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Carmarthen

River Towy in Carmarthen
 
 
Additional information

General Practice (GP) raining in Carmarthenshire is a rural scheme that gives trainees an excellent education and training experience in General Practice. We have a broad range of hospital posts and GP practice posts across the county.

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.

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.

Hospital posts in this scheme include endocrine, respiratory, psychogeriatrics, care of the elderly (COTE), community psychiatry, psychiatry, ear, nose and throat (ENT), paediatrics, emergency medicine, and obstetrics and gynaecology.

We also have a lot of fun as we believe if education is dull it is ineffective. The programme for each term is tailored to the needs of each individual group. It is designed to introduce you to the broadest and most fascinating aspects of general practice. We also meet with the members of neighbouring schemes, such as Aberystwyth and Pembrokeshire, for joint meetings and debates.

Both Programme Directors strongly feel their role is one of mentorship and support. They also believe that general practice is a richly rewarding and enjoyable role.

 

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. 

Attendance at the half-day release (HDR) course is for the full three years of the rotation. The hospital-based GP trainees feel this is a huge advantage, as they are fully integrated into the scheme before starting their GP training years. This allows the development of a strongly supportive peer group, encouraging learning relevant to general practice for the entire period.

  • Venue for this scheme - Postgraduate Centre, Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen
  • HDR day for this scheme - Tuesday Afternoon

 

Contacts 

Training Programme Directors - Dr John Rees and Dr Elin Griffiths

Scheme Administrator - Lucy Reid and Grace Aldrich