{"id":1505,"date":"2019-07-05T08:13:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T07:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/cbme\/?page_id=1505"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:46:06","slug":"early-clinical-experience-ece","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/mbchb-community-team\/placements-and-teaching-opportunities\/early-clinical-experience-ece\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 1 and 2 – Early Clinical Experience (ECE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Early Clinical Experience (ECE)<\/h1>\n

ECE visits provide a \u2018taster\u2019 of GP and community work. They enable students to experience why patients might come to the GP, observe a GP consult, gather information from a patient under the GP tutor\/supervisors\u2019 supervision and take part in patient examinations under direct supervision.<\/p>\n

The visit is made by a pair of students and lasts for six hours, which makes them particularly suitable for tutors unable to have students for longer placements.<\/p>\n

These visits are a fantastic opportunity to show students real life outside the simulated environments they learn in during Years 1 & 2.<\/p>\n

Some students will not have considered a career in general practice, but meeting enthusiastic role models, so early in their student journey, can make a real impact on their ideas about their future speciality choice. Therefore, by taking on ECE students you would be acting as a GP role model to your students.<\/p>\n

What the visits involve<\/h2>\n

On the day of the ECE visit, you will ensure the students are expected by the reception staff and that they have an induction at the start of the visit. The induction can be conducted by the practice manager or another member of your team.<\/p>\n

We expect students to spend at least half of their session with a GP observing the GP consult, while taking an active part in the consultation. There should be an opportunity for the student pair to speak with a patient and take a history (or part of a history) from a patient to seek to understand patients\u2019 ideas, concerns and expectations, and how the GP seeks to address these. This could be with you in your consultation room or in a separate room with time for debrief. Any examinations, must always be under direct supervision of a GP.<\/p>\n

ECE also provides other members of the practice team such as practice nurses, ANPs, foundation doctors and GP trainees with an opportunity to get involved in teaching, so students can spend a small part of their day with them seeing patients.<\/p>\n

A debrief of the ECE visit, with the GP supervisor, is paramount to help students contextualise their experience in a General Practice setting and must occur before students leave the practice at the end of their visit.<\/p>\n

Support for GPs<\/h2>\n

PRiME (Pr<\/strong>ofessionals i<\/strong>n M<\/strong>edical E<\/strong>ducation) training events run throughout the year. Visit the Staff Development<\/a> page for more information.<\/p>\n

Ongoing support is also available from the MB ChB Community team. Each teaching practice\/PCN is allocated a named Locality Academic Lead whose details you can find on the Contact information for your area<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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“The GP practice made us feel really welcome and everyone was friendly. The GP did a great job of explaining the different people who contributed the the practice and what their roles were. She also explained a lot about the other daily tasks of a GP and asked us questions which allowed us to think about our clinical reasoning and history taking.” –\u00a0<\/i>MBChB Year 2 student\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dates for 2026-27<\/h2>\n

Year 1<\/strong>: February 2027 to May 2027<\/p>\n

Year 2<\/strong>: September 2026 to December 2026<\/p>\n

Payment<\/h2>\n

Year 1<\/strong>: \u00a3272 per pair of students per full day<\/p>\n

Year 2<\/strong>: \u00a3300 per pair of students per full day as there is a requirement for students in Year 2 to check (under supervision) patient observations such as BP, pulse, temperature, for example, for four stable patients ordinarily attending the practice.<\/p>\n

Contact us<\/h2>\n

Get in touch to sign up or ask a question:<\/p>\n

The MB ChB Community team –<\/strong>\u00a0sms.communityenquiries@manchester.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Shehleen Arbab Khan – Lead for ECE – <\/strong> shehleen.khan@manchester.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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