South West Public Health Training Programme Specialty Tutors February 2026 Zone(s) Training Location Specialty Tutor East Bath & North East Somerset Council Amy McCullough East Zone Lead & Delivery Group Member East Swindon Borough Council Philip Williams East Wiltshire Council Gemma Brinn North Bristol City Council Sally Hogg North/East Gloucestershire Council Katie Hopgood North North Somerset Council Andrew Cross ... Read more...
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