FY2s in General Practice
We hope you have a rewarding and interesting GP rotation, potentially tempting you to a future career as a GP! It really is a fulfilling specialty, seeing a vast range of presenting complaints, the opportunity to get to know patients, families and the local community whilst delivering continuity of care. It is also a joy being part of a small but tight team, with many team members to learn from.
If we can’t tempt you to Primary care in the future, the rotation will help develop key skills which will be essential whatever career path you choose. We also hope that the rotation leads to increased awareness and respect for the vast skill sets held by GP's and the significant pressures faced. We hope this experience can be taken back with yourselves when you move to hospital attachments, further improving interprofessional relations across the interface.
Please find further information below regarding your FY2 rotation.
Induction
When you are on your GP attachment you will have induction within your practice but also at your out of hours site. On the change over day, you will be expected at the hospital induction and then there will be further induction time in your GP practice.
If you know which GP practice you are going to then the following document will detail where your OOH work will be. This also details the name of the hospital site Education Coordinator who will be a point of contact regarding induction and teaching, alongside the Rota Coordinator who will be a contact regarding your OOH rota.
Rota Contacts
Opportunities during your General Practice attachment
There will be plenty of opportunities during your GP attachments. During your time you'll grow in confidence in managing patients in the community - utilise your debriefs and tutorials to further develop your skills. Different practices will have slightly different opportunities but explore what your practice offers - this could be anything from spending time with the practice physio, mental health nurse or pharmacist, to observing minor surgery, joint injections, implant and coil insertions, diabetes clinics, methadone substitution programme clinics and much more. Your rotation is a great opportunity to develop skills and experience but also explore the vast opportunities that a life as a GP holds.
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