The universal GP Training website for everyone, not just Bradford. Created in 2002 by Dr Ramesh Mehay
Listen Compassionately By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) When we run our resilience courses, delegates often describe having their energy drained when they interact with patients. We have all experienced this, but the question is, are patients taking our energy from us or are we giving […]
Where are we with Wellbeing? a reflection By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) Unfortunately, the statistics are rather dismal: The GMC national training survey 2021 reports that: 33% of trainees feel burnt out to a high/very high degree because of their work. Three in five trainees
Manifest Success The state of being comfortable, healthy or happy. By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) With the arrival of the first of January comes expectations to set New Year’s resolutions. Common ones are to do more exercise or introduce other healthier lifestyle choices, driven largely
The Power of Silence By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) NHSE data from March 2021 states that 7 million consultations are carried out in General Practice every week. The traditional model of 15 face-to-face appointments in a 2.5-hour surgery that is repeated in the afternoon is
Doctor, you can be less stressed By Susan Kersley Personal Development & Work Balance Doctor Notice how your most stressed colleagues get through their day: They never take a break for lunch because they haven’t time to get through the patients anyway. They take work home with them because there is so much to do
Wellbeing Tips for Thriving in Surgery The state of being comfortable, healthy or happy. By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) General Practice can be tough; in March 2021 we carried out 15 million consultations! We have a very limited time with patients and they come one
Emotions Managing our emotions By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) As Healthcare Professionals (HCP) we are quite rightly, conscious of the emotions of our patients. We recognise when people are upset or afraid and that in such a state, they may say things that they do
The Power of Meditation … By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) We all know that life can be fast and furious. Medicine can be particularly pressured. In General Practice we make life-changing decisions every 10 minutes. We speak to lots of people and often support multiple
Compassion Versus Empathy … By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) When talking to patients, clinicians can sometimes feel overwhelmed by emotion. This may manifest as feeling low, sad or even as if you are going to cry. This can be an odd experience. It happens because
Breathe The state of being comfortable, healthy or happy. By Karen Forshaw GP Doncaster (Yorkshire & the Humber) By Chrisssie Mowbray Chartered Physiotherapist (Yorkshire) Winter can be a very stressful time of year. The cold weather creates pressures in the surgery and coronavirus restrictions limit us at work and at home. In addition some of
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).