The Scheme
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Bromsgrove/Redditch GP VTS
A very friendly, popular and flexible scheme offering a comprehensive and stimulating three year learning experience. Educational experiences within each post include protected learning time within hospital specialities and the half day release in General Practice.
SHO Posts are at The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch. The rotations include a choice of General/Geriatric Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, A&E, and innovative posts including GP registrar in Community Women's Health and a project based post in Public Health.
Please contact current GP registrars and SHOs for personal recommendations.
Wyre Forest GP VTS
This continues to be a very popular scheme centred on Kidderminster. SHO posts are at The Worcestershire Royal Infirmary, Worcester and rotate through Accident & Emergency, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Medicine and Paediatrics. Each post has excellent educational opportunities geared to your future needs as a General Practitioner including sessions at out-patient clinics in minor specialities and community attachments. There is a wealth of high quality training practices within the Wyre Forest Area amongst some of the most beautiful countryside in the region. Throughout the three years you are encouraged to attend the half-day release course which has an enviable reputation in itself.
Please contact current GP registrars and SHOs for personal recommendations.
Half Day Release Course Details
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A relaxed atmosphere which helps co-operative learning and the exploration of the many levels of General Practice |
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An educational process which values individual and group needs, helps you to understand the process of learning for yourself and to gain peer support from your colleagues |
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A philosophy of lifelong learning in your future career as a General Practitioner and to help you learn about clinical medicine, how to relate to patients, your practice, society and to yourself |
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We run from two well equipped and resourced Postgraduate Medical Centres with full library and IT facilities |
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We have enviable summative assessment, DRCOG and MRCGP results |
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We have the support of well established and skilled GP Trainers and Trainers' workshops |
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We are truly innovative with many of the learning experiences we provide published in peer reviewed journals |
| A selection of educational modules are being developed for SHOs on the course which will compliment the learning done at the Half-day release |
Applications to all schemes are dealt with centrally by the West Midland Postgraduate GP Education Unit
Please contact the recruitment officer, Ros Birkinshaw at :
West Midland Postgraduate GP Education Unit, PO Box No.9770, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2XN
Tel: 0121 414 8250 email: Ros.Birkinshaw@pmde.org
quoting VTS reference : North Worcestershire Ref No.2
You will then be sent an application form and details.
Click here to see a list of Training Practices and what they have to offer
A list of links can be accessed from the Training Practices page that will give you a flavour of the towns and countryside of this area
Course Organisers
| Chris Wilkinson, Steve Walter & Gilly Cooper |
| email Chris Wilkinson |
| email Steve Walter |
| email Gilly Cooper |
web designed by Chris Wilkinson, North Worcestershire VTS