Primary Care

Please click here for the Curriculum Overview: MBChB Curriculum Overview

Please click here for the Placements Overview: Placements Overview

The School of Medicine has its own dedicated student support team which works to compliment the University Student Support Services.  If you have concerns regarding a student and would like advice on where to sign post them please contact a member of our Student Support Team.  We have provided on this page some useful information and links to the services that students can access.

The Clinical Placement Reporting Tool (CPRT) is a system that allows students and placement staff to feed back to the School about their experiences working with one another. They can do this in two ways: by leaving a Commendation or by raising a Concern.

For further information on submitting a Commendation or a Concern, please refer to the additional guidance: Clinical Placement Reporting Tool

To submit a card via the CPR Tool please use the links below.

Students can submit a Commendation or a Concern via the CPR Tool using these links:

Regular review of undergraduate teaching practices and placements is a requirement of our quality assurance process within the MBChB programme. Students give feedback on each placement and this is collated and forwarded to lead tutors throughout the year. Students and tutors are able to raise concerns at any time and we will aim to address these as they arise.  

Each teaching practice will have an annual review. For this we require tutors to complete an assessment form, including reflections on teaching and student feedback. This form will be sent out in advance of the review and needs to be completed promptly. All new practices (within three years of starting undergraduate placements) and practices who teach multiple year groups of students will have an annual meeting to review the feedback. This is a supportive process, where we can help with any placement issues and educational development within the practice. In established practices where no issues have been identified, the review meeting will be every three years. Meetings can be in person or on Microsoft Teams.  

Feedback generally looks at the components of the Quality Practice Standards 2425 and any free-text responses about the placement from the students.

Our Quality Framework aligns with GMC guidance for undergraduate clinical placements and NHSE’s Education Quality Strategy and Education Quality Framework.

OSCE Examining 

It is a requirement of being an undergraduate teaching practice that tutors offer to participate in the OSCE (Observed Structured Clinical Examination) exams. To do this you will need to complete OSCE examiner training. If it has been more than 3 years since you completed your OSCE Examiner Training, please complete the following online course: OSCE Examiner Training E-Learning - Overview (leeds.ac.uk). If you are new to examining, please contact Ruksana Bukhari: mededcpd@leeds.ac.uk to book onto a forthcoming training session.  

Tutors that only teach Years 1-3 are required to offer 1 day of examining every other year, those that teach Year 4 or 5, or multiple years groups are asked to examine every year. 

Peer Review 

Peer review is also an essential part of continuing professional development, and we ask that tutors participate in some form of peer review of their educational activity at least once every three years. Many tutors who also supervise GPSTs will already participate in peer review and there is no additional requirement for undergraduate teaching. 

It is recommended that tutors pair up with a colleague in their surgery if possible and make arrangements to be observed during a teaching session with medical students. This can be done remotely if it is easier. Members of our internal team here at the Academic Unit of Primary Care are also happy to be involved if preferred. The School of Medicine’s Peer Observation Guide and Form offers guidance on this process. 

University of Leeds Associated Teaching Practice 

Practices successfully meeting all of the requirements necessary for the provision of a proficient placement for our medical undergraduates, including completion of the CPD, Peer Review and OSCE examining criterion, will be formally recognised as a University of Leeds Associated Teaching Practice, and receive a poster to display in the practice.

For any queries and to discuss eligibility criteria, please contact e.a.murray@leeds.ac.uk  

Becoming an Honorary Senior Lecturer

Becoming an Honorary Senior Lecturer gives you access to University events and IT facilities, but also recognises your contribution to the education of the next generation of doctors.

GP Tutors who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply:

• Has hosted undergraduate medical students on placement for 12 months or more

• Completes one form of medical undergraduate educational CPD per academic year

• Teaching is peer reviewed every 3 years

• Volunteers as an OSCE examiner

To apply, please complete the Honorary Title Application Form and return it to e.a.murray@leeds.ac.uk 

Tutors can also request access to our Virtual Primary Care resource. Virtual Primary Care https://vpc.medicalschoolscouncil.org.uk/ is a library of real-life general practice consultation videos which has been developed by the Medical Schools Council and medical educators across the UK. The resource allows you to browse through a wide collection of videos which can be tagged and classified by condition and learning outcomes by GP tutors. Each video comes with discussion points and links to additional resources. These can be collated into mini clinics for you to go through and discuss on placement. 

If you would like to request access to the resource, please contact Lizzie Luff: e.m.luff@leeds.ac.uk with details of your nhs email address. 

Further Opportunities 

We will keep you informed of any career opportunities that may arise within our team of Primary Care medical educators. The University of Leeds and the Medical School are very research active and we may also contact you with research opportunities as they arise.

For information, we also have a website dedicated to recruiting new teaching practices which can be accessed here: Become a GP Placement Provider