Year 5 GP placement block

Year 5 students are making the transition from medical student to foundation doctor. They need to consider how they will manage patients, interact with staff and the public and make some firm career plans.

General practice is an important career choice for students. This attachment with you offers them an excellent opportunity to address their learning needs and plan for their futures post-graduation.

What the placement involves

29 hours per week (Long/short days), between 7am – 9pm, Monday to Sunday.

Year 5 follows a student assistantship model in preparation for foundation training. 

Your close supervision is essential to support students to develop the skills needed to consult independently and progress to F1.

Students become part of your team and benefit from ample feedback on their presentations, differentials and management plans. They will document in the notes, arrange & review investigations, draft referral letters and prescribe under supervision. They will also complete a practice referral letter as part of their placement.

“This has been the best placement I have had at medical school so far – extremely well organised and very supportive staff which enhanced my learning. I was able to see a breadth of different clinical presentations and received really good teaching after all of them. Had a wonderful experience at this practice.”
Year 5 MBChB student 2024-25

Support for GPs

PRiME Core – New Clinical Placement Supervisor workshops [2hrs] will run throughout the year for new tutors.

Visit the PRiME Core website page page for more information.

PRiME Advanced – Teaching Clinical Reasoning in Practice (now including remote consultations) [3hrs] will run for experienced Clinical Placement Supervisors.

Visit the PRiME Advanced website page for more information.

Ongoing support is also available from the MB ChB Community team. Each teaching practice is allocated a named Locality Academic Lead and GP Placement Co-ordinator, whose details you can find on the Contact information for your area page.

Dates for 2025-26

All Year 5 students attend a five-week GP block between 1 September 2025 – 8 February 2026.

GP tutors select one or more of these blocks:

01.09.25 – 05.10.25

06.10.25 – 09.11.25

10.11.25 – 14.12.25

05.01.26 – 08.02.26

Payment

Payment is £3,045.00 per student for a five week block.

Contact us

Get in touch to sign up or ask a question:

The MB ChB Community team – sms.communityenquiries@manchester.ac.uk