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The Severn Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners is pleased to be able to offer up to four research grants per year, each of up to £500. The Faculty Board wishes to encourage submissions from any member of the Primary Health Care Team in the Faculty including GPs and Registrars.

 

Applicants should note that applications are welcome throughout the year; usually a decision will be made within eight weeks. Successful applicants will be expected to write a formal report on their work which may subsequently be edited and published in the Faculty Newsletter.

 

The Severn Faculty has  produced a guide for GP Surgeries who may be interested in offering work experience to sixth formers but are not sure how best to manage the student.  This portfolio of ideas and information has been put together by GPs in surgeries currently offering work experience throughout the Severn Faculty area and covers aspects such as confidentiality, guidelines, mock interviews and gives examples of how other surgeries deliver work experience to their students.  There is also additional information available for schools in regard to university requirements and the UCAS process.

 

If you are a GP Surgery interested in offering students an insight into general practice then please contact the Severn Faculty who are compiling a central database of surgeries willing to offer students work experience.  Primarily the guide is available to download but hard copies can be obtained from the Faculty Office.

 

There is evidence that newly qualified GPs (NQGPs) may need mentor support for the two years after completion of vocational training.  During this time they may experience instability and isolation socially, professionally and educationally and mentor support can help them negotiate the transition to independent professional life more smoothly.  The Severn mentoring network is a new initiative developed by some local GPs and jointly funded by the Severn School of Primary Care, the PCTs and Severn Faculty of the RCGP with support from the local GP Education Trusts.  It aims to provide confidential mentoring support to newly qualified GPs in Severn and will be launched in the next few months.

 

 

The scheme will be open to GPs within the first two years following qualification.  It will be open to anyone beginning work in Severn, regardless of where they trained, although in the first year we will be piloting the scheme in Gloucestershire, Bath and Swindon.

 

 

The mentors are all practising GPs who live or work in Severn.  They will have to undertake training for their role and will have access to supervision as required.

 

 

The idea of the mentoring network is to provide a confidential learning relationship between two individuals, where the NQGP will have the time and space to reflect upon their career.  We would anticipate that the relationship will last between 1 and 2 years, depending upon particular circumstances.  Experience of schemes elswehere in the country suggests that NQGPs will probably be in contact with their mentors every 6-8 weeks although obviously this varies between individuals.  It is not anticipated that mentors would be expected to provide more frequent contact or support.

 

 

The mentoring scheme is free of charge to NQGPs as the mentors receive a centrally funded honorarium.  However NQGPs will be required to become a member of a local GP Education Trust.

 

 

Information about the scheme will be sent out with all new applications to join the Performers Lists, as well as via the local GP training schemes and the appraisal network.