We are in need of more General Practice placements for nursing students. Could you host a nursing student at your practice and showcase General Practice as a first-choice career destination to a future generation of nurses? See the PPT presentation for more details. Practices will receive a tariff for each placement.

Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor Training (Previously Mentorship)

We are currently seeking placements for medical students within General Practice for both early years and clinical phase placements.

• 1^st/2^nd year students visit in pairs, for one day placements. Five visit days over a 12 month period (Jan, March, Oct, Nov & December) – visits are mainly observational, but students value the opportunity to practice history taking and basic examination skills.
• 3^rd year students spend 5 days over two weeks in a practice (Jan/Feb) – mainly observational, meeting a patient with a long-term condition and meeting the MDT.
• 3^rd/4^th year students spend 3 days per week in practice for 6 weeks – starting to work independently
• 5^th year students spend 3-4 days per week in practice for 5 weeks – working more independently but still with supervision. Students are encouraged to engage in a patient-centred holistic approach to assessment using clinical reasoning to reach a differential diagnosis and formulating a management plan
• Tariff is paid at approximately £450 per week per student
• These placements encourage, and attract, students to seek future employment as GPs in Lincolnshire following their placement.
• Contact for further information: Runa Saha (Runa.saha@nottingham.ac.uk)

Link to the University of Nottingham GP Portal Page:

https://xerte.nottingham.ac.uk/play_20406#page1

We are currently seeking pharmacy placements within General Practice for undergraduate pharmacy students from the University of Lincoln.

• 1^st to 3^rd year students undertake a module called Longitudinal Community Placement in General Practice. They visit 2 practices over 3 years; 3 visits per practice, each visit lasts one day.  The visits are all 6 months apart.  It is hoped that they have one practice in a city/urban area, and another in a rural area. The visits are primarily observational, but it is hoped that they will have the opportunity to observe a GP, Clinical Pharmacist and other members of the team. They reflect on their observations in university based teaching.
• 4^th year students spend 1-2 days in a practice with a GP Clinical Pharmacist.
• Tariff is paid at approximately £100 per student per day.
• These placements encourage, and attract, students to seek future employment within General Practice following their placement.
• Contact for further information: Runa Saha (runa.saha@nhs.net) or Ruth Pollock (ruth.pollock@nhs.net)

We are currently seeking physiotherapy placements within General Practice.

• Placement blocks 6/7 weeks long
  • Tariff is paid at £102.82 per week per student
  • Practice Educator training is available through the university
  • Opportunity to showcase General Practice as a valuable career option and aid ARRS recruitment in future – most students are offered jobs after their 2nd year placement
  • Contact for further information: Carolyn Smith (csmith@lincoln.ac.uk)

We are currently seeking OT placements within General Practice.

• Placement blocks 6/8 weeks long
• Tariff is paid at £102.82 per week per student
• Practice Educator training is available through the university
• Opportunity to showcase General Practice as a valuable career option and aid ARRS recruitment in future – most students are offered jobs after their 2nd year placement
• Role emerging placements: These new placements enable you to host an OT student at your practice even if you don’t currently employ an OT yourself. Discover the benefits an OT could bring to your practice in a “try before you buy” exercise. Tariff paid at £51.41 per student per week.
• Contact for further information: Carolyn Smith (csmith@lincoln.ac.uk)

We are currently seeking paramedic placements within General Practice for final year paramedic science placements.

• Placement blocks 2 weeks long between February and June
• Tariff is paid at £102.82 per week per student
• Placements focus on observing and practicing enhanced history taking and assessment, alongside opportunities to engage in a more patient-centred holistic approach to assessment and formulating clinical judgement and reasoning to reach a differential diagnosis.
• These placements encourage, and attract, students to seek future employment within General Practice following their placement.
• Contact for further information: Jimmy Osborne (josborne@lincoln.ac.uk)

Please click here to read more about one PCN’s experience of hosting paramedic science students:

Lincolnshire Refugee Doctors Project (LRDP): LRDP are currently looking for practices to host fully qualified refugee doctors on a short placement (of a duration to suit your practice) to allow them to experience first hand how primary care works in the UK. This is a great opportunity to support these doctors on their journey to achieving GMC registration and encourage them to seek work as a GP within Lincolnshire once they have completed the programme. If you are able to offer a placement, please contact emma.riley@lrdp.org.uk