Planning a Teaching Episode

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 494-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vibhore Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Guidance Document ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
New Models ◽  
Teaching Episode

The ability to teach as a doctor in general practice (GP) is not only a requirement for the GP curriculum but is increasingly being recognized as a key skill for any doctor in the modern National Health Service (NHS). The recent guidance document from the General Medical Council, ‘Duties of a doctor’ clearly states: ‘Teaching, training, appraising and assessing doctors and students are important for the care of patients now and in the future. You should be willing to contribute to these activities’. Long gone are the days when doctors were expected to know all they needed to know simply because they were doctors. New models of working and the drive for all new alternative providers of medical services practices to offer training mean that the ability to teach is also an attractive skill for you to offer to future employers. The types of people involved in teaching and learning in primary care are now more diverse than ever before. Working in a multidisciplinary team with other colleagues brings unique challenges that could see you feeling out of your comfort zone. This article will help you to feel more prepared to teach others, using the example of teaching about asthma.

scholarly journals PMETB AND Me Or How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love Article 14

2011 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-103
Author(s):  
R Raychowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Postgraduate Medical Education ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Medical Education And Training ◽  
And Training

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) was established by an act of Parliament in 2003, to set standards for postgraduate medical education and training and to ensure that those standards are met. On 30 September 2005 PMETB took over the functions of the Specialist Training Authority and the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice. Under article 14(4) of the regulations governing PMETB, doctors whose training or qualifications and experience, considered together, meet the requirements of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) programme in one of the standard CCT specialties, may apply to PMETB for a statement of eligibility for registration. This in turn allows application to the General Medical Council for admission to the specialist register.

Changes in surgical consent practices for common otolaryngology procedures: impact of Modernising Medical Careers

2010 ◽  
Vol 124 (8) ◽  
pp. 899-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Puwanarajah ◽  
S E McDonald
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Elective Surgery ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Consent Forms ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Medical Careers ◽  
Patient Consent ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractObjectives:To assess elective surgery consent practices amongst senior house officers from a selection of UK ENT departments, and to compare results with similar surveys in 2002 and 2005.Methods:A telephone survey of senior house officers in 40 UK ENT departments was conducted to assess departmental consent policies and knowledge of complications of common ENT operations.Results:A total of 77.5 per cent of responding senior house officers were responsible for consenting, reduced from 92.5 per cent in 2002 (p = 0.06). There had been a significant improvement in the use of patient information sheets, from 25 per cent of departments in 2002 to 65 per cent in 2008 (p = 0.0002). There had been no improvement in training or in the use of standard National Health Service consent forms, and the senior house officers' knowledge of specific complications remained poor. Of the senior house officers surveyed, 37.5 per cent were foundation trainees.Conclusions:There has been some improvement in information delivery to patients during the consent process, in accordance with General Medical Council, Department of Health and Modernising Medical Careers guidelines. However, most senior house officers are still required to obtain patient consent without appropriate training.

scholarly journals Working with MAPPA: ethics and pragmatics

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Taylor ◽  
Jessica Yakeley
Keyword(s):  
General Medical Council ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Guidance Document ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
List Type ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Political Background ◽  
And Function

SUMMARYMulti-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) have been in operation for around 18 years in England and Wales. The primary purpose is for the sharing of information between agencies regarding the risk management of offenders returning to the community from custodial and hospital settings. The legal framework regarding information by psychiatrists is not dealt with in one single policy or guidance document. Psychiatrists must use their clinical and professional judgement when engaging with the MAPPA process, mindful of guidance available from professional bodies such as the Royal College of Psychiatrists, General Medical Council and British Medical Association.LEARNING OBJECTIVESAfter reading this article you will be able to: •Learn the legal and political background that led to the formation of MAPPA•Understand the structure and function of MAPPA•Understand the role of psychiatrists in the MAPPA processDECLARATION OF INTERESTR.T. is a member of the London Strategic Management Board for MAPPA.

