General Practice Training in Scotland

Welcome

Welcome to the information pages for GP Training in the Scotland Deanery.

Scotland is a great place to train to be a GP. Each of the four regions explain in more detail the various programmes they have to offer. We hope you find the information useful and relevant regarding GP training in our regions.

We wish you a successful training journey in whichever part of Scotland you pursue your career.

GP Team, Scotland Deanery

Rotations

A standard 3-year programme will consist of 18-months in General Practice and 18-months in hospital posts.

ST1 will usually comprise of 6-months GP and 6-months hospital with ST2 consisting of two 6-month hospital posts. ST3 will be spent in General Practice. Your allocated GP posts will be within your allocated programme, but some hospital posts may be from other Training Programmes in the same region.

Please see below example rotations based on a trainee working full-time:

Example 1

ST1		ST2		ST3
6-months	6-months	6-months	6-months	12-months
Geriatric Medicine	GP	Emergency Medicine	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	GP

Example 2

ST1		ST2		ST3
6-months	6-months	6-months	6-months	12-months
Paediatrics	General (Internal) Medicine	GP	Psychiatry	GP

Example 3

ST1		ST2			ST3
6-months	6-months	3-months	3-months	6-months	12-months
GP	Obstetrics & Gynaecology	ENT	Ophth-almology	General (Internal) Medicine	GP

For trainees who are working less-than-full-time (LTFT), additional hospital post(s) may be required.

Following acceptance of a training offer, the Deanery will be in contact to request you to preference the 3-year rotations available in the Training Programme. Please note, there may not be an option to preference rotations if applying to a rural area or if you are a late acceptance in the recruitment process.