A. Factual (mainly clinical) knowledge

 

 

 By the end of the year, for each area the GPR needs to know about: Where best to learn?

Chronic disease management

Detection and early diagnosis.

Management.

Secondary prevention

  • how to delay progression

  • how to avoid complications.

  

Chronic disease

Asthma/COPD.

Diabetes/thyroid diabetes DRC on-line resource.

Hypertension/CHD/heart failure.

Epilepsy.

Depression.

Psychosis.

MUPS (medically unexplained physical symptoms) MUPS DRC on-line resource.

 Practice
Chronic disability Geriatrics.

OA.

MS.

Learning difficulties.

Stroke/head injuries.		 Practice

Malignant disease/palliative care

 See Dorothy House palliative care learning objectives. Separate course
Acute emergencies Asthma/COPD exacerbations. SHO years
Diabetic emergencies. SHO years
Cardiac emergencies
  • MI
  • arrhythmia
  • LVF
  • CPR.
 SHO years & Practice
Maternity. SHO years
Psychiatry
  • self-harm/suicide risk assessment
  • acute psychosis
  • Mental Health Act.
 SHO years & Practice
Anaphylaxis . Practice
First aid/trauma. SHO years
Infection
  • esp. Meningitis.
 SHO years & Practice
Miscellaneous
  • ophthalmic
  • airway
  • abdominal.
 Practice
Screening, prevention and health promotion Principles and national programmes
  • know Wilson’s criteria and be able to apply them
  • understand the national cervical and mammography screening programmes
  • know about the IHD and other NSFs.
 DRC
Discrete areas
  • be able to carry out Child Health Surveillance
  • know the principles of immunisation & vaccination
  • have a strategy for promoting sexual health
  • know and be able to apply the principles family planning.
 Outside Courses
Local applications
  • know how all of the above are implemented in their own practice
  • know how to run common primary prevention clinics
  • know the principles of drug monitoring
  • be aware of how to use computers in screening, prevention and promotion
  • know and be able to practice women’s medicine – preconception, antenatal, menopause care
  • know the principles of the following:
  •     prostate screening
  •     genetic cancer screening
  •     colon cancer screening.

 

 Practice

Transcribed by: Martyn Hewett and Alan Young

 

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