Wychwood Surgery is an approved training practice
which means we have met the required standards to provide training
for future GPs and medical students. From 2006 there may be GP
Registrars, who are fully qualified doctors and in their final year
of GP training and usually spend a year in the practice, and
Foundation Year doctors who are also qualified doctors but are more
recently qualified. They will normally spend 4 months with this
practice.
We have attached medical students from time to time from the
University of Oxford. You may be asked to see some of them on
occasions to discuss your condition or they may sit in on your
consultation with your doctor. If you feel uncomfortable about this
please inform the receptionist who can arrange for you to be seen
alone by the doctor of your choice. We also have Degree in Adult
Nursing and Health Visitor students from time to time if you do not
wish to have these students sit in on your consultation with the
community nurse or health visitor please let them or a receptionist
know in advance and arrangements can be made for you to see the
community nurse or health visitor alone.
Video Consultations
Part of the training process involves video consultations so that
doctors can assess their performance in consultation. You may be
asked if it is acceptable to you for your consultation to be
videotaped. If you agree you will be asked to sign a consent form at
the beginning and end of the consultation. If you are not happy
about the video recording, you can ask for the camera to be switched
off at any time. Physical examinations will be performed off camera,
although the sound recording will remain on. The videos are used for
training purposes only.
As patients you will be offered appointments with doctors training
in general practice which most people find a positive experience.
The doctors are under supervision of the trainers. As a training
practice, we are assessed every 3 years to ensure a high quality of
service provision and a suitable learning environment.
