Grampian Program


The Grampian programme centres around Aberdeen with training posts in and around this vibrant city. The city and the semi-rural communities of Aberdeenshire provide a wide variety of general practice training experiences. Secondary care experience centres around Aberdeen teaching hospitals, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Woodend Hospital, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and the Royal Cornhill Hospital. There are also posts at Roxburgh House, the Community Health and Care Village and Rosewell House. 

During the first year (ST1) of your three year programme you will spend six months in a GP training practice and 6 months in a hospital post. This will be followed in ST2 by 2 further 6 month hospital posts, with the final ST3 year spent back in a GP training practice (generally the same practice you were placed at in ST1). 

The GP rotations include a wide variety of hospital posts including General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Geriatrics, Paediatrics, Community Health (Sexual Health and Trauma and Orthopaedics), Psychiatry, Rehabilitation Medicine, Occupational Health, Palliative Medicine and Psychiatry, providing our trainees with a breadth of posts relevant for a future career in general practice.

In addition to a high quality training experience, the Grampian programme offers the chance to live in one of the most beautiful locations in the British Isles. Known as the Offshore Oil Capital of Europe, Aberdeen has benefited from the influx of superb sports, dining, shopping and transport facilities normally only found in much larger cities, and it's airport is one of the busiest in Europe with regular links to all the major British cities. Despite these excellent facilities, a fifteen minute drive will take you out into the stunning scenery of rural Aberdeenshire, with its many championship golf courses, rivers and hills.

For the more adventurous types, there is also lots on offer. Hill walkers can enjoy easy access to an array of mountains to climb, including many Munros. The North East of Scotland boasts many miles of beautiful beaches from which the large resident population of dolphins can often be seen. When the wintery weather approaches, Glenshee and the Lecht are just a short journey away for skiing, snowboarding and tubing!

For nightlife, Aberdeen offers a variety of opportunities including nightclubs, cocktail bars, comedy clubs, live music, theatre and entertainment, Aberdeen has it all!

Grampian Rotations

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