The training capacity of general practice revisited: Advanced training practices

摘要

In 2005 I wrote an article on the training capacity of general practice. The article described the experiences of multiple training at the White House Surgery in Sheffield. This article explores developments in multiple training and what has happened at the White House since then as the Surgery has developed its role as a Multi Professional Learning Organisation (MPLO). The need for more healthcare workers trained in the community continues to grow. The population is increasing and becoming older and care is being shifted out into the community. More health professionals will be needed in the future to work in this setting. They are best trained within the community where they learn skills of managing risk and dealing with uncertainty. This has led the deaneries to set up pilot studies to examine how this increased training can take place. The existing training practice network has been utilised and practices identified to look at this are called Advanced Training Practices (ATPs) or MPLOs.