GPs say shortage of space in their premises threatens their ability to teach medical students. Medical student placements in general practice are vital for the future of the primary care workforce but pressure on premises space in GP surgeries is affecting GP teaching capacity, according to research on the scale of the challenges facing GPs […]
Dr Richard Darnton awarded Principal Fellow status at the Higher Education Academy
Dr Richard Darnton, Director of GP Education at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded Principal Fellow status at the Higher Education Academy (now at Advance HE). This is the Academy’s highest level of recognition, awarded to recognise the impact of education leaders who are improving teaching and strengthening the higher education environment. Richard Darnton took […]
Medical education: making the most of remote consulting in primary care
The rapid expansion of remote consulting in primary care, after the pandemic struck in the UK in 2020, changed the experience of medical education, both for the GP tutors and for medical students in primary care placements. What can be done to protect and enhance the educational value of primary care placements in the post-COVID […]
GP as a career? Dr John Benson and Cambridge medical students explain why they wouldn’t choose anything else
Watch this short film to discover what it’s like to study medicine at Cambridge and see why Cambridge medical students are considering GP as a career. Please share: the film is for science-minded young people who like the idea of becoming a GP and for medical students who are interested in GP as a career. […]
PCU Profile: Dr Yasar Khan, first generation medic
Dr Yasar Khan joined the GP Education Group (GPEG) at the Primary Care Unit in 2017. GPEG teaches hundreds of medical students every year – delivering 21% of the Cambridge clinical curriculum and teaching everything from dermatology to primary care paediatrics. Dr Khan is an Assistant Director with the team. He is a GP and […]
GPEG welcomes Dr Richard Darnton, new Director of GP Studies for the Clinical School
Dr Richard Darnton, GP and newly arrived Director of Studies in General Practice at the General Practice Education Group (GPEG), describes his passion for medical education and his ambitions for GP teaching at Cambridge. Tell us a little about your career so far? In my teens I was on course to follow my sister to […]