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Paula Wright is a GP in the North East of England and GP tutor for Newcastle, Health Education England – North East team. In this podcast Paula explains the origins and value of GP Learning Groups; what they are, how they work and how they can be set up locally.

Show Notes

Paula explains how she became involved in learning groups (31secs)

The history of the groups (1min 11secs)

What they are and how they work (2mins 19secs)

Paula’s experience of setting up a group (3mins 27secs)

The groups impact on Paula (3mins 57secs)

Keeping GPs up to date (4mins 19secs)

Numbers in the group and sustainability (5mins 25secs)

The size of the living room dictates the size of group (6mins 02secs)

Membership of the group (7mins 15secs)

The time commitment (8mins 57secs)

The key benefits of the groups including peer support, developing leadership skills etc (9mins 34secs)

The key challenges in running successful groups (12mins 22secs)

How widespread are the groups and promoting the groups (13mins 53secs)

Building resilience in GPs (15mins 17secs)

The national approach (or lack of it) to the groups (16mins 03secs)

Finding out more information (17mins 24secs)

Setting up your own group (18mins 03secs)

The website of the North East Sessional GP Group is here

The article in the BMJ Paula refers to is available here (login required)