James LambertYear 3 MBBS
Student Feedback: Year 3 GP
• What makes students unhappy?• What makes students happy?• Summary
• Quotes from Year 3 GP Autumn 2013
What’s coming up?
• Most issues are logistics-related• Overcrowding (>2:1)• Patient fatigue/rehearsal
• On the whole, students are happy – brilliant!
What makes students unhappy?
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What makes students happy?
• “We were met and introduced to the practice well … we felt at home and comfortable”
• Access to staff facilities• Aims for the placement
… Introduction
• “We had teaching sessions … about a certain condition and the doctors had organised patients to come and see us with the condition so that we could take a history, formulate management plans and practice presenting … this placement has been my best GP placement to date”
… Histories
• “The chance to clerk patients every week significantly enabled me to improve my history taking and examination skills”
• “GP was very good at teaching both with clinical knowledge, but also with communication skills”
… Skills
• “Each doctor gave feedback after each history and examination, and at the end of the week individual feedback was given”
• “Doctor was able to … give more comprehensive feedback which otherwise we wouldn't normally get in an acute hospital setting”
… Feedback
• “Focused teaching on topics relevant to met3a”
• “Clinical teaching was useful for consolidating knowledge … however the insight into the ethical, legal, clinical and interdisciplinary dilemmas which face GPs was extremely useful”
… Relevance
• “Was difficult filling out the 4 histories in the GP section of the logbook”
• “The tutor was aware of our student needs including signing off in our log books”
… Logbook
• “He also provided us with extra homework … which has been extremely useful”
• “It was good that we were always asked to go away and do set work before the next session”
… Extra work
• “Morning with the district nurses was really good”
• “Able to see how different GPs work differently”
… Different staff
• Flu jabs• Longer consultations with students present• Emergency list• Use of Haikus for reflection• Summary sessions
… Other bits
• A good introduction• Chance to practice history-taking and
examinations• Relevant and refreshing topics• Regular feedback• Variation
Summary