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  THE GENERAL PRACTITONER -
"Job Definition"

The General Practitioner is a licensed medical graduate who gives personal, primary and continuing care to individuals, families and a practice population, irrespective of age, sex and illness.  It is the synthesis of these functions which is unique.  He/she will attend patients in the consulting room and in their houses and, sometimes, in a clinic or hospital.  The aim is to make early diagnoses.  He/she will include and integrate physical, psychological and social factors in consideration about health and illness.  This will be expressed in the care of patients.  He/she will make an initial decision about every problem presented and
will undertake the continuing management of patients with chronic, recurrent or terminal illness.
Prolonged contact means that he/she can use repeated opportunities to gather information at a pace appropriate to each patient, and build up a relationship of trust which can be used professionally.  He/she will practice in co-operation with other colleagues, both medical and non-medical. He/she will know how and when to intervene, through treatment, prevention and education, to promote the health of patients and their families.  He/she will recognise that he/she has a professional responsibility to the community.

  
   


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INTRODUCTION

Chesterfield has one of the longest established GP Vocational Training Schemes, being formed in 1973 before specialist GP training became compulsory.

Since then we have progressively expanded to our present size with a potential intake of 18 new entrants each year onto our three year scheme.

We have 25 GP trainers in 12 training practices spread throughout North Derbyshire, from Alfreton in the South, Dronfield North, Darley Dale to the West and Shirebrook East. This provides a variety of experience from Chesterfield town centre surgeries, small town ex-mining communities and rural villages on the edge of the Peak District.

Our focal point has always been Chesterfield Royal Hospital and we retain a close relationship with the consultant trainers and a shared administration team based in the hospital Postgraduate Education Centre.

Developments made through Managing Medical Careers (MMC) means that our GP ST Registrars are now based in GP training practices for 20 of their 36 months training. The remaining 16 months are spent in 4 month attachments to hospital posts very relevant to General Practice.

Chesterfield VTS comes under the auspices of the East Midlands Workforce Deanery (formerly Trent Deanery) The deanery itself is regulated by the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board (PMETB)

 
   



  
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