Primary Care Transition Support Groups “A New Concept” Learning together to understand General Practice

PCTSGs Aims Offer a structure for peer support for doctors and practice nurses within their first 2 years of qualification. - Learning together to understand GP within the practice and its wide community role. - Learning about each others roles, strengths and weaknesses to better serve the patients needs.

PCTSGs Providing opportunities for joint learning, peer review and support for appraisal and regulatory processes. - CPD - Mandatory - Clinical - Admin

PCTSGs Provide opportunities for continuing education for new professionals working in general practice and linked to a CEPN. - New ways of working (24hrs) - New ways of providing care (Pas, Para, Pharma, Nurse) - New service & educational networks Two year pilot programme hopefully leading to wider and smaller groups within localities.

PCTSGs Objectives Groups will have a facilitator, effective planning and delivery of learning. Groups will develop own governance & organisational structure. Groups will meet at regular intervals, a minimum of 8 per year, at a suitable venue for group support work, education and training.

PCTSGs Objectives Groups may invite guest speakers/presenters for clinical updates or primary care skills training, or may utilise the expertise and experience within the group membership. Groups will respond to the declared learning needs of the membership, formulating a programme of events in response.

PCTSGs Objectives groups may act as a forum for shared learning.   - Significant event analysis - Audits Groups are funded by HEKSS as part of our primary care initiative for greater team working and collaboration between professionals in GP.

Adult Learners – The Assumptions PCTSGs Adult Learners – The Assumptions Adults are self-directed learners Adults’ bring past experiences with them which in themselves are a rich resource for learning Adults’ learning needs are generated by real life tasks/problems which they perceive to be highly relevant Adults are competency based learners and “performance-centred” in their orientation to learning Knowles M. (1980) -The Modern Practice of Adult Education: From Pedagogy to Andragogy. 2nd Ed, New York. Cambridge Books

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