- Become a skilled GP able to give first class care to your patients
- Develop lifelong learning skills so you can keep your career fresh and keep up to date with the inevitable changes in healthcare
- Tailor your learning to your past experience and any specialist interests you may wish to develop in the future
- Navigate the politicial, financial, and business arena in which modern general practice exists
- Form friendships that will last throughout your careers
The Reading and Newbury scheme has been well established for many years and has a wealth of excellent training practices and experienced trainers. As you will spend two years in practice you will have opportunities to work with different practice populations – from urban to rural, deprived communities to more affluent. Whatever your cup of tea, we are likely to have something to suit you.
Our secondary care posts are based largely within the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. We can offer acute hospital posts, community care placements and some integrated training options.
We can guarantee you plenty of laughs along the way and close team camaraderie with your fellow trainees, supervisors and programme directors. Your wellbeing is just as important to us as your progress through training.
Most of our teaching happens at the Reading Hockey Club in Sonning, we get you away from the wards (or your consulting room) and into the relaxed atmosphere of our meeting rooms – surrounded by cricket and hockey pitches. Parking is free and plentiful and bleeps are completely out of range!
We have developed our teaching program over many years and it continues to evolve, getting excellent feedback from our trainees. We offer curriculum-based educational sessions dedicated to each year group which help prepare you for your exams and for independant practice. You will also get to mix with other year groups and learn from them in our longitudinal sessions. We have regular Program Director (PD)-led ‘clinics’ most weeks where we share learning and interesting cases and the PDs are accessible and very supportive.
Why not come and join us?