GEP Medicine in Society Guide 2023/24
6. Themed Days - Primary Care
6.1. Introduction to the placement
Preparatory work
In preparation for their first placement day, students should have:
- Prepared questions to ask a team member, focusing on finding out about their training, role and responsibilities within the Primary Health Care Team, and reasons for working in Primary Health Care.
Aims
- To welcome the students to the practice and introduce them to their GP tutor, their tutor and the practice team.
- To clarify learning outcomes for the course.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the day, students should be able to:
- Know how to contact their tutor and/or members of their tutor group
- Describe the overall aims of the course
- Interview a member of staff about their role and responsibilities within the primary care team and report on findings from the interviews
Example timetable
9.30 – 10.30 | Welcome & Introductions
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10.30 – 10.45
| Tea break |
10.45 – 11.45 | Icebreaker activity
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11.45 – 12.45 | Tour of surgery
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12.45 – 13.45 | Lunch
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13.45 – 14.30 | Group activity – Who’s who? Make a list of roles within the primary health care team and suggest what they do?
Plan questions for interviews with practice team members
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14.30 – 15.30 | Meeting the practice team - interviews with team members in small groups (if there are team members who are unavailable this could be pre-recorded)
Each small group feedbacks to group – this puts real names and faces to the Who’s who? list
Includes tea break
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15.30 – 16.00 | General Q&A/Feedback on day 1 Set homework for next session
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Suggested Activities
- Introductory activities - meeting tutors and peer group; ice-breaker activity; impact of COVID-19 on placement; overview of course including aims, assessments and student expectations; ground rules discussion outlining group etiquette and professional behaviour expected of students i.e. time keeping, attire, contacting tutor/practice if unable to attend; collecting contact details for each student; other miscellaneous e.g. set up WhatsApp group.
- Who’s who? Identify different members of the practice team. Interview with member of the Primary Care Team about their role.
Questions for students to consider
- Who did you meet from the practice team today? Did anything you found out about that person’s role surprise you? Were you aware that there was such a role? Were you aware that so many different people were part of the primary health care team?