Speciality Training
The practice is heavily involved in the training of doctors who are wanting to specialise in General Practice. Dr Carey and Dr Elliott are the approved trainers within the practice but all doctors and members of the team are involved in the training. A new system of speciality training has recently been introduced and these new trainees will spend 6 months in General Practice in their 1st year of specialist training (ST1) and then return for 12 months in their final year of training (ST3) before becoming a fully qualified GP providing they have reached the required standards. Trainees may, on occasions, ask for your consent to video the consultation for teaching and assessment purposes. These video consultations are only reviewed by the trainee and a doctor and are used to highlight any further learning needs or to demonstrate an ability to consult at a required level. If you are at all uncomfortable about agreeing to a video consultation or even if you agree initially but then change your mind, please inform the doctor who will happily switch off the video recorder.
More information about postgraduate GP training can be found at the Tayside Centre for General Practice.