This new edition of the MRCGP Study Guide has been purposely revised and updated to comprehensively cover every aspect of the membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners. It takes you through all the main medical topics fundamental to general practice, all relevant non- clinical areas, and then finally tests you with an AKT and CSA style examination. All the information you need in one place. This guide can be used as a source of reference, and for revising, to ensure you are perfectly prepared. It saves you the colossal amount of time you would otherwise need to cover the same ground.

This greatly expanded, revised and updated guide comprehensively covers every aspect of the new format membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Its new format includes current treatment issues and the latest research, and is divided into three parts covering main medical topics, non-clinical areas, and ambiguous topics and exam questions for the registrar year. Concise and easy to read, covering a wide range of skills and approaches that are used daily by general practitioners, it will serve well as a useful resource for personal and professional development. This i.

This new edition of the MRCGP Study Guide has been purposely revised and updated to comprehensively cover every aspect of the membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners. This guide can be used as a source of reference, and for revising.

Highly Commended in the 2005 BMA Medical Book Competition The first edition of The Inner Apprentice proved to be a landmark publication. Now in its second edition, it includes an additional chapter in which questions the assumptions about the relevance of awareness-based teaching in the overcrowded curriculum of contemporary vocational training - and suggests that the curiosity they engender is more important than ever. This book offers many new ideas, techniques and educational tools, and will be of interest to general practice trainers and trainees, and anyone involved in an individual teaching relationship.

Tomorrow's general practitioners will inhabit a world of ever greater sophistication and complexity. New skills will be demanded to manage the changing expectations of patients and governments. In an age of information overload, new patterns of creative, intelligent working will need to develop. This book provides a framework, illustrated by practical examples, for such a career path to develop and be supported. It examines a number of innovative schemes which highlight varied ways forward, both for training and personal enrichment. It addresses not only the need of today's young doctors, but also the question of how to equip all general practitioners for the challenges of the future.

This text describes how to develop an effective consulting style which makes the practice of medicine more effective and more rewarding.

Notes for the MRCGP This classic book has been providing help for candidates of the MRCGP exam for over 20 years. Now fully updated for UK trained doctors wishing to obtain a Certificate of Completion of Training in General Practice, this new edition covers all three required components of the integrated assessment programme. It provides sample questions for the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT), practice cases for Clinical Skill Assessment (CSA) and a guide to Workplace Based Assessment (WPBA). The chapters follow the 16 sections of the RCGP curriculum and include summaries of the current evidence base with clinical guidelines, examination tips, revision tactics, and advice on where to get support – but not just at the crucial time of exams – it includes invaluable information for GPs starting their first year in practice and helps provide the “life skills” needed to be a GP, including topics relevant for the rest of a GP’s career and their “continuing professional development” – appraisal, revalidation, managing change, teamwork, burnout, and other areas of self care.

"CSA Revision Notes for the MRCGP" provides the reader with an effective framework for preparing for the Clinical Skills Assessment exam. Written by a recently-qualified doctor with fresh memories of the CSA exam, the book is an essential aid for anyone getting ready to sit the exam. The book is divided into medical subject areas and each section works through the personal, data gathering, diagnostic and clinical management skills required to pass the CSA exam. Each section finishes with role play scenarios so you can test your abilities with a colleague. The book is an essential revision source for anyone preparing for the CSA exam.