Speakers
Julie Craig
Deepa Bose
Amanda Johnson
BOA Session
The T&O portfolio pathway (TOPP) is a rigorous process to demonstrate that you meet the criteria to be on the specialist register. This session will discuss the application requirements and process, and will address some common challenges and questions.
Chair: Julie Craig
Agenda:
14:30 - 15:00 Deepa Bose, Honorary Secretary, British Orthopaedics Association
What should be in your Portfolio Pathway application
15:00 - 15:30 Amanda Johnson, Head of Specialist Applications, Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST)
What happens to your application behind the scenes
15:30 - 16:00: Amanda Johnson, Deepa Bose, Akshdeep Bawa & Julie Craig
Panel discussion
Julie Craig is the SAS representative on the BOA education & careers committee.
She works as an Orthopaedic Specialty Doctor in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Julie graduated from Queen’s University in Belfast, and has since completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Education at Queen’s University, and a Master’s degree in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University. She is now an undergraduate educational lead for fractures for Queen’s University Belfast.
She teaches quality improvement and leadership skills to doctors in the Belfast Trust as part of the QI faculty.
Julie has a special interest in clinical data analysis and project design and is the Belfast Trust’s specialty improvement lead for their fracture inpatient database. She is also the Northern Ireland representative on the NHFD advisory group and a member of the RCP’s FFFAP committee.
Julie’s publications include peer-reviewed journals and chapter contributions to a trauma and orthopaedic nursing textbook. She has received prizes for Best Presentation at the British Trauma Society, Best Abstract at the Irish Hip Fracture Database Annual Meeting, the Bone and Joint Journal Prize, and a “highlight paper" at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.
Deepa Bose is a consultant in orthopaedic trauma and limb reconstruction at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Her practice is exclusively in adults, and includes general trauma, major trauma and post-traumatic limb reconstruction: osteomyelitis, malunion, non-union, limb lengthening & deformity correction.
She is currently Hono0rary Secretary of the BOA and has previously been Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Trauma & Orthopaedics and the lead for CESR approval process. She has also contributed to the revision of the curriculum. She holds an MSc in Medical Education and has been admitted to the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of RCS Edinburgh, as well as being a member of the Academy of Medical Educators.
I am the Head of Specialist Applications for the Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST), having taken on this role in October 2024 after my predecessor’s retirement. My responsibilities include managing a team of Specialist Applications Casework Managers who assist evaluators in assessing Portfolio Pathway applications (formerly known as the Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) and making recommendations for applications seeking entry to the General Medical Council’s (GMC) specialist register.
Previously, I worked as the Invited Review Programme Manager for the Invited Review Mechanism at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, where I drafted invited review reports for healthcare organisations.
I also have a background in health regulation, having worked as a Hearings Team Manager at the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for several years. In this role, I supported a team of hearings officers in managing fitness to practise tribunal hearings.
