ST1 AND ST2 GP TRAINING
Lancaster Programme
Local teaching takes place on scheduled Wednesday afternoons during term time.
The venue is the Education Centre, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and commences 13:00 – 15:00.
For more information on training at Lancaster please contact Dr Wong via email to [email protected]
THE DETAILS
Course information
Teaching Programme
Programme Director: Dr Kirstin Wong
Administration: Helen Gardner, The Education Centre, Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal, Cumbria
For details of the Lancaster scheme please contact Dr Wong via email to [email protected]
Local teaching and tutorials takes place on scheduled Wednesdays and are currently delivered via ZOOM.
For more information please see the full timetable on the website.
Tracks
The GP Training Scheme in Lancaster and Barrow runs over 3 years.
The first 2 years (ST 1 & 2) are in primary and secondary care – 2 posts will be hospital based placements. The 3rd year (ST3) is spent in general practice.
The tracks are allocated by the Programme Director at each site. Previous experience and personal preferences are taken into account when allocating tracks, however, it is not always possible for everyone to have all their first choice posts.
Lancaster Tracks: There are 12 tracks available in Lancaster which include posts in:
- Paediatrics
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Psychiatry
- Medicine
- Emergency Department
- Palliative Care
Included are ITP (Integrated Training Posts) posts which consist of 3 days in GP and 2 days in a speciality (either Medicine/ Obs & Gynae / Paediatrics / Psychiatry or Palliative Care – Hospice)
The posts are based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, The Orchard and East Barn in Psychiatry and St John’s Hospice. There are some community paediatric placements and other community sites within Psychiatry.
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