GP Planned Education Activities (PEAS)

The GP PEAS are 90 minute small group teaching sessions, embedded within hospital-based Longitudinal Integrated Clinical Placements (LICP). These case-based learning activities are facilitated by a tutor from General Practice.

The format of the sessions is a 60 minute clinical debrief using real life patient stories brought by students from their ward-based experiences, followed by 30 minutes for reflective discussion on the impact of these, or other experiences during placement.

GP PEAS 1

PEAS 1 take place in Phase 2b. The overall focus for LICP1 is Clinical Reasoning.

Student selected patient cases align to the following weekly themes:

  1. Confusion

  2. Fever

  3. Pain

  4. Falls & frailty

  5. Abdominal symptoms

  6. Breathing Difficulties

  • Communication Skills.

For further information take a look at the study guide and handbook.

PEAs on a Page.pdf

GP PEAS 2

PEAS 2 take place in Phase 4. The overall focus for LICP2 is Advanced Person-centred Clinical Reasoning.

Based on their experiences and clinical encounters within their hospital placements, students will select cases in order to revisit the same six broad clinical themes as in LICP 1, but now with an advanced focus around the following:

  • Complex and atypical patient presentations

  • Advanced person-centred care

  • Undertaking shared decision making discussions with patients

  • Models of clinical reasoning

  • Probability of diagnoses and further assessment

  • Cognitive biases on decision making

For further information take a look at the Phase 4 handbook.

GP PEAS 3

PEAS 3 takes place in the second half of Phase 4. The overall focus for LICP3 is Preparing for Practice.

Based on their experiences and clinical encounters within their hospital placements, students will select cases to explore the following themes:

  • Wellbeing as a doctor, and dealing with traumatic experiences

  • The interface between primary and secondary care, and discharging patients

  • Conflict and difficult conversations

  • Death and dying patient

  • When things go wrong

  • Professional behaviour and professional identity


For further information take a look at the Phase 4 handbook.

"Teaching on PEAS has added variety into my working week and actually increased my enthusiasm when back at the surgery" - GP PEAS General Practitioner