Training is an important part of the culture at Wansford surgery The practice has been a training practice for 20 years and currently has three accredited trainers - Drs Gill Tuck , Amrit Takhar and Rhiannon Nally. Dr Takhar has been an examiner for the Video component of summative assessment. We also provide training courses for Health professionals in Communications skills and Computer training as part of Continuing Professional Development
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When is the Next vacancy?
We have GP registrars booked to join us until February 2004 Contact us for further details. We can give you contact numbers for recent registrars so you can get a better idea of the training offered here. . All appointments are subject to applying through the East Anglian deanery
What is the local VTS?
GP registrars working at the Wansford Practice are members of the Peterborough General Practice Vocational Training Scheme, in which attendance at the half-day training course is an essential component. We try to keep our training flexible to suit the differing needs of our GP registrars .
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Out of hours cover
The nature of on call is changing with the development of out of hours cooperatives. We joined the
WELLDOC GP co-operative in 1997 and this is now well established with 43 doctors.We expect GP registrars to gain their experience by doing approximately 3 shifts per month working alongside one of the partners. Shifts vary between 4 and 8 hours of duty based at Stamford Out of hours centre.
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Aims and methods ?
Aims and methods - we try and keep the training curriculum learner centred and flexible to try and help the GP registrar achieve the following educational aims by the end of their training:
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Clinical competence in responding to the whole range of problems, medical, social and emotional, presented by patients."2 Active commitment to the
promotion of health in patients and in society.3.
Interpersonal skills with patients and colleagues.4.
Sensitivity to emotions and an ability to use personal awareness of feelings for the therapeutic benefit of the patient.5.
Professional autonomy both in clinical work with patients and in the academic sense.6. Knowledge of
management techniques as applied to the clinical care of patients, to the administration of general practice and to the improvement of the overall health of the community.7. An understanding of the evaluation of
scientific evidence and some basic understanding of statistics and research applied to general practice.8. Concern for some of the
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