HSE, South East General Practice Training Programme

PROSPECTUS 2012

CONTACT DETAILS

GP Training Unit, Regional Hospital, Waterford
Tel: 051 842501, Fax: 051 848559
Email: martin.rouse@hse.ie
Administration: Patricia Drennan, Email: patricia.drennan@hse.ie
Programme Director: Dr Martin Rouse
Assistant Programme Directors: Dr John Farrell, Dr Stephanie Dowling and Dr Darach Brennan.

Directions: See a map of the area

OPEN EVENING

We will hold our open evening on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 at 6.00pm. If you wish to attend, please email patricia.drennan@hse.ie to register.

INTERVIEW DATE

Thursday, 1 March 2012

INTRODUCTION

We are recruiting doctors to our four-year training programme commencing 9 July 2012.

MISSION STATEMENT

The overall aim of our training is to develop competent and caring doctors who are able to function effectively in the setting of modern Irish general practice. They will be skilled and motivated to ensure continuous self-directed learning and development in their professional lives.

The duration of training for 2012 entrants will be four years. All trainees will be required to complete this period to obtain their certificate of satisfactory completion of training. Entry to the Medical Council Specialist Register for General Practice is available to candidates who achieve satisfactory completion and are successful in the membership examination of the Irish College of General Practitioners.

Our programme is trainee focused, experiential and problem-based. The structure and functioning of the programme is both innovative and unique in that it seeks to integrate general practice and hospital experience throughout the four years of training. It encompasses support and challenge in an incremental manner for the duration of this training.

This is composed of:

• Year 1: Two six-month hospital SHO posts with four weeks in general practice or two three-month hospital SHO posts and a six-month post
• Year 2: Two four-month hospital SHO posts with four months in general practice combined with special skills teaching in ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology and palliative care.
• Year 3: Eight months general practice with a four-month elective hospital post. There may be an option to spend four months in general practice on an overseas rotation either in Australia or Malawi.
• Year 4: Twelve months general practice. 

Throughout the four years, you will attend an educational programme based at Waterford Regional Hospital. You will be eligible to sit modules of the MICGP exam throughout the programme with a view to completing it by Year Three. You will be expected to initiate and complete a substantial audit/research project for peer review during Year Four. On satisfactory completion, you will have the skills and competence to gain specialist registration as a general practitioner.

If selected for this Programme, you will find yourself in a challenging but supportive environment which will be both enjoyable and rewarding.

In 2011, candidates were short-listed from those indicating first and second preference.