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Start up Information <\/h3>
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Hopefully, the scheme should have provided you with your hospital post rotation. If this isn\u2019t the case, get in touch with either the GP administrator for your scheme or one of the Training Programme Directors (which are called TPDs for short).

Then get in touch with your hospital department\u00b4s secretary and\/or consultant. Write a little paragraph introducing yourself and then ask them if you need to do anything further.

The department is likely to send you an induction pack, a timetable and some preparatory homework to do before starting your first day. This preparatory material will help the department and your consultant to determine how to settle you in nicely as well as some educational stuff like identifying your educational needs.

For those of you who are part-time <\/strong>or coming back from sick or extended leave<\/strong>, PLEASE make contact with your department\/rota-coordinator EARLY (at least 6 weeks before) to make sure any special arrangements required are all in place, and if not \u2013 gives them time to fix. Ask to see the timetable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Register with the RCGP as an AiT (Associate in Training) if you haven’t already done so. Click here<\/a><\/li>
  2. Contact your hospital consultant and introduce yourself <\/li>
  3. Get a hold of your rota and specialty induction programme<\/li>
  4. Make sure your defense union subscription is all up to scratch (we still STRONGLY recommend you see out private cover on top of the NHS indemnity cover).<\/li>
  5. Note the dates for the GP training scheme’s induction – and book leave for it.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Make a good first impression <\/h3>
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    It\u2019s worth trying to make the best impression  you can in the first few days of the post.  Be friendly and show genuine interest in the  job and all your colleagues at every level.  Show a willingness to work hard,  a willingness to listen to instructions and advice.  If you do this, people around you will find it a pleasure to want to help you.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Don’t forget your ePortfolio and WPBA\u200b <\/h3>
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    In the busyness of their hospital jobs, GP trainees often overlook their ePortfolio and their WPBA requirements. As a result, their Educational Supervisor’s Report will be marked “unsatisfactory progress” and then they will be referred to an ARCP panel who will then grill them about their poor engagement. Clearly, none of us want that to happen to you.  So…<\/p>\n\n\n\n