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Bridgend

landscape of Bridgend
 
 
Additional information

The Bridgend General Practice (GP) training scheme has a reputation for friendliness and excellent teaching.

The site-locations listed above for each post may vary due to organisational changes within the department or host practice. Trainees may be expected to travel to a different location during their placement e.g. to a branch surgery. 

Hospital posts include general medicine, palliative care, paediatrics, dermatology and rheumatology, ear, nose and throat (ENT), emergency medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Psychiatry.

Fixed rotations are not available. However, GP Programme Directors take into consideration each trainee’s prior hospital-based experience and endeavour to offer posts that complement this. We want to ensure our GP trainees have a broad base of hospital experience. This cannot be guaranteed and depends on the hospital rotations available for each recruitment round. Trainees are not able to choose their GP training practice as allocation depends on availability at the time rotations are set.

 

Half day release for this scheme

Half day release (HDR) is a half day of teaching that all GP trainees have to attend each week. 

We strive to continually look for new learning opportunities for our trainees. For most of our educational sessions we have expert external speakers covering a wide range of topics within the GP curriculum. The postgraduate centre offers excellent educational facilities, with an on-site library, a lecture theatre, administration staff and large rooms for educational sessions.

  • Venue for this scheme - Post Graduate Centre, Princess of Wales hospital, Bridgend
  • HDR day for this scheme - Wednesday
 
Contacts

Training Programme Directors - Dr Rachel Bennett and Dr Ritu Nirula

Scheme Administrator - Claire Laidler/Lucy Arnold

 
About Bridgend

The geographical area we cover is very varied and conveniently located close to excellent rail and road transport links. So, we can provide trainees with experiences working in urban and rural practices, affluent areas, and in practices dealing with a higher burden of socio-economic deprivation and health disadvantages.