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Year 4

Teaching

There is no formal teaching programme arranged for the Year 4 StRs. Those taking the FRCR II B will wish to arrange as many viva practice sessions as they can with consultant radiologists; there are many radiologists who are willing to do this, at all of the hospitals in the Severn School of Radiology. The StRs who have completed FRCR II B previously have a list of the consultants who have done this. It is the responsibility of those taking FRCR II B to arrange the sessions.

Exams

It is expected that all StRs will pass FRCR II B during their fourth year. This should enable them to concentrate on their developing sub-speciality skills, and to develop their portfolio of Audit/Research/Teaching/Management experience ready for their forthcoming consultant or fellowship post interviews.

Rotations

The StRs spend six months at either UHBristol or North Bristol Trust (Southmead and Frenchay hospitals), or RUH Bath, and then swop over for the second six months. These attachments are for General Radiology, to enable the StRs to pass FRCR II B. Once FRCR II B has been passed, StRs can start to concentrate on developing sub-speciality skills.

The two six-month ‘general’ attachments in Year 4 should enable all StRs to complete their general radiology training – with enough competencies so that they can safely join a general on call rota at a District General Hospital, and also fulfil general radiology sessions as a consultant, as well as any sub-speciality interests they may have.

Once FRCR II B has been passed, it should be possible to start/continue to develop sub-speciality expertise, in agreement with the Tutors at the hospital attachment.

Targets for the Year

There are strict targets which must be achieved if an StR is to pass seamlessly through their ARCP (Annual Review of Competence Progression) into the next year. These are specified in the RCR Curriculum, and can be found in the 'WBA, e-portfolio and ARCP menu on the left. The targets include Radiological Competencies, Generic Competencies, DOPS and Mini-IPX.

On Call

All fourth year StRs should be part of an on call rota. Those at UHBristol and Bath join the UHBristol rota. Those at NBT, Swindon and Cheltenham join their hospital's rota.