Education Overview
The Education Centre at RSCH is found opposite the West Wing (physiotherapy department).
This is home to the medical education team and hosts our group teaching sessions. On the first floor you will find the GP Training Manager: Donna Stevens.
This multi–disciplinary education facility has a lecture theatre and conference rooms and also accommodates the Library, Learning Resource Centre and Information Service which is open to all primary and acute staff working in South West Surrey. We also advocate health and well-being and have a dedicated staff wellbeing cabin.
Calendar
ST1 and ST2 Teaching
When? Thursdays 12.30-2.00pm
Where? Education Centre
What? See the Clinical Update timetable by clicking the green button below
This is bleep-free protected time and all trainees are expected to attend. In hospital posts, it has been agreed at faculty level that a colleague/senior will hold your bleep, even if this is the consultant.
Thursdays are the key educational day throughout GP training. In ST1 and ST2 trainees will have Integrated Training Posts (ITP) which are spent part time in General Practice and part-time in a Hospital Specialty. During these rotations, there will be group teaching at the Education Centre led by each trainee in turn.
The format for each session is for trainees at one practice to work together to present a topic from the GP Curriculum, with an emphasis on an interactive discussion rooted in primary care.
There are also termly whole group teaching for ST1s and ST2s, for which study leave will need to be applied. These take place on certain Thursday mornings on a range of topics.
ST3 Teaching
The Half Day Release (HDR) helps trainees to develop the key skills essential for General Practice, but also provides a nurturing environment for trainees to support one another and learn from each other as the year progresses.
The Half Day Release programme is an essential and valuable part of the ST3 year. On the course we aim to help ST3s develop the core skills and knowledge base that form the GP Curriculum. We also help the Registrars to prepare for all aspects of the MRCGP examination, and to make best use of the ePortfolio. See the HDR timetable by clicking on the green button below.
The course runs on a Thursday, for 30 weeks of the year, and dovetails with the Thursday lunchtime lectures and independent learning, usually in small study groups. A typical day of face-to-face teaching would be as follows:
09:00 – Coffee for a prompt start at 09:30
09:30 – 12:00 HDR course
12:30 – 14:00 GP Clinical Update
14:00 – 17:00 Independent Learning / Study
The course is mandatory, and comprises half of the annual study leave requirement of 30 days for the ST3 year (counting as 30 half days). You are encouraged not to take annual leave or study leave during the course, as educational days missed during leave should comprise less than 20% of the course.
We do need to keep trainers informed if their trainee fails to attend the course without notice, and so it is vital to let the Programme Directors know if you are planning to be absent.
Please e-mail Donna Stevens at donnastevens@nhs.net to advise of any absence.
ST3 HDR 2024ST3 Residential
There are two residential training session at Cumberland Lodge in the ST3 VTS Program. These are real highlights in the year, and a vital part of the course. Subjects are able to be covered in more depth in the beautiful, peaceful environment of high quality facilities in Windsor Great Park, and the sessions enable the training group to gel in a way that brings benefits to the entire training year.
The residential is funded from the trainee study budgets and are subsidised by funds from the scheme.
Your role as a learner
The Modernisation of Medical Careers model of training adopts an adult learning approach. You are responsible for your own learning within the programme with the support of key people such as the GPST faculty, educational and clinical supervisors. You should ensure that you have regular meetings with your supervisors, that you maintain your ePortfolio, keep up to date with assessments as required and be signed off.
GMC Professional Standards