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Name |
Scheme profile |
Further information |
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Basildon |
The first two years
are made up of 4 six month hospital posts: Paediatrics; Obstetrics and
Gynaecology and a choice of two out of Psychiatry, Medicine for the
Elderly or A&E. The final year is spent in a local training practice.
All trainees take part in the Basildon half day release.
GP registrars constructing their own training schemes can be
accommodated subject to the availability of training practices. |
Course Organiser:
Email
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Bedford |
Come into Beds with us
and share our passion for general practice in our pleasant market
town. We have excellent schools and good transport links with London
and Cambridge. Our rotation starts with 2 years of hospital posts
followed by 1 year in general practice. We offer a variety of hospital
posts including A/E, ENT, Integrated Medicine, O&G, Paediatrics and
Psychiatry. There is a choice of urban and semi-rural training
practices. We welcome doctors who are constructing their own schemes.
We run a friendly and informative half-day release programme and
encourage study for the MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG, DGM and DFFP. We arrange a
popular annual residential course in addition to frequent social
events involving all participants in the VTS. Come and join the fun. |
Course Organisers:
Dr Vijay Nayar
Email
Dr Peter Wilkinson
Email
Administrator
Email |
|
Bury St. Edmunds |
We innovated the
eighteen months in practice, eighteen months in hospital rota in the
region. All rotations start with six months in practice. This has been
popular with registrars.
Applicants’ needs are taken into consideration when offering
hospital posts with shorter rotations being possible for applicants
who have completed some of their hospital posts.
We support registrars who want to take up special skills training,
and/or plan to become GPs with a special interest in another clinical
speciality.
We are friendly and supportive. All registrars have a GP trainer
who is their educational supervisor throughout their time on the VTS.
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Follow the link from
the Eastern Deanery website
www.easterngp.co.uk which will take
you to us on the West Suffolk Hospital Trust website
www.wsufftrust.org.uk
Course organisers’ email addresses are on the website or contact us
through the Education Centre office 01284 713824 or 713342 |
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Cambridge |
Come and join us in Cambridge and be trained for
the general practice of the future. Our practices offer the full
range of facilities. Have fun with lively colleagues of the GP
registrar group, which is thriving and dynamic and they plan our
stimulating half day release course. |
Visit our
website Course
organisers
contactable by phone on Wednesdays
01223 217606
or via email
Dr Simon Brown
Dr Tony Cole
Dr Paul Sackin
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|
Chelmsford |
We offer a preliminary month in a training practice
before the 3 year scheme.
SHO posts are in Paediatrics, Obs and Gynae, Care
of the Elderly, A& E, ENT and Psychiatry.
Registrars spend a year in one of 17 practices.
These practices vary considerably, some on the Essex coast, others
rural and some in "town" .
Currently our group number 30. Our programme
emphasises experiential and problem-based learning, with the group
actively involved in setting the topics .
Towards the end of the academic year is a 2 day residential course,
usually at Cumberland Lodge, near Windsor Great Park. |
Visit our
website or
contact our VTS administrator
Jacqui Whybrow
01245 51441
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|
Colchester |
The scheme consists of
two years in four six monthly hospital posts in Geriatric Medicine,
Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A & E or Oncology. Following
the hospital component, a year in general practice is then taken in
one of the training practices attached to the vocational training
scheme. The teaching practices are very varied from single-handed
practices on the coast, to group practices both in country and town
locations.
Training comprises of half-day releases which is compulsory during
the year in General Practice. It is also expected that SHOs will
attend whilst in the hospital posts. |
Visit our
website
or email our course organisers
Dr Andrew Lennard-Jones
Dr Pamela Wright
Mrs Kimmy Eldridge
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Great Yarmouth
(Broadland) |
Four GP Registrars are
appointed annually to this scheme. Registrars entering the scheme
normally spend a period in one of six training practices and then
proceed through a hospital rotation consisting of General Medicine and
Geriatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A&E and
Psychiatry. The posts are recognised for DRCOG, DCH, MRCP and MRCGP.
Half day release programmes occur weekly both for hospital and general
practice posts. The rotation finishes with a further period in general
practice. |
Course details
Website
Course organisers:
Dr Andrew Bigg
email
Dr Liam Stevens
email
VTS Administrator
Jackie Dawson
email |
Harlow
(West Essex) |
West Essex
Vocational Training Scheme has trainees in Epping, Harlow and Bishop's
Stortford. Strategically positioned between Cambridge and London with
easy access by motorways M11 and M25 and by air from Stansted Airport.
The Scheme currently has 30 trainees with 6 Training Practices and
12 GP Trainers. The local Hospital is Princess Alexandra Hospital
in Harlow, the rotation has Hospital & Community based, wide variety
of jobs. In addition to the traditional SHO posts we also offer
innovative SHO posts in palliative medicine, women's health,
dermatology/rheumatology, ENT / ophthalmology and orthopaedics /
rheumatology / urology.
