Work Placements
Thinking of how to get a work placement or
work experience, as a medical student. Here is some useful
information.
Work experience/ work placements are increasingly
becoming a a useful and invaluable form of experience on the
journey to becoming a GP. These should be arranged on a local
level either directly through the practice via the local PCT or via
your local deanery. The deaneries and PCT's will have a list
of training pratices in the area. However, we appreciate that
it can be difficult to obtain work experience in GP
surgeries, you can also look for experience as a
volunteer in a hospital or other community
establishments.
Apart from just trying to obtain work experience,
you can also consider working part time during term-time
in health related areas. These can include: Healthcare
assistant, Care support worker and Medical Secretary. This will
help you obtain some very useful transferable skills. Visit
NHS
Professionals
For the list of London PCT's visit:
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx
For the list deaneries across the UK visit:
http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/colleges__deanery_recruitment/deaneries.aspx
NHS Education for Sctoland (NES) Contacts for
workplacement, work experience in GP practice:
West of Scotland
Email: Moya.kelly@nes.scot.nhs.uk
East of Scotland
Heather Peacock, NHS Education for Scotland
(NES)
Tel: 0131 650 2821
Email: heather.peacock@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Judith Richardson, Education for Scotland
(NES)
Tel: 0131 650 8085
Email: Judith.richardson@nes.scot.nhs.uk
In addition, below is a link to the relevant
page on the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) website which provides
key contact details for medical training in Scotland.
http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/disciplines/medicine/postgraduate-training/flexible-training/key-deanery-contacts