Changes in medical education

1997 ◽  
Vol 86 (03) ◽  
pp. 152-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
General Practice ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Curriculum Changes

AbstractOver the last few years, apparent dissatisfaction with undergraduate medical education has stimulated some medical schools to change their curricula to varying degrees, both in content and philosophy. In line with Government thinking on a primary care led National Health Service, the change has stimulated use of general practice and the community as an educational resource. This paper describes the curriculum changes in one medical school and the opportunities that have arisen, allowing homoeopathy to be taught at an early stage of student development.

scholarly journals Comparing international postgraduate training and healthcare context with the UK to streamline overseas GP recruitment: four case studies

BJGP Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. bjgpopen20X101034
Author(s):  
Emily Fletcher ◽  
John Campbell ◽  
Emma Pitchforth ◽  
Adrian Freeman ◽  
Leon Poltawski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
General Practice ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gp Training

BackgroundThere are ambitious overseas recruitment targets to alleviate current GP shortages in the UK. GP training in European Economic Area (EEA) countries is recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC) as equivalent UK training; non-EEA GPs must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), demonstrating equivalence to UK-trained GPs. The CEGPR may be a barrier to recruiting GPs from non-EEA countries. It is important to facilitate the most streamlined route into UK general practice while maintaining registration standards and patient safety.AimTo apply a previously published mapping methodology to four non-EEA countries: South Africa, US, Canada, and New Zealand.Design & settingDesk-based research was undertaken. This was supplemented with stakeholder interviews.MethodThe method consisted of: (1) a rapid review of 13 non-EEA countries using a structured mapping framework, and publicly available website content and country-based informant interviews; (2) mapping of five ‘domains’ of comparison between four overseas countries and the UK (healthcare context, training pathway, curriculum, assessment, and continuing professional development (CPD) and revalidation). Mapping of the domains involved desk-based research. A red, amber, or green (RAG) rating was applied to indicate the degree of alignment with the UK.ResultsAll four countries were rated ‘green’. Areas of differences that should be considered by regulatory authorities when designing streamlined CEGPR processes for these countries include: healthcare context (South Africa and US), CPD and revalidation (US, Canada, and South Africa), and assessments (New Zealand).ConclusionMapping these four non-EEA countries to the UK provides evidence of utility of the systematic method for comparing GP training between countries, and may support the UK’s ambitions to recruit more GPs to alleviate UK GP workforce pressures.

Inculcating candour and trust

2014 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 104-105
Author(s):  
Norman Williams
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Professional Duty

I was recently asked, along with Sir David Dalton, to review the government’s intention to bring in a statute of candour relating to adverse events that cause patients harm for all organisations providing healthcare in England. This statute will pertain only to institutions (including those delivering primary care) and not individuals, although of course all doctors have a professional duty to be candid to their patients, as required by the General Medical Council.

The Informal Rationing of Primary Medical Care

1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Foster
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Primary Medical Care ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Primary Care Sector ◽  
Welfare Agencies

ABSTRACTAll social services are rationed, yet the effects of such rationing on the client are rarely fully explored. This article reviews the evidence on the existence of informal rationing devices in general practice. It examines the effects on patients of a wide range of informal rationing devices now used by individual general practitioners. Various suggestions for reforming the present rationing of primary medical care are evaluated and the likelihood of any reform being carried out is assessed. Although this article concentrates solely on rationing in the primary care sector of the National Health Service, the issues discussed are relevant to most welfare agencies as they are presently organized.

scholarly journals Pre-registration house officer training in psychiatry: the London experience

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 192-194
Author(s):  
Joe Herzberg ◽  
Maryanne Aitken ◽  
Fiona Moss
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
General Medical Council ◽  
House Officer ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Officer Training ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Target Skills ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Aims and MethodTo evaluate whether new pre-registration house officer posts in psychiatry deliver training leading to increased confidence in target skills, based on General Medical Council requirements, and to evaluate trainees' satisfaction with these posts. A structured questionnaire was filled out by the first nine incumbents of the PRHO posts before and after the placements.ResultsTrainees' confidence improved in all the target skills and the posts were all rated as good or excellent. The posts attracted trainees who were potentially interested in a career in psychiatry or general practice.Clinical ImplicationsPRHO posts in psychiatry deliver training that meets General Medical Council objectives, and trainees' confidence with core psychiatric skills improves after undertaking the placements.

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