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GP3
GP3
Aims
Aims
To help our students develop fluency in history taking and examining patients whilst maintaining patient-centredness and compassion, and with an appreciation of health equity.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
Meet, consult and examine patients and receive feedback
Develop understanding of the generalist nature of primary care, the lived experience of GPs and the kinds of patient presentations and consultations seen there.
Explore the concept of compassionate practice, collaboratively, reflectively, creatively.
Cover the GP3 presentations & conditions which students will be assessed on.
Understand the social and environmental factors that shape health.
Teaching commitment
Teaching commitment
One day a week for 8 weeks in terms 1, 2, and 3.
4 students
Learning activities:
Learning activities:
This year 3 placement is predominantly about students being supported in meeting patients who might commonly present in general practice. They should be supported in taking histories and learning to examine patients and in starting to engage with management plans.
Patient encounters
Observed history taking
Examination and clinical skills
Debrief and feedback
Patient-based discussions
Patient-based role plays
Tutorials - student/tutor led
Engaging with the multidisciplinary team
Phone and video consultation
Assessment
Assessment
Students are assessed on their attendance, attitude and professionalism displayed on placement.
Students are asked to work together to present on the themes of compassion or generalism at the end of the placement, and write an individual reflection. They are asked to explore their lived experience, review the literature and are invited to engage in creative enquiry processes (exploring lived experience through the arts e.g. image making, poetry writing etc).
Students will complete 2 x health equity E-learning modules.
Students should also be signed off in their year 3 logbooks for skills and case-based discussions covered in their primary care placement.
GP3 contributes questions to the central Year 3 exams for their:
Single Best Answer paper
Data Interpretation paper
You can get involved in question writing workshops over the year.
Support
Support
GP3 whatsapp group
Reimbursement
Reimbursement
Term 1 - 8 days over 8 weeks: £4,480 for 4 students
Term 2 - 8 days over 8 weeks: £4,480 for 4 students
Term 3 - 8 days over 8 weeks: £4,480 for 4 students
NB: sessional payment rates increase with the number of teaching sessions offered
For further information
Unit convenors:
Unit convenors:
Dr Safiya Virji
Dr Natalie Symes
Unit administrator
Unit administrator
Ms Kate Scurr
GPCD
GPCD
Aims
Aims
The GP Community Diagnosis (GPCD) module explores the social and environmental factors that shape health, and what actions could be taken to address them.
Each student will complete a GPCD project examining local public health data supplemented by student fieldwork focusing on a local community health or social need.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
Appreciation of the social and environmental determinants of health, health inequalities and health inequities.
Use population sources of health data, interviews and observations of a locality to investigate the health and social care needs of a community.
Focus on a specific topic to identify major risk factors, including environmental and social factors that might contribute to unequal health outcomes in a community, and suggest actions to address this.
Make a 5-7 minute presentation to colleagues to discuss your findings.
Teaching commitment
Teaching commitment
Facilitate online tutorials (90 minutes each) for 1, 2 or 3 weeks on a Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon, during 3 weeks in January 2025 (w/c 6th, 13th and 20th January 2025).
Each week that you are teaching, you will have 2 small groups of students (4-5 students per group) on MS Teams:
Monday tutorials: discuss student projects
Friday tutorials: students present their project
Attend online GP Preparation & Tutor training, and Q&A session (1.5 hour)
Preference will be given to tutors who are able to teach across all 3 weeks and to tutors with a passion for teaching about the social and environmental determinants of health.
GPCD Tutor Guide
Assessment
Assessment
Students are assessed on their attendance at tutorial and their GPCD presentations.
Support
GPCD Tutor Preparation & Training session - Wednesday 20th November 2024, 1pm – 2pm (ONLINE - MS Teams).
GPCD Tutor WhatsApp group.
Reimbursement
Reimbursement
£560 per week for two groups of 4 - 5 students.
£1,680 for delivering teaching all the 3 weeks.
Unit convenors:
Unit convenors:
Dr Safiya Virji s.virji@qmul.ac.uk
Dr Natalie Symes n.symes@qmul.ac.uk
Unit administrator:
Unit administrator:
Mr Steven Duggan steven.duggan@qmul.ac.uk
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