The Condensed Curriculum Guide: For GP Training and the MRCGP - Softcover

Riley, Ben; Haynes, Jayne; Field, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850843391 ISBN 13: 9780850843392

Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners, 2013

Synopsis

The accessible and practical learners' guide to the RCGP curriculum and the MRCGP - for all GPs in training, their trainers and educators. The Condensed Curriculum Guide is the official guide to the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Curriculum for General Practice. It explains the knowledge, skills and attitudes that every doctor needs to become an effective general practitioner, and how to acquire them in everyday practice. It provides essential information on the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) assessments and advice on how candidates can best prepare. There are tips and advice on the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA), and on completing the ePortfolio and Workplace-Based Assessment (WPBA). In addition, The Condensed Curriculum Guide summarises: the core areas of competence and essential features; the GP consultation; diagnosis and treatment of everyday clinical problems; evidence-based medicine, patient safety and critical appraisal; professional and ethical standards; clinical leadership, commissioning and practice management.

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Review

Don't be without it ...I am so glad I bought it. Really helps guides my PDP especially the sections about what to do in the rotation to get the most out of them. Dr Bata, Amazon review

About the Author

Dr Ben Riley FRCGP is a GP in Faringdon, in rural Oxfordshire. He is the current Medical Director of Curriculum at the Royal College of General Practitioners and a member of the Postgraduate Training and Professional Development Boards. In this role, and as joint lead writer of the case to enhance and extend GP training, he is responsible for developing the framework for career-long GP education and continuing professional development. As the College's e-learning director, he oversaw the creation of hundreds of modules, courses and publications for GPs, trainees and trainers. In 2012, Ben was awarded the RCGP Certificate of Commendation for his contribution to general practice. Dr Jayne Haynes MRCGP is a GP in a well-established training practice in the city centre of Oxford. She undertook her GP training on the Oxford Vocational Training Scheme before taking a senior registrar post in academic general practice. After working for a short spell in New Zealand, she returned to her practice in Oxford - initially as a salaried GP and now as a GP partner. She is involved in the everyday education of medical students, Foundation Year doctors and GP specialty trainees. She enjoys working as a generalist and has interests in student medicine and women's health. Prof. Steve Field CBE FRCGP is a GP at the Bellevue Medical Centre in inner-city Birmingham and the immediate past Chairman of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners. Steve is Chairman of the NHS Future Forum, which was launched by the Prime Minister in 2011 and the Deputy National Clinical Director (Health Inequalities) of the National Commissioning Board. He is currently leading a national consultation on the NHS Constitution and chairing the National Inclusion Health Board, which focuses on improving the health outcomes of vulnerable groups, including the homeless. He is Honorary Professor, Medical Education, at the University of Warwick, Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Birmingham, and a member of faculty at the Harvard Macy Institute, Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts. Steve has published many books and papers on GP education and training, and, in 2010, was awarded the CBE for Services to Medicine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850843391
• ISBN 13: 9780850843392
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 366