General practice during COVID-19: an FY2’s perspective

COVID-19 has profoundly changed the way GP surgeries operate all over the country, by accelerating a decade of digitisation into a few months in order to minimise face-to-face contact.

Remote and digital consultation methods, which were already gaining in popularity over the past few years, have become the prime modality of consultation between patients and their GP almost overnight.

Much can be said about remote consultation methods and their advantages and drawbacks. But how do they work for Foundation trainees in general practice, who suddenly find themselves working in an unfamiliar environment, assessing patients in a way they may have little experience in?