Apply to teach with BPNA!
The BPNA is dedicated to ensuring that children with neurological conditions are receiving the best possible care. Your knowledge and experience are crucial to providing high quality education to healthcare professionals seeing children with neurological conditions so they can accurately diagnose and treat these children.
DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION TO TEACH FORM
The BPNA deliver a variety of short courses. Click here to see our range of courses. Applications are considered by the BPNA Education Quality & Standards Committee, which meets twice a year.
Application process:
- Check eligibility: All teachers are peri-CCT or able to demonstrate equivalent experience/seniority before applying to teach. Applications are also welcome from specialist nurses and associated health professionals with appropriate competences and educational skillsets.
- Download the form: The application to teach form can be downloaded here. Please read through the document carefully, ensuring the recommendation section has been completed by either your regional co-ordinator or active BPNA faculty member for the course you wish to teach. You should provide some evidence of your "credibility", including an outline of clinical experience that is relevant to the subject areas you wish to teach at.
- Submit your application: Following completion, please send your completed form to francesca.cassidy@bpna.org.uk Your form will then be reviewed by the BPNA Education, Quality & Standards Committee (EQS) at their next biannual meeting. We will then be in touch to confirm your application and arrange for you to attend the next ITD course and observe a convenient course.
Next steps following approval:
- Attend the BPNA annual 1-day Instructor Training Day (even if you have undertaken the General Instructor Course (GIC). This training is specific to teaching at BPNA courses as the materials are standardised.
- Observe the relevant course before teaching.
- Teach. All faculty must commit to teaching responsibilities once accepted, with an understanding of the minimum teaching frequency (every 2 years per course).
| Who can apply? | |
| PET1 | Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy, Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist |
| PET2 & PET3 | Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy, Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist |
| CHaT |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in headache, General Practitioners with special interest
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| NeoNATE |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Consultant Neonatologists
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| ACT |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in neurodevelopmental and neuromuscular disorders
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| Acute |
Consultants and senior (ST7+) trainees in Paediatric Neurology, Acute General Paediatricians, Emergency Department Paediatricians
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| MovED |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Community Paediatricians with a special interest in movement disorders, Acute Paediatricians with a special interest in movement disorders
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Benefits:
- Enhance your skills and knowledge
- Gain CPD points
- Connect with other professionals to improve patient care
- Choice of either online or in-person teaching
- Discount at BPNA Annual Conference
Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET)
| Region | Regional Co-ordinator |
| Thames South | Dr Despoina Mandelenaki |
| Thames North | Dr Suresh Pujar |
| Scotland | Dr Andreas Brunklaus |
| Northern | Dr Ramesh Kumar |
| Eastern |
Dr Bina Mukhtyar & Dr Sreeni Tekki Rao |
| Midlands | Dr Shakti Agrawal |
| Trent | Dr Vel Velmurugan |
| Yorkshire | Dr Rajeeva Singh |
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North West/Merseyside
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Dr Hui Jeen Tan & Hany Faza |
| South West | Dr Jayesh Patel |
| Wales | Dr Michelle Barber |
| Oxford | Dr Rohini Rattihalli |
| Wessex | Dr Jaspal Singh |
| Northern Ireland | Dr Deirdre Peake |
| Republic of Ireland | Dr Niamh McSweeney |
Children's Headache Training (CHaT)
| Region | Regional Co-ordinator |
| Scotland, North East, Northern Ireland | Dr Ishaq Abu Arafeh |
| Mersey, North West, Yorkshire, Trent | Dr Ravi Singh |
| South West, Wales, Oxford, Wessex, Republic of Ireland | Dr Rachel Howells |
| London, Eastern, West Midlands | Dr Prab Prabhakar |
Neonatal Neurology (NeoNATE)
| Region | Regional Co-ordinator |
| UK & Eire | Prof Topun Austin |
Approaching Children's Tone (ACT)
| Region | Regional Co-ordinator |
| UK & Eire | Dr Paul Eunson |
Acute Paediatric Neurology (Acute)
| Region | Regional Co-ordinator |
| UK & Eire | Dr Louise Hartley |
| UK & Eire | Dr Michael Eyre |
Movement Disorders (MovED)
| Region | Regional Co-ordinator |
| UK & Eire | Dr Lucinda Carr |