Essential Guide to the RCA for the MRCGP (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Scion Publishing Ltd, Bloxham, 2022
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Paperback. The Recorded Consultation Assessment (RCA) represents a significant change for a generation of doctors used to taking practical exams featuring actors. The RCA exam is based on recordings of your telephone and video consultations with genuine patients, but of course patients dont present or respond quite like actors do!This full-colour book provides a practical guide to help nervous candidates, and particularly International Medical Graduates (IMGs), prepare effectively, with useful advice on:Common pitfallsWorking with your practice team to identify the patients you needObtaining consentDifferentiating between low and high challenge cases, and which topics to avoidSetting up the technology for telephone, video and face-to-face consultationsHow to perform well in each of the core domainsIn addition, the book takes you through all aspects of using the FourteenFish platform to record, assess and submit your consultations, with screenshots used to illustrate every step.If you need help to prepare from someone who passed the exam as part of the first cohort, who has run RCA exam preparation courses, and who has checked what is required with trainers and programme directors, then you need this book!Really packed with practical and clinical tipsCovers everything you need to know before submittingA stress-free way to prepare for the exam This book provides a practical guide to help nervous candidates, and particularly International Medical Graduates (IMGs), prepare effectively for the Recorded Consultation Assessment (RCA). This exam has replaced the CSA element of the MRCGP exams due to Covid-19. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Essential Guide to the RCA for the MRCGP (Paperback)
- Author
- Talha Sami
- Publisher
- Scion Publishing Ltd, Bloxham
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1911510967
- ISBN 13
- 9781911510963
This full-colour book provides a practical guide to help nervous candidates, and particularly International Medical Graduates (IMGs), prepare effectively, with useful advice on:
- Common pitfalls
- Working with your practice team to identify the patients you need
- Obtaining consent
- Differentiating between low and high challenge cases, and which topics to avoid
- Setting up the technology for telephone, video and face-to-face consultations
- How to perform well in each of the core domains
If you need help to prepare from someone who passed the exam as part of the first cohort, who has run RCA exam preparation courses, and who has checked what is required with trainers and programme directors, then you need this book!
- Really packed with practical and clinical tips
- Covers everything you need to know before submitting
- A stress-free way to prepare for the exam
Contents
Acknowledgements; Preface; About the authorsPART I: Introduction to the Recorded Consultation Assessment (RCA)
1 Introduction
2 What is the RCA?
3 The differences between the RCA, the CSA and real-life consultations
4 Common pitfalls
5 Which cases to submit? (contributing author: Pernia Javid)
6 Preparing for and booking the RCA
PART II: How to record for the RCA
7 Consent (contributing author: Abraham Thomas)
8 How to set up the technology
PART III: The consultation
9 Pre-consultation (contributing author: Rakin Anwar)
10 Interpersonal skills (contributing author: Rohan Lakhani)
11 Data gathering (contributing author: Rakin Anwar)
12 Clinical management (contributing author: Rakin Anwar)
PART IV: The final steps to submit for the RCA
13 The workbook
14 The final steps to submit through FourteenFish (contributing author: Abraham Thomas)
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