There is a half-day meeting on a Tuesday afternoon (during term time), which all trainees on the scheme are expected to attend.  There are also full day sessions and a non-residential two day course.

An important aim is for trainees to become accustomed to planning their own learning.  The Training Programme Directors (TPDs) see the trainee group as being responsible for organising its own programme with guidance available about resources, educational methods and important areas that should be covered. We see acquisition of knowledge as only a small part of the course. Perhaps more important is the recognition of the shift of emphasis in General Practice from, for example, the disease to the patient, and from an hierarchical to a team approach to medical practice.  Trainees are given every opportunity to comment on the half-day release course sessions, to be critical of methods used and to improve its effectiveness.