Prevocational General Practice Placements Program

NCGPT is delighted to be involved with the PGPPP (Prevocational General Practice Placement Program) which offers hospital-based junior doctors the opportunity to undertake supervised general practice placements as part of one of their hospital rotations. Junior doctors in their PGY1 to PGY3 years can now include a General Practice term through PGPPP.

The PGPPP aims to:

• build junior doctor confidence, exposure and interest in working in outer metropolitan and regional areas through supervised general practice placements
• increase understanding of the integration between primary and secondary health care by junior doctors
• provide an experience that may encourage junior doctors to take up general practice as a career.

This is an excellent educational opportunity for junior doctors considering general practice or for those seeking to further their understanding of community primary care in preparation for a specialist career.

The PGPPP Term

Practices participating in this program are all teaching practices accredited by the RACGP. It is likely that there will be at least one GP Registrar working in the practice at the same time. Junior Doctors will consult patients independently, with access to onsite supervision from senior GPs. Education will be tailored specifically to your individual needs and delivered via in-practice teaching, hospital tutorials and GP Registrar training days. During the term, you will remain an employee of your hospital and continue to be paid and accrue leave entitlements in the usual way.

Term Dates for 2012

Term 1: 10 weeks        Monday 23 January 2012 -  Sunday 1 April 2012
Term 2: 10 weeks        Monday 2 April 2012 -  Sunday 17 June 2012
Term 3: 11 weeks        Monday 18 June 2012 -  Sunday 26 August 2012
Term 4: 10 weeks        Monday 27 August 2012 -  Sunday 4 November 2012
Term 5: 11 weeks        Monday 5 November 2012 - Sunday 14 January 2013 

The practices available for 2011 are:

Network 4:  Musgrave Street Medical Practice, Coolangatta
Network 9:  Union St Family Medical Practice, Maclean and Grant Street Clinic, Ballina
Newtork 13: Woolgoolga & Northern Beaches Medical Centre and Toormina Medical Centre.
Network 5:   Westside Medical Centre, Port Macquarie and CPC Medical Centre, Port Macquarie.

View the NCGPT PGPPP Practices.

  Download the NCGPT PGPPP brochure.

Contact Bruce Barling, PGPPP Program Manager, for further details