Welcome to eMitten...

...The official website for paediatric trainees in Nottingham and the East Midlands region. The site is run by, and for, trainees. We hope you find it useful. If you're training in the region, the site should keep you up to date with what's going on. If you're not yet training with us, we hope you might be inspired to come and join us!

Latest News and Events

30/01/2012 - Places now available for Child Bereavement Training. 23rd Feb 2012. See courses for details

19/01/2012 - New 2012 dates now available for CSE Prevention, Protection and Investigation training. See courses for details

18/01/2012 - Places still available for Paediatric Epilepsy Training in Nottingham, 7th March. See courses for details

07/01/2012 - January training day now available to view

24/11/2011 - Paediatric Ceilidh after dinner tickets now on sale! Please contact Dr. Martin/Dr. Sands directly

24/11/2011 - The new travel bursary contact is Min Ong. New contact details to follow

14/11/2011 - December training day now available to view

23/10/2011 - November training day now available to view

Site contents:

Recruitment

Basics about the region and it's hospitals, and about how training works here. Useful if you are considering applying to do paediatric training with us. Keep checking back for details of the upcoming 2012 Paediatric Careers Day!

Training

Information about Training Days and how to organise a Training Day. By clicking on the topics listed in the Training Day Diary, you can access previous Training Day Programmes

Appraisal

What you need to do as a trainee. Useful information and links relating to portfolio building, revalidation and licensing.

Courses

What's on - where, when and how much. See here for information about our local travel scholarship awards. Tell us about great courses which deserve to be publicised.

Guidelines

Links to Nottingham guidelines, NICE, SIGN & RCPCH guidelines.

Resources

Look here for links to help searching evidence-based databases. Check out relevant journals. Browse landmark publications.

Notice Board

Keeping you informed of important announcements - work & social!

Awards

Recognising the hard work and dedication of our Consultants and trainees.

Committee

Comments on training in the region, from trainees - past and present. Information about the Education and Training Committee (ETC) - who's on it and what they do.

Virtual Learning Environment

A new part of the site archiving useful content from previous Training Days, Grand Rounds, Evidence-Based Medicine Club and more.