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Click here to find a range of information and resources to help you meet the learning requirements of the RCGP curriculum, for the MRCGP exam, CPD and revalidation
There are many online resources aimed at primary healthcare professionals in the UK. However, it can sometimes be difficult to know which one to use and what services each one offer. Here is a brief review of the mostly commonly used or most useful resources. Many of the resources will track your use of the site and provide you with evidence of the information you accessed for your revalidation portfolio.
The college is working in collaboration with the GMC to develop the revalidation process for GPs, and the new e learning packages support the revalidation requirements.
The new Essential General Practice Updates initiative is designed to provide for GPs a structured learning activity that will enable them to assimilate and apply new and changing knowledge, relevant to their clinical practice, as part of their CPD. http://www.rcgp.org.uk/practising_as_a_gp/essential_general_practice.aspx
e-GP is a joint project between the Royal College of General Practitioners and e-Learning for Healthcare to develop a comprehensive programme of e-learning modules to support General Practice education. The e-learning in e-GP consists of a range of interactive e-learning sessions and ‘virtual consultations’, designed to underpin the RCGP curriculum. Access to e-GP will be rolled out to all GP Specialty Trainees in autumn 2008, and during 2009 will be extended to all NHS GPs to support continuing professional development. http://www.e-lfh.org.uk/Projects/General-Practitioners.aspx
www.onmedica.net was formed by merging ukpractice.net and medideskonline.com. The philosophy behind the site is to provide robust evidenced based learning resources that may help improve clinical practice. It also aims to put provide current evidence about new drugs and to relate these to daily clinical practice. It does provide a wide range of GP-oriented materials and aims to provide a framework where all learning (both offline and online) can be recorded in addition to providing information on key issues that may affect patient care. The site is an online learning portal that provides a number of free resources primarily aimed at GPs. The resources serve to provide general reference and also can be used as part of a personal Development plan (PDP). A PDP Tracker tool is available for use on the site. This allows items read on the website (and other learning activities) to be recorded under the GMC PDP headings and also integrated into other applications such as the NHS Appraisal Toolkit. The site includes articles on various topics related to GPs, a journal round-up, training, medical news and interactive courses and cases which are flexible in that they can be stopped and started allowing flexible working. On passing a module a certificate is awarded that can be printed out or added to the PDP. The site is completely free to use and offers loyalty points to regular users that can be redeemed for a variety of products and services. It is able to provide free independent content by offering sponsored presentations (optional) to doctors on various clinically related topics in the Medicines Interactive section of the site. There is also a limited amount of other sponsored material on the site (e.g. educational modules, but these are always clearly marked).
www.gpnotebook.co.uk is clearly aimed at GPs and is an excellent resource to use whilst in a consultation. The content is linked together in a very intuitive way that allows finding information easy. The search facility seems to always find what you need. It is primarily an online encyclopaedia of medical conditions but also allows a PDP tracking facility.
www.gmc-uk.org
www.pmetb.org.uk
www.nhs.uk
www.bma.org.uk
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