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

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Locality based learning

[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]     

Whole day learning 

[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]


Learning disabilities   Direct link to the Learning disabilities curriculum

Material specific for the Nottingham VTS

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Relevant texts and resources

  • BEANGE H, LENNOX N, PARMENTER T. Health targets for people with learning disabilities J Intellect Dev Disability 1999; 24(4): 283–97

  • LINDSAY P. Care of Patients with Learning Disabilities Update Series, 2003

  • PIACHAUD J. Teaching learning disability to undergraduate students Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2002; 8: 334–41

  • PHILLIPS A, MORRISON J, DAVIS RW. General practitioners’ educational needs in intellectual disability health J Intellect Disabil Res 2002; 48: 142–9

  • VAN SCHROJENSTEIN LANTMAN-DE VALK HM, METSEMAKERS JF, HAVEMAN MJ, CREBOLDER HF. Health problems in people with intellectual disability in general practice: a comparative study Fam Pract 2000; 17(5): 405–7

Web resources

References

  • NIRJE B. The normalisation principle and its human management implications. In: Flynn RJ and Nitsch KE (eds). Normalisation, Social Integration and Community Services Baltimore: University Park Press

  • DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Valuing People: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century London: Department of Health, 2001

  • WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. ICD10 Manual Geneva: WHO, 1992

  • AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. DSM-IV Arlington: American Psychiatric Association, 1994

  • VAN SCHROJENSTEIN LANTMAN-DE VALK HM, METSEMAKERS JF, HAVEMAN MJ, CREBOLDER HF. Health problems in people with intellectual disability in general practice: a comparative study Fam Pract 2000; 17(5): 405–7

  • SMITH K, SHAH A, WRIGHT K, LEWIS G. The prevalence and costs of psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities Br J Psychiatry 1995; 166(1): 9-18 7

  • HOLLINS S, ATTARD MT, VON FRAUNHOFER N, MCGUIGAN S, SEDGWICK P. Mortality in people with learning disability: risks, causes and death certification findings in London Dev Med Child Neurol 1998; 40(1): 50–6

  • RCGP WORKING PARTY. Primary Care for People with a Mental Handicap. Occasional Paper 47. London: RCGP, 1990

  • Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for Adults with Developmental Disability, www.pasadd.co.uk [accessed January 2007]

  • Mencap. ‘Treat Me Right.’ Better healthcare for people with a learning disability London: Mencap, 2004, www.mencap.org.uk/treatmeright

  • DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION. Equal Treatment: closing the gap. A formal investigation into health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities or mental health problems Stratford Upon Avon: DRC, 2005, www.drc-gb.org/health

  • BEANGE H, LENNOX N, PARMENTER T. Health targets for people with an intellectual disability J Intellect Dev Disabil 1999; 24(4): 283–97

  • DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Care Standards Act, Sect 23(1), (2000), National Minimum Standard 19.4 National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Younger Adults Dec 2001 London: HMSO, 2001

  • NICE. Clinical Guidelines 20: the epilepsies London: NICE, p. 18

  • WORKING GROUP OF IASSID. Clinical guidelines for the management of epilepsy in adults with an intellectual disability Seizure 2001; 10: 401–9

  • MACKEAN S, HEYMAN B, SWAIN J, GILLMAN M. Primary Health Care for Adults with Learning Difficulties, 1999, www.city.ac.uk/sonm/dps/research/research_reports/heyman_b/phcald.pdf

  • NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY. The Role of Doctors in Treating People with Learning Disability, www.ncl.ac.uk/nnp/teaching/disorders/learning/ld_role.html   [accessed January 2007]

  • KERR M. Intellectual disabilities assessment in primary care Psychiatry 2003; 2: 9