The Rycote Practice is specially approved for the postgraduate training of doctors in General Practice, and also for teaching medical students.

Postgraduate Training

There is a long tradition of training within the practice. Qualified doctors who are training to be General Practitioners spend time at the practice before moving on to another surgery once they are fully qualified GPs.

The Practice is linked to the Oxford Deanery. More information is available on their website.



Training has changed dramatically in the past few years, and now we are lucky to be able to welcome not only doctors who are training to be GPs, but also doctors who are experiencing General Practice before continuing a career in hospital.

Doctors you may meet in the practice include Specialty Trainees (ST) in years 1-3 of their training to be GPs. These are the doctors who used to be known as Registrars. They spend six or twelve months working here. We also have Foundation grade (F1 or F2) doctors who may or may not go on to a career in General Practice. They work in the Practice for four month periods.

All of these doctors are fully qualified, and also have supervision from one of the Partners in the practice. On occasions your consultation may be video recorded for teaching purposes. This will not be done without your consent.

Please click here to see the current trainees in the practice.


Medical Students

We also have medical and nursing students training here. You will be advised if the doctor or nurse you are seeing has one with them. Sometimes the students sit in the room for consultations, and sometimes, with your permission, they will see you before you see the doctor. They are not allowed to prescribe medications.

Medical students are attached to the practice via the Department of Primary Care at Oxford University.

We hugely value the role you play in helping us to educate the next generation of doctors and nurses, but we also recognise that sometimes you would rather not have a student present. If this is the case, please don't worry. Simply inform the receptionist if you would prefer to see the doctor or nurse alone.