BEING A GENERAL PRACTITIONER
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SIX DOMAINS OF CORE COMPETENCE
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Primary care management
Person centred care
Scientific problem solving skills
A comprehensive approach
Community orientation
A holistic approach
THREE ESSENTIAL APPLICATION FEATURES
Contextual
Using the context of the person, the family, the community and their
culture
Attitudinal
Basing actions on the doctor’s professional capabilities, values and
ethics
Scientific
Adopting a critical and research based approach to practice and
maintaining this through continuing learning and quality improvement
SUGGESTED READING
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The RCGP curriculum website : www.rcgp-curriculum.org.uk
BMJ
BJGP
Education for Primary Care
Evidence Based Medicine
JAMA
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
The Lancet
Medical Education
Work Based Learning in Primary Care
Clinical Knowledge Summaries : http://cks.library.nhs.uk
Provides updates evidence based summaries of clinical knowledge aimed to
support health professionals working in primary care, incorporating PRODIGY
guidance
Doctors.net : www.doctors.net.uk
Range of educational resources including online textbooks and databases, a
Journal watch service and wide range of accredited learning modules
GPNotebook : www.gpnotebook.co.uk
Online encyclopaedia and educational modules
The National Library for Health : www.library.nhs.uk
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Includes key sources of evidence (Bandolier, Clinical Knowledge Summaries,
Cochrane Library) a guidelines finder, NICE guidance, NLH protocols and
Care Pathways, books, journals and bibliographical databases, image banks,
patient resources (PIPEX, NHS Direct Online, Patient.co.uk) and prescribing
resources inclding BNF and BNF for children
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