Table 3

Summary of findings from online survey

Year of study
Medical school1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
1Aberdeen●, 8●, 8●, 8●●NA
2Barts and Queen Mary●●●, 8●, 8●, 8NA
3Birmingham●●8●●NA
4Brighton and Sussex●, 8,P●, 8,P●, 8●, 8NA
5Bristol●, P8●8●NA
6Cambridge●●, 8,P●, 8,P
7Cardiff●●, 88NA
8Dundee●, 8●, 8●, 8●, 8●, 8NA
9Durham (years 3–5 completed in Newcastle)●, 8,P●, 8,PNANANANA
10Edinburgh●, P●, P●NA
11Exeter●, 8●, 8●, 8,P●, 8,P8NA
12Glasgow●●●NA
13Hull York●, 8●, 8●●●NA
14Imperial College●, 8, P●, 8, P●●, 8●
15Keele●8●●, ×●NA
16King's College London●, 8,P●, 8●, 8P●, 8NA
17Lancaster8●, 8●●8NA
18Leeds●, 8●, 8●, 8●, 8●, 8NA
19Leicester●, 8●, 8●, 8●, 8●, 8NA
20Liverpool8888NA
21Manchester88●, 8●, 8NA
22Newcastle●, P●, P●●NA
23Norwichno year-by-year breakdown—regular general practice placements reported
24Nottingham●●,PP●, 8●NA
25Oxford●,P●,P●,P8×
26Plymouth8●●●●NA
27Queen's University Belfast●●NA
28Sheffield●, 8●, 8●●NA
29Southampton●, 8, P●, 8, P●, 8, P●NA
30St Andrews (years 4–5 completed in Manchester)88, ×NANANA
31St George's, University of London●, 8●, 8●, 8NA
32University College London●, 8●, 8●NA

  • ●: General practice placement within curriculum.

  • 8: Community-based education—other than GP placement—within the curriculum.

  • P: Patient studies within the community involving visiting the patient within the community or at home.

  • ×: Optional community-based module offered.