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nMRCGP Curriculum

The three year training program is based on the Royal College of General Practitioners Curriculum for General Practice

Curriculum

Reference material

Work Placed Based Assessment

The Examination: CSA&AKT

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The full RCGP curriculum can be viewed  by clicking "RCGP Curriculum for General Practice"

The RCGP WPBA website can be viewed by clicking "RCGP WPBA"

Clinical psychomotor skills from the Curriculum statements have been collated into one document under the DOPS section of WBA. Click here to view

Locality based learning - the 12 Competencies The Core Curriculum statement  [Being a GP]

[Communication and Consultation Skills] [Practising Holistically] [Data Gathering and Interpretation] [Making a Diagnosis/Making Decisions] [Clinical Management]

[Managing Medical Complexity] [Primary Care Administration and Information Management and Technology] [Working with Colleagues and in Teams]

[Community Orientation] [Maintaining Performance, Learning and Teaching] [Maintaining an Ethical Approach to Practise] [Fitness to Practise]

Whole day learning - the Curriculum statements 

[Being a GP] [The GP consultation] [Clinical Ethics and Values] [Evidence based health care] [Clinical Governance] [Equality and diversity]

[Management in primary care] [Information technology] [Research and academic activity]     

[Patient Safety Management] [Healthy living] [Genetics] [Acutely ill People] [Children & Young People] [Older Adults] [Women's health] [Men's health]

[Sexual Health] [Cancer & Palliative Care] [Mental Health Problems] [Drugs and Alcohol] [Learning Disabilities] [Respiratory] [Cardiovascular] [Gastroenterology]

[Ophthalmology] [Neurology] [ENT & Facial] [Rheumatology and Trauma] [Dermatology] [Metabolic]

Trainers workshops

[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]

Equality and Diversity Direct link to the Equality and Diversity reference material

Equality is about creating a fairer society in which everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Diversity is about recognising and valuing difference in its broadest sense.

Discrimination, harassment or oppression in connection with any of these groups of people might be related to:

 

ability

 

age

 

bodily appearance and decoration

 

class

 

creed

 

caste

 

culture

 

gender

 

health status

 

relationship status

 

mental health

 

offending

 

background

 

place of origin

 

political beliefs

 

race

 

responsibility for dependants

 

religion and sexual orientation

Procedures, policies and legislation appertaining to equality and diversity include national law and international conventions relating to:

 

Human rights (including those of children)

 

Equality

 

Anti-discriminatory practices

 

Mental health

 

Complaints and issue resolution

 

Employment

The Legal situation in the UK and Europe

 

Equal Pay Act 1970

 

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and 1986

 

Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999

 

Indirect Discrimination and Burden of Proof Regulations 2001

 

Race Relations Act 1976 and Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000

 

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992

 

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

 

Employment Rights Act 1996

 

Human Rights Act 1998

 

Employment Relations Act 1999

 

Maternity and Paternity Leave Regulations 1999

 

Part-Time Workers Regulations 2000

 

Employment Act 2002

 

European Union Employment Directive and European Union Race and Ethnic Origin Directive.

learning objectives

 

Treat colleagues, patients, carers and others equitably and with respect

 

Act in ways that recognise that people are different and do not discriminate against people because of those differences

 

Act in ways that acknowledge people’s right to make their own decisions and recognise their responsibilities, for example in concordance with treatment agreed between the specialty registrar (GP) and patient

 

Provide information in ways that help people to exercise their rights

 

Value people’s beliefs and preferences in clinical and everyday working

 

Challenge behaviour that infringes the rights of others

 

Recognise and take action to address discrimination and oppression in self and others

 

Act in ways compliant with employer law, disability discrimination legislation and best practice in recruitment; encourage others to do so

 

Interpret people’s rights in a way consistent with employer’s policies and relevant professional standards

 

Develop communication skills including working with interpreters to deal with patients from diverse back-grounds

 

Recognise the importance of individual differences and social context to health, illness and health care when dealing with patients from ethnically diverse backgrounds

 

Recognise the concepts of ethnicity and culture

 

Recognise the concepts of diversity and equality and in context perspectives on migration, demography of cultural groups, experience of socio-economic disadvantage and patterns of illness and disease

 

Recognise appropriate behaviour and specific practical knowledge, e.g. nutrition, naming systems, religion, attitudes towards illness, death, pregnancy, etc.