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 […]
Congratulations to prize-winners at SAPC SE conference!
Prize-winners for outstanding presentations and posters at the SAPC SE conference at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, 23 and 24 January 2020, organised by the Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge SAPC winner Liza Kirtchuk (KCL): ‘The Medical School as Multiple Communities of Practice: analysis of a longitudinal GP clerkship’. SAPC runners-up Gwilym Thomas (University of Cambridge): […]
What’s it like teaching medical students in primary care? watch our new video to find out
Medical students at the University of Cambridge gain much of their clinical experience during their GP placements, where they are taught and supervised in pairs or very small groups by GP tutors – who are part of a community of practice spanning the whole of East Anglia. Our students now number around 1800 in total […]
A medical student’s journey through academic primary care
Rachel Fox, medical student in her fourth year at the University of Cambridge Clinical School, describes her experiences exploring academic primary care and explains how medical students can get involved. Rachel was awarded the Novice Presenters prize at the Society for Academic Primary Care conference in January 2019. “Hi, my name is Rachel Fox and […]
Help, I’m going to Clinical School: top tips for medical students by medical students
You’re taking your first steps into clinical medicine. Are you a little nervous about what’s coming next? Read this blog by medical student Chloe Gamlin and a group of her fellow Cambridge medical students. Chloe writes: “We put our heads together and came up with a set of top tips for medical students arriving at Clinical […]
Medical student Tom Ronan wins essay competition: “Why I’m choosing general practice.”
Writing in GP Online, final year University of Cambridge medical student Tom Ronan explains how his medical ambitions have been shaped by his experiences in general practice. On my surgical placement I gazed in awe as the consultant sutured two sections of bowel, his fingers nimble, quick and effortless. But mastery and expertise are not […]