GP3 Overview 2022-23
Welcome to GP3
We hope that you enjoy your GP3 placement with our fantastic GP educators.
ATTENDANCE - Contact Kate Scurr if students are not attending asap
COVID -Please ensure you can contact your students quickly if necessary (e.g. text / WhatsApp). Please ensure that you request students’ mobile numbers at induction (if they agree) and then delete them at the end of the placement (for GDPR). Please also let the medical school know about any changes in the situation at your practice as soon as possible (contact Kate Scurr)
- Please follow local guidance regarding PPE and lateral flow testing for frontline medical staff. Please check your students’ vaccination status and encourage them to get vaccinated (flu vaccine and COVID booster) as per national guidance. If there are any issues regarding student vaccination please contact us directly.
Louise, Vidya, Kate, and the CBME team
Aim of GP3
The purpose of year 3 is to help you develop fluency in history taking and examining patients whilst maintaining patient-centredness and compassion.
Learning outcomes GP3
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.
Placement
Structure - students should attend practice for minimum of 6 hours. All learning is face-to-face, but we provide resources for virtual teaching in case students or tutors need to isolate during the placement or for pilot students.
There are GP3 specific clinical conditions which students will be tested on in their summer exams. You can access this here.
The placement activities you engage in should follow these themes.
See learning agreement and suggested timetables and pre-placement email templates here.
You should have a mid placement check in with the GP and the opportunity to feedback anonymously to the GP3 team should there be any issues arising in your placement, which we will then deal with.
Assessment
For specific outcomes and instructions for these assessments, click here.
There are GP3 specific clinical conditions which you will be tested on in your summer exams. You can access this here.
GP Tutor Assessment:
Group-based Presentation to GP Tutor: Creative Enquiry Generalism OR Compassionate Practice
NB: students are also required to write an individual 500 word reflection, but this is submitted centrally.
Y3 GP PLACEMENT SIGN-OFF FORM (Placement Assessment & Professionalism form)
Logbook
Clinical examinations (CEX)
Directly observed procedures (DOPs)
Case-based discussion (CBD)
Continuity of care exercise
Optional
SSC3A you may choose to do this in your GP placements. If you do so you will need to choose a patient you have met during your GP placement.
Dates
Term 1,
W/c 10-Oct-22, 17-Oct-22, 24-Oct-22, 31-Oct-22, 07-Nov-22,14-Nov-22, 21-Nov-22, 28-Nov-22, 05-Dec-22
Term 2,
W/c 30-Jan-23, 06-Feb-23, 13-Feb-23, 20-Feb-23, 27-Feb-23, 06-Mar-23, 13-Mar-23, 20-Mar-23
Term 3,
W/c 17-Apr-23, 24-Apr-23, 1-May-23, 08-May-23, 15-May-23, 22-May-23, 29-May-23, 05-Jun-23, 12-Jun-23, 19-Jun-23
Training and support
The GP3 Tutor Training has taken place but we can send you a recording if needed (contact Kate Scurr - see below)
There is a GP3 WhatsApp group where you can share questions and best practice - useful for quick response from the team (contact Kate Scurr - see below)
For specific academic questions, or if not on WhatsApp contact Louise/Vidya via email directly (see contact below)
Ongoing all years tutor development opportunities include NUGGETS (1st Weds of month – 12-1pm):
Contacts
Administrators: Kate Scurr k.j.scurr@qmul.ac.uk
(Kate is your first port of call for any day to day queries about the module)
Academics: Dr Louise Younie m.l.a.younie@qmul.ac.uk Dr Vidya Mistry vidya.mistry@qmul.ac.uk