The Broadlands Programme began in 1972. The Programme was
redesigned in Autumn/|Winter of 2006/07, to reflect changing
national regulations and the introduction of the new General
Practice curriculum.
From August 2009, the Programme will appoint ten GPStRs each year.
The three year rotations will all offer 18 months in practice and 6
x 3 month jobs in a combination of hospital posts. The following
hospital posts are available:-
- General Medicine with Geriatrics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Accident & Emergency
- Psychiatry
- ENT
- Ophthalmology
- Haematology
- General Surgery
- Orthopaedics
Following appointment to the Programme, the highest ranked
candidates will have first choice of the available rotations
taking
into account their past experience. These
rotations have a varied combination and sequence of posts.
All GPStRs are required to sit nMRCGP. Training will take account
of the new curriculum and arrangements for completing the various
components of the nMRCGP. All GPStRs will have a contract and
educational agreement for each component of their training.
Clinical skills based on problem solving
- Managing everyday diseases and emergencies by making sound clinical and managerial decisions
- Thinking clearly - analysing information and evidence and coming to considered judgments
- Identifying options and choosing between those options
- Learning to be flexible and to cope with uncertainty
- Organisational aspects of General Practice
Organisational aspects of General Practice
- Understanding current GP issues
- Understanding the role of other primary health care team members
- Management and business of GP - including PCTs
- How social conditions and cultural factors affect a patient's disease and how it presents
- Applying preventative measures, health education and health promotion
- Communicating well: verbally and non-verbally
- Expressing ideas with lucidity and clarity
- Showing compassion, empathy and sensitivity
- Understanding and using consultation models
- Being aware of the importance of our own values and attitudes
- Basing clinical behaviour on rational evidence, forming opinions that are not prejudiced
- Recognising the patient's autonomy and the significance of patient-centred and doctor-centred working styles
- Expressing views which are not dogmatic or arrogant
- Tolerating the views of others: patients, their relatives, and colleagues
- Considering moral, ethical and medico-legal issues
- Learning to self-appraise
- Knowing your limitations and performing safely, knowing when it is necessary to seek help or refer
- Being receptive to new ideas and approaches; understanding change and how to manage it
- Staying positive about your work, surviving personal and professional stress by using strategies to prevent burn out