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THE SCHEME

The Crawley and Horsham Vocational Training Scheme offers an integrated and comprehensive education for doctors entering general practice which can be specifically tutored to individual needs and previous experiences.

During the whole of the appointment there will be the opportunity to attend the vocational training course which consists of a half-day release course, a weekly lunchtime trainer/registrar group and three short residential programmes per year.

Scheme Profile      

There are currently two full scheme vacancies per annum.  Start dates are in May and November each year.  A three month introductory attachment in general practice is followed by three or four six month SHO posts and a further nine to fifteen months in a wide variety of teaching practices.

The SHO appointments are based at Crawley Hospital (with the option of working at East Surrey Hospital).   The general practice appointments are with one of the eight training practices associated with the scheme in Crawley, Horsham and East Grinstead.    The size of the individual practices varies from four to twelve partners and all have attached district nurses, health visitors, midwives, community psychiatric nurses and practice nurses.

The full scheme post would ideally suit a doctor who has no post-registration experience and requires a full Vocational Training Scheme.

There is also a part-scheme, similar to the full scheme, but commencing in
February and August each year.   This scheme is ideal for doctors who have
some post-registration experience in general medicine, comprising two or
three SHO posts and the general practice component as before.

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Full scheme:     

1. Care of the elderly/Gen Medicine 
2. Accident and Emergency 
3. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 
4. Paediatrics

Part Scheme: 

1. Accident and Emergency 
2. Psychiatry 
3. Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The number of accredited training practices provides the opportunity for one year or shorter registrar appointments for those who have obtained their hospital experience elsewhere. During this time they will be able to attend the VTS course and the other activities of the Scheme.

Similarly, there may be opportunities for those doctors entirely self constructing their own educational experience to apply for any of the SHO posts forming part of the Scheme.