Weekly half-day courses on the scheme concentrate on nurturing the
Trainees into General Practice. Residential courses for Trainers and
Trainees are held twice a year providing the opportunity for GPVTS
Team members to interact and become better acquainted. The scheme
conducts regular examination training sessions and has very high DRGOG,
DCH and MRCGP success rates. |
Course details
WebsiteCourse Organisers
Dr Andrew Ashford
Dr Zia Yaqub
VTS administartors
Margaret Short
Polly Bracken
01279 827298
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|
Huntingdon |
The Huntingdon GP Vocational Training
Scheme is uniquely co-located at the new Oak Tree Community Health
Centre and at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, both in Huntingdon. Huntingdon
is a attractive market town situated on a river, in an area of small
towns and including two of the largest man-made lakes in England. It
is a short drive from the University City of Cambridge, and less than
an hour away by train from London and by car from Stansted Airport –
so a relaxed lifestyle can be interspersed by big city excitement, as
desired. Our three year VTS features: a small, informal, friendly,
registrar-led scheme; top quality trainers and training practices; an
enthusiastic Course Organiser team, one a practising GP and the other
a non-medical expert in medical education and assessment; a pleasant,
safe environment in which to live; a convenient location for getting
to Cambridge and London; and good national and international
transportation links. |
Website Email the course organisers
Dr MeiLing Denney
email
Richard Wakeford
email
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|
Ipswich |
The Scheme admits approximately 5 or 6
entrants each August to the two or three year programme. As some
applicants only require one year of hospital SHO posts on the scheme
we have the flexibility to offer them the two-year programme. The
first one or two years are spent in selected posts including
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A&E, ENT, Palliative Care,
Psychiatry or Care of the Elderly. During this period there is a
half-day release each week on a Tuesday during term times. The third
year is spent in a local training practice, ranging from urban to
rural, large to small, and offers a high standard of training. A
WHOLE-DAY release is provided in this year making us somewhat unique
and it is believed that this arrangement has made a significant
contribution to the success of this Scheme. |
Mrs Mary Burgess
GPVTS Administrator
Postgraduate Centre
Ipswich Hospital,
Heath Road IP4 5PD
Email
Tel: 01473 702502Course Organisers:
Dr David Ward
email
Dr Juno Jesuthasan
email |
|
Kings Lynn |
The King’s Lynn GP Training Scheme caters for all
GP Registrars, whether they are on a rotation, or are constructing
their own scheme. Support/advice is readily available, and help,
wherever possible, is given to all GP Registrars with regard not only
to training practices, but also to suitable SHO posts.
The Scheme is friendly (so we’re told!) and we try to be flexible
with regard to GP Registrars’ individual needs.
Our 9 Training practices are a mix of urban and rural and the
trainers have a wide range of interests.
Please contact us for a full prospectus and feel free to come and
visit us! |
Contact PGMEC/VTS
Administrator Jeannette Richardson
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn 01553
613613 ext 2439 |
|
Lister, Stevenage |
The Lister scheme is
flourishing! There is a good atmosphere in the hospital, which is
situated within easy reach of London and Cambridge. The VTS group is
‘fantastically welcoming, supportive and energetic’. Stevenage is
surrounded by beautiful countryside with village pubs etc. Training
practices are located in villages or market towns. Our committed group
of friendly trainers is keen to help each young GP realise his/her
potential.
There is full support for those wishing to undertake MRCGP
(including a self-directed study group). The scheme is proud of many
past merits and distinctions.
Participants do one month in general practice before 2 years of
hospital posts and a final 11 months in a practice. The scheme meets
on Wednesday afternoons and enjoys a 2 day annual residential. All
members of the group are involved in planning the content and format
of the programme. There are also social gatherings throughout the
year. |
contact Sue Lovell
(VTS administrator)
01438 781076
emailor either of the
Course Organisers
Melanie Hodgson
01462 732200
Dr Emma Salik |
|
Luton |
The scheme also
encompasses Dunstable and several surrounding villages and Harpenden,
affluent commuter town. We are an expanding VTS with several
enthusiastic new training practices offering a range of experiences
from ethnic minority groups, social deprivation to farmers and
stockbrokers. Luton is a University town with a vibrant social scene
and there is a good train service to London. The football team needs
your support.
We are keen to encourage our registrars to do MRCGP. We offer
specific courses for consultation skills and minor surgery and some
one-to-one dermatology training.
SHOs attend a unique twice yearly Block week of training which is
an enjoyable unique experience and included consultation skills
training. Group teaching in the Registrar Year is focussed around the
Tuesday morning half day release where we enjoy learning together and
we cover an interesting and stimulating programme. |
Website Applicants can
arrange to meet the Course Organisers if they wish by telephoning our
VTS Secretary on
01582 497531
email |
|
Norwich |
- ESTABLISHED LARGE SCHEME
- FULL DAY OUT ALTERNATE WEEKS FOR VTS
- FANTASTIC VTS SUPPORT TEAM
- THREE COURSE ORGANISERS
- IN HOUSE COURSES ON-COMMUNICATION SKILLS, PSYCHOSEXUAL MEDICINE,
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, CLINICAL EXAM SKILLS (OSCE).
