Core Doctors
Welcome to the Core Doctors (Internal Medicine/ Core Surgery/Core Psychiatry) webpage. Here you will find links and downloads to a variety of careers information and resources including E-Modules, webinar and weblinks to assist you in effective career planning and decision making.
London and South East (LaSE) Careers Unit has developed a career planning module for core doctors in partnership with e-learning for Healthcare.
The course is designed around the four stage SCAN career planning model (Self Awareness/ Career Exploration/ Arriving at a Decision/Next Steps) to support you in making career decisions about specialty choice throughout your core training.
You can enrol for the course on the e-lfh learning Hub here:
# select My Account
# select enrolment
# scroll down to Regional e-learning
# select LaSE Career Planning for Healthcare Professionals and Save changes
# select Career Planning for Core Doctors
# select Career Planning for Internal Medicine/ Core Surgery/ Core Psychiatry
# select Play to view the Introduction before moving to the individual stages
The course is accompanied by a downloadable workbook to support each of the four stages which will help you record your learning and reflections throughout.
Core doctors requiring further support
For those of you who require additional support to help you resolve issues affecting your decision making please contact us to access impartial and confidential specialist support from trained careers advisers and coaches at the following link:
http://www.lpmde.ac.uk/professional-development/careers-unit/what-we-do/contact-us
[If you are a trainee doctor from a region outside London and the South East (London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex), you should approach your own medical education centre for information on further careers information, advice and guidance available to you locally]
The LaSE Careers Unit