Training

The Keats Group Practice is a ‘training practice’. This means hospital doctors wanting to enter general practice spend a year with us in order to gain the experience they need to become family doctors. The doctors and nurses also undertake the training of student doctors and nurses.

From time to time students, attached to the practice, will be taking part in consultations with the doctors, nurse practitioner or practice nurses or directly with patients.

If you would prefer that a student were not present, please let a member of the reception staff know or inform the doctor or the nurse.

As a training practice, your medical records may be used for educational purposes. Because of this, we ask patients registering with us to sign a consent form giving permission for their records to be used in this way.

GPs in Training

Our practice is approved to train fully qualified doctors who wish to specialise in general practice. Our GP registrar will have had 2-4 years of experience as a qualified hospital doctor working in various specialities. They consult patients on their own, under the mentorship of our trainer, Dr xxxxx. Occasionally we ask permission to video a consultation. You will always be asked in advance and are given the option not to take part, and this will not affect your care in any way. No recording will be taken without your consent and the camera will be switched off on request. These videos are used only for educational purposes with the doctor doing the consultation and are destroyed after use.

Dr xxxxx is currently the GP registrar at the practice.

Medical Students

Medical students are sometimes attached to the practice for 2 – 3 weeks as part of their training. If you do not wish a student to be present during your consultation, please inform the receptionist.