- HOSPITAL POSTS IN NEW STATE OF THE ART HOSPITAL
- ACADEMIC LINKS WITH UNIVERSITY AND NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL AT NORWICH
- OPPORTUNTY TO GAIN MSc- in health sciences. ESTABLISHED HPE
SCHEME.
- OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE GENERAL PRACTICE IN ITS BROADEST
SENSE- FROM RURAL GENERAL PRACTICE TO INNER CITY
- FUNDAMENTALLY NORWICH IS A FINE PLACE TO TRAIN AND LIVE
|
Visit our
website
Contact the GP Administrator
Sue Cardownie
Tel: 01603 286881
Fax: 01603 286779
email
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N.W. Herts
|
The VTS is set in leafy Hertfordshire but is within
easy commuting distance of North London via the M1 and M25. We have
eight SHO posts (Paeds, O&G, Psychiatry, Elderly Medicine, A&E) in two
rotations plus a variable number of part-time SHOs linked to the VTS.
We have 18 trainers and capacity for about 12 self construct GP
Registrars each year. The half-day release course is held on Tuesday
afternoons and the GP Registrars are actively involved in planning the
programme. Dr Covell runs an MRCGP study group which follows the VTS
meetings and has a good pass rate.
The highlights of the scheme include the annual
residential course, dermatology teaching and the opportunities for
periods of extended training in a variety of clinical specialities.
Details are available on the Eastern Deanery website
www.easterngp.co.uk and our
own website is under construction. The Course Organisers welcome
enquiries about the scheme. |
Dr Paul Heatley
Bennetts End Surgery, Gatecroft, Hemel Hempstead HP3 0DZ
Tel 01442 263511
email
Dr Bruce Covell
Parkbury House Surgery, St Peters Street, St Albans. Herts AL1 3HD
Tel: 01727 851589
email |
|
Peterborough |
Peterborough is a
growing Cathedral City which is only 50 minutes by Train to London
and 45 minutes from Cambridge. Housing is still reasonably priced.
There has been a VT Scheme in Peterborough since 1973. We have an
excellent mix of Inner City, Market Town and Rural Practices with very
enthusiastic Trainers. GP Registrars meet every Tuesday afternoon for
their half-day release. The Registrars plan the educational Programme
with the help of the Course Organisers. We hold an annual Residential
Course and also run Consultation Skills Workshops with the help of
Actors, Child Health Surveillance Courses and day-long Symposia.
Many of our GP Registrars have stayed in the area and are now
joining the Scheme as Trainers and Course Organisers. |
Visit our
website
or email
Tel: 01733 874698
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|
Southend |
The Southend VTS is a
new and innovative scheme, which has been in operation since 1988. 3
year candidates select four six month SHO posts from the 6
specialities of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A&E, Medicine
for the Elderly, Psychiatry and Palliative Care. We have a thriving
network of local Trainers for the Registrar year.
Our half day educational programme runs on Wednesday afternoons. In
addition to this we have an annual residential course.
We believe in enjoying ourselves while we learn and have built up
an enviable reputation as being a good place to train. All this and
the Pier too! |
Course organisers
Dr Roger Tisi
emailDr Lionel Nagle
email
Ms Sharon Hadley
email |
|
Watford |
Watford has one of the
best established VTS schemes in the UK. Rather than termly, the VTS
half –day release meets weekly throughout the year. This allows us
more flexibility in the topics we cover, which gives you
greater choice. By meeting so regularly, we build a strong support
network within the group. We run a highly enjoyable annual
Residential, and organise lots of trips & social events, Our most
recent group outing was to Copenhagen. So not only do we have fun but
everyone passes the MRCGP! |
Website
Course organisers
Dr Nick Foreman
email
Dr Pauline Hernandez
email
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|
Welwyn Garden City |
Situated on the
outskirts of the Garden City, the Hospital, built in the Sixties, has
recently merged with the Lister Hospital forming the East and North
Herts NHS Trust. We have a very active supportive Postgraduate Centre.
It is close to the A1(M) and has an excellent train-link into Kings
Cross.
This has remained a happy scheme which has learnt to adapt to the
new NHS but remained focused on General Practice. The emphasis is on
facilitation of Self-Directed learning, encouraging self-confidence
and having fun.
The Scheme starts with one month in General Practice, followed by 4
six month SHO Posts and a further 11 months in General Practice.
There are seven training practices with eleven trainers. |
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]Postgraduate Centre QE
II
Tel:: 01707 365418
01707 329292 Peartree Lane Surgery Alastair McGhee
01438 715044 Bridge Cottage Surgery Ann Drew |
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