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Holly Hardy is Associate Postgraduate Dean for Bristol and North east Somerset: 'The AD's page'

The training programme for junior doctors means that approved practices host junior doctors for four months in their second Foundation year (F2) and training practices take GP trainees for 6m then 12m in the 3 year vocational training for general practice (ST1, 2 & 3). The MRCGP examination (nMRCGP) has replaced the old summative and MRCGP examinations as the qualification for general practice.

The deanery website has up-to-date information about what is happening.
The trainers page http://primarycare.severndeanery.org/trainers_and_supervisors/information_for_gp_trainers

and news page http://primarycare.severndeanery.org/news

Trainers Newsletter

Latest report:
 Michael Harris Report for Annual Faculty Meeting February 2009

Past reports:
 Michael Harris Newsletter August 2008
Michael Harris Newsletter December 2007
Bristol GP educators - new appointments Oct 2007
Report of ADs meeting 19/9/07
GPE letter to trainers re ST3s September 2007
Michael Harris' Newsletter September 2007

Trainers Meetings

The Annual Faculty Meeting has replaced the Bristol Trainers AGM and is held in February each year. The aim of the annual meeting are

  • Acknowledge the achievements of the past year (see AD’s report to the Deanery)
  • Get the latest news on what may be happening in GP training
  • Review where we are, (what we are doing well and what we could do differently)
  • Review where we are going, and how we are going to get there
  • Acknowledge and try to overcome any blocks to progress
  • Share what we've been doing on in our separate groupings
  • Encourage collaborative working
  • Try to meet learning needs that are not met elsewhere
  • Have some ST doctors present to broaden the views of the group by including the ‘users of GP education’

The report of the meeting held on 11th Feb 2009 at Engineers House is here and Bill Irish’s report is here.

Trainers workshops: b6_trainers wshop

The GP education team are happy to help resource trainers workshops with specific learning needs

Useful tools for Trainers:
 Formative Assessment Toolkit
Becoming an independent and effective learner
Mentoring towards independence
Summary of GPR Distribution: survey replies

Training Practices

The list of current Training Practices is:- Training Practices. If the information is not there contact Mandy Price, Secretary & administration, VTS office, Frenchay Postgrad Centre, who provides administrative support for the GP education team. Contact: Mandy.Price@nbt.nhs.uk Tel: 0117 9753787

How to become a GP trainer

http://primarycare.severndeanery.org/...

Trainers events

The local conferences courses and meetings are on the 'Whats On' link
To find trainer courses use the 'Control F' search function and look for 'trainer'

Registrar Contract and handbook

The deanery has a specimen contract of employment and other information to assist trainers who employ GP registrars. This GPRs contract is available on the deanery website. The BMA also produce a model contract but you need to be logged on to the BMA website with your name and a password

http://primarycare.severndeanery.org/training/gp_speciality_training/contractual_issues

Other useful websites

This useful GP training resource was developed by GP Trainers in Northumberland is at
 http://www.gp-training.net/training/index.htm

 

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Terry Kemple is responsible for this page. It was last updated   and will be reviewed by 1/12/09