Medical Students

We are an approved training Surgery under the aegis of the University of Birmingham. We train medical students throughout their five years’ training. When booking an appointment, you may be asked if students are able to sit-in on the consultation. We hope you will give your agreement to this and help us provide their necessary training to become qualified GPs in the future. Thank you for your support.

Are you an expert patient?

Would you be willing to talk to a medical student about your long-term illness?
Would you be able to tell them what it is like living with an illness?
How it affects your life and maybe that of your family?
Are you taking medication for your condition or have you seen a Consultant?
What treatment has been recommended to you?

Also required - patients with “patience”!

Could you spare an hour or two to allow students to practise their clinical skills - checking blood pressure, pulse, eyesight, etc under the supervision of one of our Doctors?

If so please contact either Katie or Sonia on 01384 277377 or complete the form below.

Video Recording - We need your help

From time to time our GP Registrars / Medical Students need to make video recordings of their consultations for training purposes. Intimate physical examinations will not be recorded and the camera will be switched off on request. The tape is used for the purposes of assessment of the Doctor, for research, learning and teaching purposes. (It will be seen only by persons who have legal access to your medical records.)

We follow General Medical Council (GMC) guidelines.

The trainer is responsible for the security and confidentiality of the video recording. If the tape is to leave the practice premises it will be sent by registered post or personal messenger.

The recordings will be seen inside your practice but they may also need to be seen outside the practice by people appointed to assess the standards of your Doctor.The tape will be erased as soon as possible but definitely not later than one year after the date of the recording. You may be asked when booking an appointment to partake in this.We hope you will be able to help.

If you would be willing to let a Medical Student practise their clinical skills under the supervision of a Doctor, please click here to complete the necessary form (please see disclaimer). Once the form has been printed and completed, it can be returned by hand or posted back to the surgery. Please click here for surgery contact details

All completed forms are processed by our Support Secretary, Katie Hall, who may contact you in the future to see if you would be able to see our Medical Students so that they could either have a discussion with you or examine your limbs etc.

Medical Students always need the assistance of our patient’s and are most grateful for any help you can offer them