Innovative Training Posts: Trust-Attached General Practice Registrars

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN IN THIS AREA • Research suggests that traditional GP. SHO education has little or no contact with general practice during the hospital years, something viewed negatively by GP trainees. It also Suggests that the quality of training is variable, due, among other things, to heavy service commitment, and the lack of structured educational input and support. WHAT THIS WORK ADDS • This study reports a pilot of an innovative training programme that sought to address the problems previously identified with traditional GP SHO training. The posts were found to be popular and successful, offering integrated training between primary and secondary care' during the SHO years. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH • Innovative training posts offer a much-needed way to extend the menu of training opportunities for general. practice, and further work is needed 18 explore-how they can be developed forther, as well as to continue to monitor the quality and development of the trust-attached posts now in existence in Severn and Wessex.