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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

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The Examination: CSA&AKT

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

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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]

Ophthalmology Direct link to the Ophthalmology reference material

Common and/or important conditions: 

 

Disorders of the lids and lacrimal drainage apparatus:
   

Blepharitis
   

Stye and chalazion
   

Entropion and ectropion
   

Basal-cell carcinoma

   

Naso-lacrimal obstruction and dacryocystitis
 

Sclera, cornea and anterior uvea:
   

Conjunctivitis (infective and allergic)
   

Dry eye syndrome
   

Episcleritis and scleritis
   

Corneal ulcers and keratitis
   

Iritis and uveitis
 

Disorders of refraction:
   

Cataract
   

Myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism
   

Principles of refractive surgery
   

Problems associated with contact lenses.
 

Disorders of aqueous drainage:
   

Acute angle closure glaucoma
   

Primary open angle glaucoma
   

Secondary glaucomas
 

Vitreo-retinal disorders:
   

Flashes and floaters
   

Vitreous detachment

   

Vitreous haemorrhage
   

Retinal detachment
 

Disorders of the optic disc and visual pathways:
   

Swollen optic disc: recognition and differential diagnosis
   

Atrophic optic disc: recognition and differential diagnosis
   

Pathological cupping of the optic disc
   

Migraine
   

Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs)
 

Eye movement disorders and problems of amblyopic binocularity:
   

Diplopia
   

Non-paralytic and paralytic strabismus

Investigations: 

 

Know the secondary care investigations and treatment including slit lamp, eye pressure measurement

Emergency care:
 

Superficial ocular trauma, including assessment of foreign bodies, abrasions and minor lid lacerations

 

Arc eye
 

Severe blunt injury, including hyphaema

 

Severe orbital injury, including blow-out fracture

 

Penetrating ocular injury and tissue prolapse
 

Retained intra-ocular foreign body

 

Sudden painless loss of vision

 

Severe intra-ocular infection
 

Acute angle closure glaucoma.

Treatment:
 

Understand and be able to explain to the patient about the use of medications including mydriatics, topical anaesthetics, corticosteroids, antibiotics, glaucoma agents
 

Removal of superficial foreign bodies from the eye

Prevention:
 

Genetics – family history
 

Co-morbidities especially diabetes and hypertension

Understanding of the other health team professional
   

Understand the organisation of screening for eye problems in primary and secondary care and how to access it, e.g. diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, visual acuity testing, squint
   

Describe the services offered by the health promotion agencies, school health service, community eye clinics, orthoptist, optometrist, secondary care, social services and voluntary agencies, and know when referral is appropriate.