Trainee Welfare

Trainee Welfare

We work in a deeply rewarding, but challenging field of medicine, often exposed to extremes of emotions. We also face challenges relating to our work environment (work-load, rota gaps and the risk of fatigue relating to shift work). In addition to this, as trainees we also have to factor in studying for MRCPCH exams and rotating between different hospitals (although these challenges are certainly not unique to Paediatrics).

An important part of training is learning how to look after ourselves and find a balance.

The West Midlands School of Paediatrics is keen to support trainees. There is now a Trainee Welfare Representative on the Trainee Committee, who can be contacted directly via this website, or through the Trainee Committee email address.

This page contains information regarding support available to Paediatric trainees, with links to guide you towards further reading about trainee welfare, sleep and exception reporting. We hope you find it useful; if there's anything else you'd like to see on this page, let us know!

Who can you approach for Advice / Support?

Educational Supervisor

College Tutor within your trust (see Documents, Downloads and Links section for a list of contact details for each trust)

Trainee Committee: contact us via the website or directly via our email address: westmidlandspaediatrics@gmail.com

Training Programme Directors:
- ST1-4 Core PGDiT: Dr Julia Uffindell (julia.uffindell@uhnm.nhs.uk)
- ST5+ Higher Speciality PGDiT: Dr Sarah Ellis (sarah.ellis@uhcw.nhs.uk)

Head of School: Dr Alex Philpott (alexphilpott@nhs.net)
Deputy of Head of School: Dr Matt Cawsey (matt.cawsey@nhs.net)

Academic Leads:
- Professor Tim Barrett (t.g.barrett@bham.ac.uk)
- Professor Andrew Peet (a.peet@bham.ac.uk)
- Academic Trainee Representative: Elizabeth Baranowski (elizabethbaranowski@nhs.net).

Exam support:
- Dr Mohammad Sawal (mohammad.sawal@nhs.net)
- The West Midlands Exam Preparation Network (wmpexam@gmail.com)

LTFT support:
- Dr Bridget Wilson (bridget.wilson2@nhs.net)
- Dr Helen Goodyear (helen.goodyear@hee.nhs.uk)

RCPCH leads:

Joint RCPCH Regional Leads:
- Mohammad Sawal (Mohammad.sawal@nhs.net)
- Prof Raj Gupta (rajatgupta@nhs.net)

Deputy RCPCH Regional Lead:
- Dr Tarak Desai (tarak.desai@nhs.net)

Useful Wellbeing-related Links (for trainees and College Tutors)

RCPCH links

BMA links