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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]

Mental health Direct link to the Mental health reference material

Symptoms:

 

Tired all the time, insomnia, anxiety, depression, multiple somatic complaints, dizziness, palpitations, paraesthesiae, abdominal pain (children), early signs of possible psychotic illness.

Common and/or important conditions: 

 

depression
 

eating disorders
 

anxiety disorders
 

ADHD
 

post-traumatic stress disorder
 

Alcohol and drug misuse

Investigations: 

 

Use of depression rating scales, and other aids in the evaluation of possible diagnosis and severity

Emergency care:
 

Threatened or attempted suicide
 

delirium
 

psychosis
 

panic
 

aggressive or violent patients
 

drug overdose and alcohol withdrawal

Treatment:
 

Pharmacology, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and simple behavioural techniques, problem-solving therapy and basis of systemic and strength-focused therapies, self-administered therapy.

Prevention:
 

Mental health promotion, especially children, families and adolescents
 

Screening of all language-delayed children for autism
 

Early intervention in psychosis

Understanding of the other health team professional
   

The family of the patient
   

Members of the primary healthcare team including receptionists
   

counsellors
   

Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) worker
   

Specialist mental health services and non-medical agencies (non-professional, lay or voluntary resources)