What Training do we offer?
We offer a variety of GPST Tracks; some tracks consist of 3 x 4-month posts in ST1 followed by 2 x 6-month posts in ST2 and 12 months at ST3 and some tracks consist of 4 x 6-month posts in both ST1 and ST2, followed by 12 months at ST3. Training for General Practice extends over 3 years and incorporates 18 months in hospital specialties and 18 months in General Practice.
Training Tracks
Training for General Practice extends over 3 years and incorporates 18 months in hospital specialties and 18 months in General Practice. The Preston Scheme provides 22 training tracks.
Preston Scheme provides training hospital posts at both Preston and Chorley hospitals and the scheme offers opportunities in the following specialties:
- Accident and Emergency
- Medicine
- Paediatrics
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Psychiatry
Six months of the General Practice experience is undertaken in posts that allow release to a hospital specialty to gain additional experience and these are termed GP + posts. We are fortunate in having a wide option choice:
- Rheumatology
- Ophthalmology
- Dermatology
- Palliative Care
- Sexual Health (Genito Urinary Medicine)
- Mens Health (Urology)
- Orthopaedics
- Paediatrics
- ENT / Ophthalmogy
The final 12 months of General Practice will be undertaken in one of our wide range of enthusiastic training practices. These range from inner city, suburban to rural practices
