North Worcestershire VTS

Welcome to North Worcestershire VTS

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Welcome to North Worcestershire GP Vocational Training Scheme. This section provides information for GP ST1s, ST2s and ST3s who are on the scheme. Please see below for further information regarding the timetable, special events and cluster timetable. Applications to all schemes are dealt with centrally by the West Midland Postgraduate GP Education Unit. Please click on www.northworcestershirevts.info for more up to date information.

Our Training Practices

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Schemes

Bromsgrove/Redditch

A very friendly, popular and flexible scheme offering a comprehensive and stimulating three year learning experience.

Educational experiences within each post include protected learning time within hospital specialities and the half day release in General Practice. Hospital Posts are at The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.

The rotations include a choice of General/Geriatric Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, A&E, and innovative posts including GP registrar in Community Women's Health and a project based post in Public Health.

Please contact current Doctors for personal recommendations.

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Half Day Release Course

A relaxed atmosphere which helps co-operative learning and the exploration of the many levels of General Practice
An educational process which values individual and group needs, helps you to understand the process of learning for yourself and to gain peer support from your colleagues
A philosophy of lifelong learning in your future career as a General Practitioner and to help you learn about clinical medicine, how to relate to patients, your practice, society and to yourself
We run from two well equipped and resourced Postgraduate Medical Centres with full library and IT facilities
We have enviable summative assessment, DRCOG and MRCGP results
We have the support of well established and skilled GP Trainers and Trainers' workshops
We are truly innovative with many of the learning experiences we provide published in peer reviewed journals

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Wyre Forest GP VTS

This continues to be a very popular scheme centred on Kidderminster.

Hospital posts are at The Worcestershire Royal Infirmary, Worcester and rotate through Accident & Emergency, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Medicine and Paediatrics.

Each post has excellent educational opportunities geared to your future needs as a General Practitioner including sessions at out-patient clinics in minor specialities and community attachments.

There is a wealth of high quality training practices within the Wyre Forest Area amongst some of the most beautiful countryside in the region. Throughout the three years you are encouraged to attend the half-day release course which has an enviable reputation in itself.
Please contact current Doctors for personal recommendations.