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A Year in the Life of a GPST

A Year in the Life of a GPST. Chris Longstaff GPST2, Milton Keynes. A Year in the Life of a GPST. What comes before GPST? What do we do when we’re not with you? Hospital Posts Out of Hours Half-Day Release Assessments. Where do GPSTs come from?. What comes before GPST?.

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A Year in the Life of a GPST

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  1. A Year in the Life of a GPST Chris Longstaff GPST2, Milton Keynes

  2. A Year in the Life of a GPST • What comes before GPST? • What do we do when we’re not with you? • Hospital Posts • Out of Hours • Half-Day Release • Assessments

  3. Where do GPSTs come from?

  4. What comes before GPST? • Applying for medicine • A Levels • Undergraduate Medicine • Clinical School • Foundation Year 1-2 Doctor • GPST1-3 total = about 10 years from leaving school to finishing as an ST3

  5. Hospital Posts • A&E, Medicine, Paediatrics, ENT, Orthopaedics, Obs and Gynae, Psychiatry, Palliative Care • Not everyone gets to do all of these

  6. Hospital Posts - Differences • Average Day? • Very varied • Wardround, Clinic, Theatre, A&E, On Call… • Evenings, Nights and Weekends On Call • Bleeps

  7. Hospital Posts • 4-6 month posts • New colleagues, wards, skills • Nomadic - move as you get comfortable • Consultants vs GPs • Alongside trainees for other specialities

  8. Other times we’re not with you? • Out of Hours • One shift a month, while in GP Posts • Supervised • Half-Day Release • Weekly teaching sessions • Role-play • Discussions

  9. Assessments • AKT • Theoretical Clinical Knowledge • MCQs • Computer-based exam • CSA • Consultation Roleplay

  10. Assessments • Eportfolio (or WPBA) • Log Entries Reflections on learning • COT/CEX Observed Consultations • CBD Case Discussions • MSF Multi-source Feedback • All shared with trainer, PDs and ultimately assessors

  11. Thank you • For listening today • For helping us learn • For putting up with us ! (We know we’re frustrating at times)

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