- About the program
- Program Overview
- Benefits to the Intern
- Benefits to the Practice
- Sturt Fleurieu Intern Support
- Our Interns share their experiences
- More Information
Experience a taste of general practice
The PGPPP Program targets junior doctors who are undertaking hospital training but have not yet enrolled in a specialty. It gives them the opportunity to experience supervised general practice in a range of outer metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas.
General practice rotations average 10 weeks in duration with the principle objective of providing interns with high quality training in procedural and other practice skills in a wide range and depth of clinical situations.
General Practice Education and Training Inc. (GPET) is responsible for managing the program.
Interns will have a broad experience in a supported environment with exposure to patients with a broad range of chronic and acute conditions. The learning experiential with teaching and support provided by supervisors at the clinic. Further support and teaching will be supplied by Sturt Fleurieu with a view to complement the experience in the practice. Assessment of the intern's performance will be made by the principle practice supervisor, in conjunction with the feeder hospital, who remains the employer of the intern.
To provide sustainable, supported, clinical, and educational experiences for junior doctors in community placements.
Aims
- To provide general practices involved in GP training access to junior doctors for future recruitment, workforce flexibility and flexibility in teaching requirements. The placements are funded to make the placements at least cost neutral for practices.
- To promote general practice as a future career choice for junior doctors.
- A positive clinical experience in a supported environment that contributes to completion of their intern year.
- Long term recruitment
- Flexibility in workforce
- Financial return
Sturt Fleurieu work together with practices and feeder hospitals to deliver the PGPP Program.
Current Sturt Fleurieu PGPPP posts managed by Sturt Fleurieu are:
An Orientation Day
Aim: To provide contacts for pastoral care, distribute relevant documentation and provide and outline of the placement and general practice. The Practices will provide and onsite orientation.
The half day introduction includes:
- Overview of the role of general practice.
- Overview of how the placements work.
- Clinical Tutorials on common presentation in general practices.
ECT/Pastoral Care Visit to the Practice
Aim: To ensure the placements are well organised
- A structured interview.
- An ECT visit where the Medical Educator observes the intern practising.
Simulation Day
Aim: To provide useful scenarios that may be encountered in intern year with immediate reflective feedback To practise basic emergency skills and procedures including basic life support.
- To promote general practice as a career.
- To encourage reflection on the general practice placement.
End of term Case Presentations
Aim: To supervise the presentation of cases by interns to:
- Maximise learning and reflection from the cases to peers.
- To develop skills of reflection.
Description:
- Two case presentations from each intern.
- Reflective case presentation.
- Held at Greenhill Road, Eastwood offices from 11:30am until 3:30pm.
Dr Wei How Lim – PGPPP placement Kapunda
'The placement at Kapunda has definitely been the highlight of my intern year. Gone are the days of being a medical student hiding in the corner of the consultation room pretending to stay awake - welcome to the setting where the opportunities to practice medicine are vast and allowing both ongoing care of patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, mental health as well as acute emergencies. To say that an exposure to a variety and diversity of clinical work would be an understatement - in one week I have been involved in seeing patients presenting with STEMI, dislocated shoulders, acute abdomen warranting emergency appendicectomies as well as being the doctor on site at the Marrabel Rodeo 2009. The medical practice and intern house provided the support and comfort needed to stay on your two feet when needed, as well as the chance of sleeping in after being on call overnight. Come and experience the difference. Highly recommended to all!'
Intern Term 4, Jamestown
"A well-rounded, educational experience for interns. Independence with guidance and support from experienced rural GPs."
Intern Term 5, Mannum
"An extremely rewarding rotation, which makes you think through the processes involved with formulated diagnostics and management plans. The general nature of the PGPPP rotation ensures you are treating the whole patient rather than just the condition."
For further information please contact Dr Ian McCombe, Medical Educator (Hospital) PGPPP Coordinator, or Mrs Leeann Ancell, Administration Manager (contracts), or Manager, Education Program and Integration Ms Alison Day.
Click here to find out more information about the PGPPP program in the latest PGPPP brochure developed by GPET.