Welcome to the NHS 2024: Comprehensive Induction course for IMGs (Online)

Starts on the 23rd of May 2024 – weekly for 1 hour on Thursdays, 19:00 – 20:00 (Online) 

Attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation at the end of the course, which runs over 16 weeks (with summer recess) and is equivalent to a maximum of 16 hours of CPD credit.

This is a FREE comprehensive induction for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) that have come to work and train in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK.

It is an induction to practice that covers the issues that IMGs may grapple with in the first few months of work. We have co-designed this course with IMGs and experienced medical educators to ensure that the learning needs of IMGs are met. The content is designed to supplement and enhance generic local induction organised by NHS Trusts for new doctors.

Some of the subjects cover the organisational structure of the NHS, information about postgraduate training, careers for locally employed & SAS doctors, and Pay & Pensions. Some topics are about the issues outside work (like childcare, schooling, mortgages) that affect how IMGs adapt in a new country and which may impact their well-being and that of their family. The programme of topics is listed below.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for IMGs of all grades (from Foundation Year 1 to Specialist/Consultant/General Practitioner) who are new to working and training in the NHS.

In this course, you will gain an understanding of:

The Organisational structure of the National Health Service (NHS) (in all four nations – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)

The General Medical Council

Indemnity: Learning lessons

Clinical Decision Support & BMJ Best Practice

Postgraduate training in the UK

Locally Employed & SAS doctors: Careers, Contracts etc

Understanding your Payslip

NHS Pensions, Income Protection & Mortgages

Mortality Matters: Death certification; Medical Examiner & ME Officer; Coroner; and Procurator Fiscal

Appraisals, Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) and Revalidation

Racism & the NHS

Understanding Complaints & the Formal Disciplinary Process

Leadership in the NHS

Childcare & Schooling (childminders, au pairs, nannies etc) in the UK

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Financial Planning for Doctors