Programme Structure
The Sheffield GP Specialty Training Programme is part of postgraduate training in the South Yorkshire region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery. (The other programmes in the locality are Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster.)
Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the programme are to help the trainees to:
- be clinically competent
- have a broad awareness of primary health care issues
- have good communications skills
- have the ability to make changes in practice
- to have good organisational skills.
Programme Philosophy
Doctors accepted onto the Sheffield GPSTP are expected to be responsible for their own learning in training practices and GPSTP groups. The emphasis is on holistic care, a broad awareness of issues (including political, social, psychological), and the doctor-patient relationship.
GP Specialty Training Programme
To qualify as an independent GP in the UK, you must undertake a 3 year GP Specialty Training Programme (GPSTP). In Sheffield, this comprises:
- 6 months in GP and 6 months in an accredited hospital post in ST1
- 3 x 4 months accredited hospital posts in ST2
- 12 months in GP in ST3
To see more information about our GP and hospital training placements, please see Training Posts in the See Also section opposite.
Trainees are allocated to a 3 year training programme by the Yorkshire & The Humber Deanery upon successful complete of selection centre assessment and accepting the offer of a training rotation.
Please note that training programmes are centrally administered by Linda Latif in the Sheffield GPSTP Office, any trainee who wishes to investigate the possiblity of changing their rotation should contact her to discuss further by telephone on 222 2091 or at:
Assessments
During your training placements you will complete workplace based assessments (WPBA) as well as preparing for the external MRCGP examinations – the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA). Your progress will be monitored at least yearly by an Annual Review of Competency Progress (ARCP) Panel.
The MRCGP is an integrated assessment system and trainees must successfully complete the 3 components outlined above (WPBA, AKT and CSA) in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice. The CCT is the licence to practise as a GP in the NHS. For more information about GP Training and the 3 assessments, visit the RCGP website via the link in the See Also section opposite.
On joining the programme, you will be assigned a GP Trainer as your Educational Supervisor (ES) for the duration of your training - educatinal supervision is a process of regular meetings between teacher and learner with support for the benefit of the learner. For more information about educational supervision arrangements in South Yorkshire, visit the Yorkshire & The Humber Deanery website via the link in the See Also section opposite.