Dear
tutors new and old,
At
the start of the new academic year, I’d like to offer a warm welcome to all our
new tutors and welcome back to those who are continuing their hard work with
us. The GPSA is lucky enough to work
with valued tutors from all over the UK, and we thank you all for your hard
work and enthusiasm teaching with us. The
Year 6 GPSA course continues to be a success, with excellent feedback from
students and tutors, and will be continuing largely unchanged this year. The course continues to be a true
assistantship, where our students can work alongside you in practice. Most of their time should still be spent
seeing patients in their own rooms in parallel with you, so that they can
refine their diagnostic and communication skills in order to be effective FY1s
when they graduate next summer. I
understand the tremendous effort our tutors put into making the GPSA attachment
so valuable, and our course guide is filled with tips and tricks to help you
efficiently orientate and guide the students during the attachment. In particular, we also offer advice on
teaching when time is short and how your student can work with you to enhance
patient care and the service that you provide. I would love to hear your feedback regarding
how we as a department could better support you on the GPSA in order to refine
the course further, and will be in touch with a survey over summer regarding
this. As always, if you have any
questions about the GPSA or your student at any stage then do not hesitate to
contact me.
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