Fundamental Skills for General Practice Assistants
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-05-01 | - |
Program Overview
Fundamental Skills for General Practice Assistants
Overview
Build the knowledge, understanding, and experience you need to be a safe, effective General Practice Assistant. Study part-time over 36 weeks with ARU.
Full Description
The programme focuses on five key areas that will help you to contribute to a more effective working environment for staff and patients:
- care
- administration
- clinical
- communications
- managing health records.
Included are topics such as implementing safe, person-centred approaches to care, conducting basic patient consultations and engaging patients to be actively involved in their health and wellbeing, as well as the underpinning knowledge and practical application of a range of core clinical competencies.
The course aims to also develop your healthcare-specific administrative and professional skills, to ensure that you are comfortable, competent, and confident in how you contribute to the effective running of your working environment.
Supporting You
The ARU programme academic lead will act as your personal and academic tutor throughout the course.
You will also be working alongside a GP mentor you have identified from your practice (as well as other colleagues, or a secondary mentor that may be best-placed to support you along the way with certain non-clinical tasks or competencies).
Learning Made Simple
The 36-week programme is delivered via a flexible, blended-learning approach.
For the majority of the course, there will be around one hour of online, asynchronous learning per week. This means that the content and activities for that week will be made available for you to work through in your own time, however best fits into your usual weekly schedule. You will also be invited to join your tutor and peers for regular live online group tutorial sessions.
Occasionally, you will also be invited to attend in-person sessions at ARU in Writtle. This will include an initial induction to welcome you to the course and provide some more information; and a practical workshop mid-way through the programme, which will cover the more ‘hands-on’ elements of your competency framework.
Who Should Attend?
Our programme is for General Practice Assistants in the East of England. It will help you to develop context-specific and transferable skill sets while building your professional knowledge and understanding.
Dates
The next start-date will be in May 2025.
Where You'll Study
Your Faculty
The Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care at ARU is primed to meet the demand for healthcare professionals, doctors, scientists and social workers in the East of England.
We've been training undergraduates for professional roles for over 25 years, with a reputation for quality, dedication and ambition balanced with student satisfaction.
We know that our students want the very best experiential learning, and we've invested heavily in purpose-built simulated wards, science labs and skills spaces, to support your learning every step of the way.
Where Can I Study?
Blended Learning
Study through a mix of face-to-face teaching and online sessions.
Fees & Funding
Course Fees
Places are fully funded for successful candidates.
£0
Entry Requirements
This is a funded course for General Practice Assistants across the East of England.
Entry requirements are not currently available.
Program Outline
The General Practice Assistant Accreditation program is designed to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to become effective General Practice Assistants. The program is delivered part-time over 36 weeks and focuses on five key areas: care, administration, clinical, communications, and managing health records.
Objectives:
- Implement safe, person-centered approaches to care
- Conduct basic patient consultations
- Engage patients in their health and wellbeing
- Develop healthcare-specific administrative and professional skills
- Contribute to the effective running of a working environment
Description:
The program includes topics such as:
- Implementing safe, person-centered approaches to care
- Conducting basic patient consultations
- Engaging patients to be actively involved in their health and wellbeing
- Underpinning knowledge and practical application of a range of core clinical competencies
Teaching:
- Blended learning approach
- Online, asynchronous learning
- Live online group tutorial sessions
Other:
- The program is fully funded for successful candidates.
- The program is supported by an ARU programme academic lead who acts as a personal and academic tutor.
- Participants will also work alongside a GP mentor from their practice.
Overview:
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a global university with students from 185 countries. It is known for its innovative and entrepreneurial approach to education and research. ARU has been recognized as the Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023 and has received a Gold award for the quality of its education in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
Services Offered:
Student Life and Campus Experience:
The context mentions that ARU is committed to creating a vibrant and welcoming environment for students, staff, and communities. It also highlights the university's focus on providing outstanding facilities and opportunities for student growth.
Key Reasons to Study There:
Ambition:
ARU is academically ambitious for its students and strives to provide high-quality education.Excellence:
ARU is ranked in the top 15% of universities in the UK for graduate employment and has been recognized for its excellence in education, social work, and sports science.Collaboration:
ARU fosters collaboration between students, businesses, and partners, and its courses are recognized by industry and professionally accredited.Impact:
ARU conducts impactful research that addresses pressing issues and makes a difference in the community.Enterprise:
ARU encourages entrepreneurship and provides mentorship, support, and start-up funding through the Anglia Ruskin Enterprise Academy.Enthusiasm:
ARU's can-do attitude and infectious enthusiasm set it apart from other universities.Academic Programs:
The context mentions that ARU offers a wide range of courses, including undergraduate, postgraduate, postgraduate research, college courses, apprenticeships, short courses, and distance learning programs. It also highlights the university's commitment to providing career-ready graduates.
Other:
The context mentions that ARU has campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Peterborough, and Writtle. It also highlights the university's commitment to sustainability, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
