Modular or Innovative Posts

Modular or Innovative posts consists of half time in general practice and half time in a speciliaty. With all of our rotations having 18 months in general practice it is possible for all of our trainees to undertake a modular posts. Some of the posts are well established and are already in your rotations, e.g. palliative care and Women’s health. In that case you do not have to do anything. Some are new and it is also possible to create one’s own post. 

Generally we think that modular posts should be undertaken as the last post on your rotation and trainees can only do a modular post if they are making good progress towards MRCGP. We would expect you to have successfully completed AKT and CSA and to have no issues with your ePortfolio or WPBA.

Below is the latest list of all of our modular posts - its quite a list!

1. Modular Paediatrics, Pinderfields,
2. Modular Paediatrics, Dewsbury
3. Modular O&G, White Rose (Dr Aggarwal)
4. Modular O&G, Dewsbury (Windsor House 2 posts)
5. Palliative Care, Pontefract
6. Palliative Care, Wakefield (2 posts)
7. Palliative Care, Dewsbury
8. Dermatology, Castleford (Dr Higgins)
9. Dermatology, Pontefract (Dr Slack, in occasional use only)
10. Dermatology, Pinderfields, (Dr Pollock)
11. Musculoskeletal medicine, Ferrybridge (Dr Mone)
12. MS Medicine, Adrian Dunbar (+ a session in MSK service, Dewsbury)
13. Public Health, Andrew Furber
14. ENT, Pinderfields  (Mrs Clarke )
15. Substance Misuse, Dr Linda Harris, Wakefield Integrated Substance Misuse service
16. Elderly Medicine , Dewsbury Hospital, Dr Ian Craig

If you want to arrange a new post it takes time to arrange the post and get it approved, so don’t leave it to late. Start thinking! Below is a You Tube video of ST3 trainees experiences of our modular posts

If you are undertaking an innovative or modular post you need to write a Personal Education Plan for the post and get it approved by Shelagh. Click here to email Shelagh. The documents are downloadable here:

Advice about writing a PEP
Personal Education Plan
Instructions for developing a modular post