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Rajiv is a potential GP of the future and, as a doctor in training, he has been involved in a number of fascinating initiatives including a student-led research model. He gives Ben his views on the challenges facing medicine today including the new junior doctors’ contract and how he believes this affects the choices that junior doctors make. He also explains the student-led research model and how this has inspired him and other doctors in training.

Show Notes

How do the doctors of the future view general practice? (38secs)

Students views change over the course of clinical placements (1mins 33secs)

Do the crises in the NHS make general practice unattractive? (2secs 40secs)

The junior doctors’ contract (4mins 18secs)

Pay for junior doctors (5mins 04secs)

The likely impact on future recruitment and retention (6mins 05secs)

Rajiv’s role in student-led initiatives (7mins 23secs)

The student led research model (8mins 25secs)

What does “student-led” mean in practice (8mins 47secs)

The impact on the students involved (10mins 37secs)

Applying the model in primary care (11mins 17secs)

Does it work? (12mins 16secs)

The outcomes of the study (13mins 08secs)

Rolling out the model more widely (14mins 03secs)

Getting in touch with Rajiv (see below) and the use of social media (14mins 41secs)

Rajiv mentions a number of ways of contacting him via social media:

On Twitter.com he is @therajivsethi and @icgrx on Facebook.com he is therajivsethi

On e-mail he is rajiv.sethi@doctors.org.uk

The article Ben mentions on student-led initiatives can be found here

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