Medicine in Society Guide 2021/22
Medicine in Society Guide
6. Themed Days
6.1. Day 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 Virtual tour of surgery (this could be live or pre-recorded)
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10.30 – 10.45
| Tea break |
10.45 – 11.45 | Icebreaker activity
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11.45 – 12.45 | We have to talk about COVID-19
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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 and virtual learning; 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.
We have to talk about COVID – see below
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?
