National Training Number.................................................................................

1. The parties in this agreement are:

The Registrar named above and the Trainer: Dr Adrian W R Carr

2. This agreement covers your training programme during your attachment in

General Practice.

Your progress on this training programme will be reviewed at least quarterly

by your trainer.

3. The assessment procedures will involve elements of the ‘Trainers report’

for Summative Assessment, as well as other specific assessments as set out

in the Welsh VTS Trainers’ and GP Registrars’ handbooks.

4. Your progress during this attachment will be monitored by your trainer, who

may ask the Course Organiser to assist in reviewing your progress.

5. Induction: At the start of the placement your trainer and other members of

6. Employment within the Practice: You should be given a contract of employment by the practice and receive details of your working pattern and rota, which will give the arrangements for teaching as well as your on-call

commitments.

7. Protected Teaching Time: You will be provided with protected time for learning and discussions with your trainer and other members of the practice

within the normal working week, usually an average of three hours per week.

8. Meetings With Trainer: Your trainer will ensure that you can consult with

your trainer or a partner in the practice at all times when you are undertaking

9. Study Leave: A copy of the Regional Policy on Study Leave for GP Registrars is available in the Welsh GP Registrars Handbook. Attendance at

study leave, including the local Half-Day release Course, is part of your remunerated time at work as defined in your employment contract. You must

attend the half-day release course as part of your study leave commitment

unless alternative arrangements are agreed for specific sessions with your

trainer, or you are on annual leave. You may not absent yourself from any

pre-arranged study leave without good cause.

10. Facilities: A range of educational facilities will be available to you in the

practice (e.g. reference books) and at the local Postgraduate Centre. Your

trainer will provide you with assistance for you to undertake the requirements

of summative assessment and ensure that facilities are available for you to

undertake the audit project and to video-tape surgeries at regular intervals.

11. Support from Course Organiser: Successful training requires time, effort

and commitment on the part of the trainers, GP Registrars and those

managing and funding training. In Wales, the trainers and the Course

Organisers for Vocational Training do their best to see that you receive all

the help, support and resources which will enable you to complete your

placement successfully.

The Course Organiser responsible for the VTS Scheme to which you will be attached is: Dr D Dare

In the unlikely event of problems arising which cannot be resolved by the trainer, you should contact the Course Organiser in the first instance. If you fail to resolve the

problem you should then contact the Senior Lecturer responsible for your VTS Scheme. The name of the relevant Senior Lecturer may be obtained by contacting the Secretary to the Director of Postgraduate Education for General Practice, Dept. of Postgraduate Education for General Practice, School of Postgraduate Medical & Dental Education, UWCM, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN.

Tel.: 01222 743059 Fax: 01222 754966

12. For your part you are expected to:

a) familiarise yourself with the all-Wales core curriculum for VTS training,

the Welsh Registrars Handbook and any guidance notes given to you

by the Course Organiser

b) familiarise yourself with your training programme for the practice

placement

c) participate fully in your clinical and educational programme and be

prepared to spend some of your own time on educational activities. It

is your responsibility to prepare for tutorials, and to present the material

you have prepared to your trainer

d) develop a personal learning plan with your trainer. The plan should

take into account your current training needs and the time and resources available, as well as details of the study leave which you and your trainer have agreed you need.

e) familiarise yourself with the requirements for summative assessment,

and plan to complete the relevant parts of summative assessment in

accordance with a personal timetable that you should agree with your

trainer. It is entirely your responsibility to ensure that you accord with

the UK national requirements for summative assessment: if you are

unclear about these requirements it is your responsibility to contact the

Welsh Summative Assessment Co-ordinating Office to clarify the

position.

f) co-operate with your trainers in order to make all necessary progress

during your placement

g) give a minimum of six weeks notice of study leave request for activities

which have been agreed with your trainer

h) complete promptly all training and assessment documentation required

of you by your trainer or Course Organiser and participate as required

in assessment interviews

I) assist, if appropriate, in the training of attached medical students and

staff in the practice whose training you could assist

j) accord with advice on professional conduct given by the GMC, and in

particular that included in the series of booklets entitled ‘Duties of a

Doctor’, copies of which are available in the practice and the Postgraduate Library.