The Crawkerne Educational Contract

Please take a moment to read this adapted version of the

Crawkerne Educational Contract. An educational contract is
different to the work contract which our Practice Manager has
got you to sign (or will be doing so shortly). A work contract
outlines the ‘conditions of your work’ whereas this educational
contract outlines the conditions around your learning and
development – outlining things that you can expect from us
but also things that we would expect from you in return. This
is presented as a series of aims, not requirements. None of us
are perfect! Some, however, are more necessary than others.

As a Practice we will:
• Welcome you into our Practice as a member of our team.
• Encourage you to work as a member of the practice team.
• Treat you with kindness, warmth, courtesy and respect.
• Give you sufficient experience of General Practice to maximise your learning without causing
undue stress due to time pressure.
• Provide an environment in which you can work and learn happily (i.e. “a climate for
learning”).
• Provide you with continuous professional and emotional support while you are with us.
• Provide you with your own room, with appropriate equipment, for most of the time.
• Provide a weekly timetable, no more onerous than that of a partner, with flexible protected
time for educational activities.
• Make sure that your timetable allows attendance at formal teaching sessions, is appropriate
for your learning needs and that there is a correct balance between training and service in the
post.
• Ensure that you can attend half-day release every Tuesday afternoon, and tutorials every
Wednesday lunchtime.
• Provide protected time for tutorials (minimum: 3 hours total per week), study and research.
• Provide access to meetings within the practice.
• Follow the regional guidelines for training practices.
• Keep the library well-stocked and up-to-date. (P.S. Did you know that you can make a
request for a book to be added too).
• Provide you with support when your Trainer is away.

In addition, we will
• Respond positively to suggestions/recommendations regarding the provision of training
within the practice.
• Treat you fairly, and to use a recognised contract of employment, like that recommended by
the B.M.A.
• Provide you with effective feedback to help you learn.
You GP Trainer will aim to:
• Provide learner-centred training.
• Keep him/herself up to date, and to develop and improve training within the practice.
• Undertake formative assessment to help you identify your future educational needs and help
you develop; and thus agree an educational plan with you and for it to be regularly reviewed.
• Encourage appropriate educational activity outside the practice.
• Assist your with MRCGP.
• Support and advise you on appropriate study leave.
• Help you with the production of a C.V. and provide references as required.
• Help you with pastoral advice and care, if needed.

As the GP trainee, we would like you to:

• Sign and abide by an agreed Contract of Employment as well as providing a P45, and
documentation of full GMC registration and membership of a medical defence organisation.
You should also hold a valid driving licence.
• Be well-mannered to staff and patients. That also means feeling comfortable working as part
of our team aiming to understand and appreciate the roles of everyone within the team;
working as an active member of our team.
• Be responsible for your own fitness to practice but please feel free to discuss with us any
difficulties you are having.
• Be reliable and punctual - work according to your timetable and attend practice meetings.
• Attend educational activities like Tuesday afternoon half-day release and Wednesday
lunchtime tutorials.
• Engage in out-of-hours work, and work towards a full share of daytime work.
• Reflect on the experiences you are having in General Practice and seek to maximise the
learning potential of your time here. This would also mean trying to achieve and maintain
good standards in all aspects of your work and patient care and working towards postgraduate
qualifications.
• Be open and willing to accept the feedback you are given. Whilst we encourage you need to
play an active part in your own assessment, you also need to respect the views of others.
Please remember that if someone is giving you difficult feedback, that it probably wasn’t easy
for them to give that to you.
• Know your limits –seek help if you’re experiencing a difficult situation or if uncertainty
arises.
• Give fair and honest feedback to the trainer and practice, in a positive fashion, and especially
if problems arise.

SIGNED : SIGNED :
Trainee Trainer

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