Intending GP Trainers

Information for Intending GP Trainers in Yorkshire & Humber

This information has been developed for anyone thinking about becoming a training practice or GP trainer. There are many advantages in being an educator and having young and enquiring minds in your practice, and our hope is to highlight some of these advantages to help guide your decision making.

If this is something that is appealing to you and your practice, please contact your scheme Training Programme Director (TPD) who will be able to discuss the training pathway and requirements in more detail.

So, why be a GP trainer?

Being a GP trainer introduces you into a world of education that brings variety and interest to your work in the practice. It allows you to explore an area you may have wanted to find out more about previously, but have not considered it as a serious option. If you enjoy teaching, training and are enthusiastic about your role in general practice then this could be for you.

Here are some of the benefits you will discover:

Personal Benefits

The opportunity to pursue an area of interest specific to you which adds variety to your working week.
As a GP trainer you will receive an excellent support from the GP school specialised team in your new role.
You will have access to regular online and face to face learning events/plenaries that run throughout the year to further support and inform you.
You will have the opportunity to attend Spring and Autumn School (a specific programme run by TPDs offering training and support for GP trainers).
You will play an active role in nurturing and training the next generation of GPs, and be a good role model that will support future generations of doctors.
You will have a study budget of £750 per year to help support your personal continuing professional development.

Benefits to the Practice

More GP appointments will be available and an extra pair of hands to help with visits.
It will create an extra income stream for the surgery. Currently practices are given around £9000 per year to support with GP training.
It encourages clinical excellence and maintenance of high standards of clinical care.
It promotes a learning culture environment.
It aids with succession-planning for the practice.
There is funding of £1500, automatically given to the practice without the need for a claim form, for when a new GP trainer is appointed.

What Commitment Do I Need To Give?

By becoming a GP trainer, you would need to consider how a trainee could fit into your practice and what this would look like practically day to day. On average, a full-time trainee would be working approximately 7 clinical sessions per week.

Time set aside for debrief after each clinic/visit is required, along with 4 hours of educational time. This can be a mixture of formal tutorial sessions/sit and swap surgeries etc. It is a good idea to discuss this with your GP colleagues in the practice and to have their support as having everyone on board is the key to success.

How To Become a GP Trainer?

For detailed information, click on this LINK or see the below steps for a brief summary.

Initial Enquiry & Application

Any GP wishing to become a trainer should initially contact their local scheme TPD to discuss what GP training involves and if the role is the right for them. The TPD will inform them of trainer workshops/plenaries run by the GP training scheme, and they should start to attend these.

If you need any help to link up with your local GP training scheme’s TPD, feel free to contact the Yorkshire and Humber GP training expansion team:

b.rushforth@nhs.net – West Yorkshire schemes (Airedale; Heart of Yorkshire – Dewsbury, Wakefield, Pontefract; and Pennine – Calderdale and Kirklees)
simon.hall21@nhs.net – West Yorkshire schemes (Leeds & Bradford)
pratik.basu@nhs.net – East and North Yorkshire schemes
lucie.brittain1@nhs.net – South Yorkshire schemes

Following contact with your local scheme TPD, fill in the initial application on PARE form to apply to become a GP trainer.

Courses to Attend

Intending trainer course:

1 & 1/2 day ‘Intending GP Trainers and Multi-Professional Supervisor Pathway’.

Followed by 4 x 1/2 day courses:

Clinical supervision.
Consulting skills.
Educational difficulties in GP training.
Workplace-based assessments.

Application to Become a Clinical Supervisor

Once the courses have been booked, the intending GP trainer will need to complete the section on PARE to apply to become a Clinical Supervisor.

Mentoring

As part of the application process, you will spend some time with a mentor (usually six sessions, each 3-hours in duration). This is a learning opportunity to learn about the practicalities of being a trainer day to day and learn more about the workplace-based assessments and how these are conducted.

Final Course

Approximately 5 months into being a Clinical Supervisor, you will need to attend a final 1/2 day course:
‘Intending GP Trainer – Final Course Including Educational Supervision’.

Following completion of this, you submit an application to become a GP trainer on PARE. This can be done on PARE once all the courses have been completed.

Trainer Approval One to One Interview

This will take place via ‘Teams’ by one interviewer and is a chance to explore your motivation for training, your understanding of the different roles involved as a trainer and some of the assessments required for trainees.

For more information, please look at:
New and Intending GP Trainers | Health Education Yorkshire and Humber