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Name |
Scheme profile |
Further information |
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Basingstoke |
The local programme organiser has spent
much time developing the scheme to ensure the
highest quality educational opportunities. There is a mixture of
urban and rural practices.
Basingstoke Hospital
prides itself on good working relationships and a happy working
atmosphere. There is a strong tradition of primary and secondary care
working together, with an emphasis on patient care.
Basingstoke has good/rail network to the coast, London and
the continent. The surrounding countryside is lovely, with
picture card villages and great pubs. There is good housing, superb
schools and excellent cultural and sporting facilities with a concert
hall, theatre and cinemas. |
Contact
Dr Viv Adler via Holmwood Health Centre
Tel 0118 9814166
Email
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Bournemouth
and Poole |
Bournemouth and Poole sit closely
together on the south coast but with each having their own unique
identity and being highly popular tourist destinations. The New
Forest, the coastline, Poole Harbour and the nearby Purbecks provide a
fantastic environment for all types of recreational and sporting
activities including walking, riding, mountain biking and all water
based activities. The conurbation also provides many cultural
opportunities including the highly acclaimed Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra which is based in Poole. Both hospitals host their own
vocational schemes with some of the Bournemouth schemes rotating over
to Poole.
In Bournemouth 3 rotations each of 3 years including an
introductory month in GP commence twice a year in March and Sept.
In Poole 2 rotations of 3 years commence annually in August.
There are many enthusiastic and experienced GP trainers in the area
providing great choice for the discerning GP Registrar.
There is a dedicated team of six Programme and Course organisers
who run the education for the SHO and GP registrar grades. This team
run a highly regarded day release course in the GP registrar ST3 year
which prepares the aspiring GP for modern General Practice and a
monthly half day for the Hospital based ST1 & ST2 which look at
focussing the hospital doctor towards their chosen career. |
Visit our website
www.dorsetgp.org.uk
Contact our Programme Organisers- Dr Andrew Longley or Dr Alistair
Watkins
01202 962165
email |
|
Dorchester |
West Dorset is an area of outstanding
beauty and is famous for its sailing, windsurfing, diving and many
other water sports. There are many beautiful coastal and inland walks
in the surrounding countryside. The county town of Dorchester is
steeped in history.
There are 4 rotations commencing twice a year in February and
August.
There is a GP educational programme during the full 3 years with
protected half-day sessions during the Hospital based ST1 & ST2
doctors posts and a full day in the GP Registrar ST3 Year.
See our website for more information. |
Visit our
website
GP Office
Iain Wyer
(01202) 504165 |
|
Isle of Wight |
The Island GPVTS has
been operating in its present form since 1999. It offers a broadly
based, educationally sound preparation for modern general practice and
is well supported by the hospital and the 6 Island training practices.
The Island is served by a Primary Care trust and an Acute Healthcare
NHS trust. Both GPVTS schemes include SHO posts in A&E, O&G and
Psychiatry plus either, General Medicine or, Paediatrics.
The Island population is approx 130,000. It is a beautiful place to
live and work. Outdoor pursuits are especially well catered for with
world class sailing facilities and miles of unspoilt bridleways and
cycle-ways coursing through National Trust woods and over chalk downs.
There are frequent car ferry and high speed passenger ferry
services to the mainland. It is possible to be in central London
within 90 minutes using rail connections from Southampton or
Portsmouth |
Dr Richard Williams
(GPVTS Programme Organiser) Tower House Surgery
Rink Road
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 1LP
Tel: 01983-811431 (Mob: 07971-084960)
email
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|
Portsmouth |
Portsmouth has been a
leading centre of GP education for many years. We aim to link hospital
based SHOs with General Practice throughout their training and make
their hospital experience truly relevant to General practice.
GP SHO rotations are based around specialities directly
relevant to primary care, with doctors developing links with their
training practice from the beginning of their rotation and enjoying a
monthly teaching session with a GP bias. There is an annual GP trainee
conference with colleagues from around Hampshire and GP SHOs spend at
least two sessions each year learning with the GP registrars. You will have access to a complete range of practices from the
rural to the inner city, from small to large as well as an
enthusiastic team of GP trainers and course organisers who include
MRCGP examiners. Portsmouth is a thriving and diverse city enjoying
sun, sea and a historic waterfront together with good links to London
and the Continent. |
Caroline Carrigan
Email
Dr Judith Rees
023 92835099
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Salisbury |
Salisbury has four 24
month programmes. Each programme is fixed and consists of 6 months
A&E, 12 months Family Health and 6 months psychiatry. Successful
applicants are free to choose their training practice, with the mutual
agreement of the Trainer. The family Health programme comprises of 6
months Paediatrics/neonates followed by 6 months Obstetrics and
Gynaecology. It allows GP SHOs to develop a strong perspective of the
continuity of secondary and primary care as well as the interaction
between both specialities. The clinical teaching is supported by a
weekly afternoon teaching session involving visiting & departmental
speakers.
Salisbury Hospital prides itself on good working relationships and
a happy working atmosphere. There is a strong tradition of primary and
secondary care working together, with an emphasis on patient care. |
Dr Christine Cox
Director of Medical Education
Dr Alex Armstrong
GPVTS Programme Organiser
Contact via:
Liz Fenwick
The Education Centre
Level 5
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Salisbury District Hospital
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8BJ |
Southampton
(Solent, New Forest and Channel Islands) |
The Southampton Scheme covers the Solent,
New Forest and Jersey in the Channel Islands. For those interested in
outdoor pursuits including sailing, riding and walking there is no
better base or happier group of GP Trainers in the Country. Wessex
continues its development of the outstanding integrated training
programmes and has 15 Vocational Training posts on 5 rotations.
Southampton is the only teaching health district in the Wessex Region
serving a population of nearly ½ Million. Within the Education Unit we
have three GP Tutors, three Course Organisers and a dedicated
Programme Organiser who assures the highest possible level of
education within the Hospital posts.
The Library service is exceptional and lies in the centre of the
Wessex Regional Medical Library in the South Academic Block of
Southampton General Hospital. Close to the Library is the Learning
Media department, which can always be called upon to help with all
kinds of teaching aids in Lecture, Seminar and Tutorials. Please do
not hesitate to contact the Associate Director – Johnny Lyon-Maris for
any queries you might have |
Visit our
website Contact
023 8079 6749 |
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Winchester |
This very popular
scheme is based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in the
beautiful cathedral city of Winchester. There is a choice of GP
training Practices-both urban and rural. There are four parallel
rotations 2 containing posts in Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Paediatrics. Acute Medicine, Rheumatology and Dermatology+3 month
elective, and a second containing Accident and Emergency, Stroke and
Rehabilitation, Emergency Medical Assessment, General Medicine and
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
SHOs meet the GP VTS Programme organiser for monthly educational
meetings and visit their Trainers regularly during their hospital
rotations.
There are opportunities to meet other GP vocational trainees in the
Mid Wessex area during the hospital training and Basingstoke
,Salisbury and Winchester GP Registrars participate in a weekly day
release course based at the nearby University of Winchester |
Visit our
website
Contact
GP VTS SHO programme organiser
Dr Miles Roberts
via
Education Centre
Lesley Yaldren
Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road, Winchester SO22 5DG
01962 824422 |
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