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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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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"

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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]

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[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]


Dermatology Direct link to the Dermatology reference material

Symptoms:

 

Rashes

 

 Hair loss

 

A disorder of their nails

 

Itch (also known as pruritus)

 

Pigmented skin lesions

 

Signs of infections of the skin

 

Bruising or purpura

 

Lumps in and under the skin

 

Photosensitivity and the red face

Common and/or important conditions: 

 

Eczema

 

Psoriasis

 

Generalised pruritus

 

Urticaria and vasculitis

 

Acne and rosacea

 

Infections (bacterial, viral and fungal)

 

Infestations including scabies and head lice

 

Leg ulcers and lymphoedema

 

Skin tumours (benign and malignant)

 

Disorders of hair and nails

 

Drug eruptions

 

Other less common conditions such as the bullous disorders, lichen planus, vitiligo, photosensitivity, pem-phigus, pemphigoid, discoid lupus, granuloma annulare and lichen sclerosus.

Investigations: 

 

Ability to take specimens for mycology from skin, hair and nail

 

Basic interpretation of histology reports

 

Skin biopsy

Emergency care:

 

angioedema and anaphylaxis

 

meningococcal sepsis

 

disseminated herpes simplex

 

erythroderma

 

pustular psoriasis

 

severe nodulo-cystic acne

 

toxic epidermal necrolysis

 

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

 

necrotising fasciitis

Treatment:

 

Principles of protective care (sun care, occupational health and hand care)

 

An awareness of specialised treatments, such as retinoids, ciclosporin, phototherapy and methotrexate

 

The indications for, and the skills to perform, curettage, cautery and cryosurgery

Prevention:

 

 Sun exposure

 

Fixed factors: family history and genetics

 

Occupation and care of the hands