Feedback from Specialist Registrars is excellent. Thanks are due to consultant colleagues in the regional hospitals for the high quality educational experience that they are providing. This initiative depended on Dr Ian Hastie's leadership in his roles as Chairman of the Regional Training Committee and Regional Tutor in Geriatrics. Dr Ward has now taken over the Chairmanship and Dr Mark Cottee the Programme Directorship. He is also the Secretary of the Geriatrics Section of the European Union Committee of Medical Specialist.
Present objectives continue to be to define a curriculum for training across Europe.
Continuing education for doctors at all grades also plays a central role within the work of the St George's departments. Innovations in the undergraduate and post-graduate training programmes continue to add increased workload for all staff. This success is due to the commitment of Dr David Griffith at Mayday, Dr Michael Ward and Dr Samadian at St Helier Hospital, to Dr Julian Oram and Dr Judith Coles at Bolingbroke Hospital and to Dr Ian Hastie and Dr Mark Cottee at St George's. The end of firm project presentation enables students to show their strengths and their interests in the rewarding field of geriatrics. Thanks to the commitment of Professor Sheila Hollins and Dr Jane Bernal from the Psychiatry of Disability, Dr Malcolm McCoubrie from General Practice and Dr Mark Cottee from Geriatrics, this new style course continues to flourish.