The York General Practice Vocational Training Scheme
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The York General Practice Vocational Training Scheme
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The Vocational Training Schemes Teaching
During the three year training period there is a wide variety of teaching available. This ranges from one-to-one teaching to dedicated courses. A half day or whole day is put aside each week for the local educational support courses, which are timetabled for the GP Registrar to attend. The opportunity exists to gain experience outside the practice in areas such as Social Services, Community Medicine and the Primary Care Trust. Some consultants also offer additional teaching within an Out Patient setting, examples being Dermatology and Ophthalmology.
During the period spent in General Practice, time is made available to gain experience outside the practice in areas such as Social Services, Community Medicine and the Primary Care Trust. Local Educational Support Courses Local Educational Support Courses are held on Wednesday afternoons in York. The GP Registrars are free to participate in a wide variety of workshops and Training sessions. The subjects covered rotate around a three-year curriculum, but new topics, based on feed-back from the GP Registrars, are regularly added to suit the needs of those currently on the Scheme. Whole whole day sessions occur once a month and the GP Registrars in hospital posts are given time to attend these. A list of these sessions for each six month period is produced by the Trainers' workshop after consultation with the new GP registrar cohort, to adapt to each group’s individual educational needs. This is then circulated to the GP Registrars. Click here ** Timetables of VTS Teaching Programmes ** Click here Tutorials One-to-one teaching takes place within each Practice, when the GP Registrar is in his/her six month GP attachment. Special "protected" teaching time is put aside by the Trainer, when a special curriculum is used as a guide to offer a thorough and consistent approach to the learning process. This consists of two tutorials every week, each lasting about 90 minutes. The GP Registrar is encouraged to do some preparation work for some of the areas covered and the learning within this framework is a very active process. A wide variety of modern teaching techniques, such as video consultation analysis, random case analysis and one-to-one tutorials, are employed.
Specialist Training Each speciality offers its own programme of training, during the time spent in hospital posts, when the various specialists have their own weekly teaching sessions for their junior staff. In addition to this, there are regular meetings for all the staff, held in the Postgraduate Centre, each week.
Video During the 12 months period in General Practice, the GP Registrar will have plenty of opportunity to record his/her consultations and discuss the consultation style with the Trainer. This is performed at regular intervals throughout the two six month attachments and the Trainer will offer support for the GP Registrar in preparation for nMRCGP.
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