[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]                    

[Teaching, mentorship and clinical supervision]

Consultation   Direct link to the Consultation curriculum

Material specific for the Nottingham VTS

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Relevant texts and resources

• BERNE E. Games People Play London: Penguin, 1964

• BYRNE P AND LONG B. Doctors Talking to Patients London: HMSO, 1976

• GIDEKEL L, TOPOLEVSKI L, ABECASIS G, GIOVANNONI A. Balint group operation in internal medicine residents of an emergency hospital. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Balint Congress Southport: Limited Edition Press, 1998, pp. 134–50

• GOLEMAN D. Emotional Intelligence London: Bloomsbury, 1996

• KURTZ S, SILVERMAN J, DRAPER J. Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine (2nd edn) Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004

• MCWHINNEY I. The physician as healer: the legacy of Michael Balint. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Balint Congress Southport: Limited Edition Press, 1998, pp. 63–9

• MARINKER M. Myth, paradox and the hidden curriculum Med Educ 1997; 31: 293–8

• MATTHEWS P, SKELTON J, WISKIN C, FIELD S. Sex-Lives and Videotape. Sexual history taking in primary care Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1999

• MIDLAND FACULTY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. Consulting: communication skills for general practitioners Birmingham: Midland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2005

• NEIGHBOUR R. The Inner Consultation Lancaster: MTP, 1987

• PENDLETON D, SCHOFIELD T, TATE P, HAVELOCK P. The Consultation: an approach to learning and teaching Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984

• PENDLETON D, SCHOFIELD T, TATE P, HAVELOCK P. The New Consultation: developing doctor–patient communication Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003

• ROTER DL, STEWART M, PUTNAM SM, LIPKIN M JR,STILES W, INUI TS. Communication patterns of primary care physicians JAMA 1997; 277: 350–6

• SALINSKY J AND SACKIN P. What are You Feeling Doctor? Identifying and avoiding defensive patterns in the consultation Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000

• SILVERMAN J, KURTZ S, DRAPER J. Skills for Communicating with Patients (2nd edn) Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004

• SKELTON J, FIELD S, WISKIN C, TATE P. Those Things you Say … Consultation Skills and the MRCGP Examination Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1998

• STEWART I AND JOINES V. TA Today: a new introduction to transactional analysis Nottingham: Lifespace Publishing, 1987

• STOTT NC AND DAVIS RH. The exceptional potential in each primary care consultation J R Coll Gen Pract 1979; 29: 201–5

• TATE P. The Doctor’s Communication Handbook (4th edn) Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002

• WORKING PARTY OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. The Triaxial Model of the Consultation London: RCGP, 1972

Web resources

• The Balint Society www.balint.co.uk