The universal GP Training website for everyone, not just Bradford. Created in 2002 by Dr Ramesh Mehay
Hi all, I have created a new forum called ‘Bumps, Babies and Beyond’. It can be found by clicking the ‘Look at this’ menu on the home page of this website – then select ‘Bump, Babies and Beyond’. Alternatively, you can just plug this URL into your web browser: www.bradfordvts.co.uk/forums/ This group is for […]
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We ran a ‘fitness to practice’ session at our weekly Half-Day Release session recently. Fitness to practice is the doctor’s awareness of when his or her own performance, conduct or health (or that of others) might put patients at risk and the action taken to protect patients. The current culture of doctors doesn’t promote talking
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I stumbled across two really good videos on You Tube from Guildford VTS. CbD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eVK4M50j3E&feature=plcp Reflective learning/e-Portfolio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYvcFFqpCFA The other amazing You Tube site is from the Pennine Scheme. They host an unbelievable number of video resources especially for the CSA. Check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mattandhazelsmith/videos?view=0
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I’ve not been well recently but I am on the mend. A GP partner of mine sent me this, which I’ve decided to print off and pin to the door of my study to remind me about the golf balls in my life. I hope this helps one of you too. “Make Room for the
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The Indian government has set up a special commission to prepare an action plan to protect girls and women from sexual violence. Let’s send a flood of messages to the Justice Verma Committee urging the government to come up with an ambitious plan to end India’s war on women. You can either sign the petition. Click here to
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‘The Essential Handbook for GP Training and Education”, Ramesh Mehay (Ed.) This book combines the extensive knowledge and experience of a select group of leading educators (actually, 80 authors in total). This full colour guide is an essential resource for GP trainers. It encompasses the fundamentals of teaching in a clear, practical at personable way
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Here’s an interesting read. It’s by the GMC and it provides guidance for doctors using social media like Facebook, Twitter and so on. I think it’s currently in draft format but here’s the link anyway: http://www.gmc-uk.org/Draft_explanatory_guidance___Doctors_use_of_social_media.pdf_48499903.pdf
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I looked at this PowerPoint today and although it’s kind of cheesy and over-sentimental, the overarching message actually makes good sense – and we either don’t realise it or forget about it. I’m going to start fine-tuning my mindset from now on. I’m going to try and choose what sort of day I’m going
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WWW.FODDY.NET hosts a fabulous collection of basic games. Some of these are so silly (like QWOP – where you use the Q,W,O and P keys to make a sprinter run) – but they are fun. If you’re stressed out from a consultation, how about playing one of these games for 5 minutes to de-stress
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Bradford VTS was created by Dr. Ramesh Mehay, a Programme Director for Bradford GP Training Scheme back in 2001. Over the years, it has seen many permutations. At the time, there were very few resources for GP trainees and their trainers so Bradford decided to create one FOR EVERYONE.
So, we see Bradford VTS as the INDEPENDENT vocational training scheme website providing a wealth of free medical resources for GP trainees, their trainers and TPDs everywhere and anywhere. We also welcome other health professionals – as we know the site is used by both those qualified and in training – such as Associate Physicians, ANPs, Medical & Nursing Students.
Our fundamental belief is to openly and freely share knowledge to help learn and develop with each other. Feel free to use the information – as long as it is not for a commercial purpose.
We have a wealth of downloadable resources and we also welcome copyright-free educational material from all our users to help build our rich resource (send to bradfordvts@gmail.com).
Our sections on (medical) COMMUNICATION SKILLS and (medical) TEACHING & LEARNING are perhaps the best and most comprehensive on the world wide web (see white-on-black menu header section on the homepage).