Educational Resources

Below are some links to resources you may find useful throughout your training.

Guidance for satisfactory progression

Please also see the information on the MRCGP page.

• E-portfolio guidance for satisfactory progression (pdf)
• Improving feedback and reflection to improve learning. A practical guide for trainees and trainers (AOMRC guidance)
• Super Condensed GP Curriculum Guides

Child Safeguarding

Scotland Deanery Level 3 Child Safeguarding Guidance

RCGP require certified evidence of Child Safeguarding to level 3 at final ARCP to allow the award of a CCT.  Certification can be from a course attended or an on-line module e.g RCPCH eLfH child protection modules. 

Where formal learning has taken place to meet the requirements for level 3 and a certificate has not been issued, NHS Education for Scotland has produced a certificate that can be completed by the trainee and countersigned by the Educational Supervisor.   

Either the RCPCH certificate or the NES Certificate requires to be uploaded as an attachment to a learning log under the heading Courses/certificates and labelled Safeguarding Children.  This must be present for final ARCP.

 

Training in OOH

Guidance documents (Generic for Scotland)

SEA Advice

Participation in SEA is a requirement for all GPs in training and after CCT for revalidation purposes. It is an important tool for improving patient safety, and promoting quality improvement. The links below provide some information on this process.

• Learning from Significant Events (pdf)
• NES Enhanced SEA process and forms

Patient Safety in Primary Care on TURAS

Quality Improvement in Primary Care

1. Quality Improvement in Primary Care: What to do and how to do it.

Electronic vesion of booklet now launched. Available on NES Patient Safety Zone and through NES GP website. Publicised via NES twitter Account and next Deanery newsletter.

1. E-module: Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics now released.

 In addition, three separate but complementary multi-disciplinary workshops will be delivered at regional locations across Scotland from September 2018 onwards on:

1. Why do things go wrong (and right) in complex care systems.
2. How to respond when things go wrong in complex care systems
3. Human Factors Taster Sessions.

These workshops are free and would be suitable go GPST’s who wished to attend. Dates will be put on the patient safety zone towards the end of July.

 E -module for early identification of  Sepsis – National Early warning Score (NEWS) in NHS Scotland now available on TURAS  and updated NEWS ‘App’ now released for android and apple phones.

Here are some other articles about patient safety, which you may find useful in your training. 

• Leadership and Implementing a Safety Culture (pdf)
• Reporting and Learning from Harmful Incidents (pdf)
• Building a Safety and Improvement Culture in Primary Care (pdf)
• Safety Checklist for GPSTs (doc)
• Safety Rating Scale for GPSTs (doc)

Prescribing Resources

There are various valuable GP prescribing information bulletins identified below.  Some information is generic and some is specific to a particular health board prescribing list. It is worth checking any of them but specifically the ones relating to where you are working

East of Scotland

•  Formulary | East Region Formulary (nhs.scot)- for GP practices in Lothian, Borders and Fife

Tayside

• Tayside Prescribing Bulletins - for GP practices in Tayside, see under news and then the GP bulletins for useful prescribing information

West of Scotland

• Greater Glasgow & Clyde Prescribing - for GP practices in Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Ayrshire & Arran Prescribing - for GP practices in Ayrshire and Arran
• Dumfries & Galloway Prescribing - for GP practices in Dumfries & Galloway
• Lanarkshire Prescribing Formulary - for GP practices in Lanarkshire
• Forth Valley Prescribing Formulary - For GP practices in Forth Valley

North of Scotland

• Grampian Prescribing Information - for GP practices in Grampian
• Highlands and Islands Prescribing Formulary - for prescribing in Highlands and Islands

 

 

British National Formulary 

This includes the online resources and access to the apps for both adults and children formularies. Be aware that you may need to also check the local formularies for the relevant list of local drugs of choice

BNF

Knowledge Network

The NES Knowledge Network provides very useful point of care resources and guidance on literature searching. An athens login is required to access resources - contact the knowledge network team if you do not have a login or if it has expired. 

Leadership and Management Programme (LaMP)

The LaMP programme provides training in leadership and management skills, an important area within the RCGP curriculum. 

Trigger Tool Documentation

Trigger tool is another tool for quality improvement, which involves systematic review of a small batch of patient records. These links below provide information and guidance on this process, which you might want to consider as a quality improvement project. 

 

• Trigger Tool : Practical Guidance (doc)
• Trigger Review Presentation (ppt)
• Learning & Improvement (pdf)
• Trigger Review Summary Report (pdf)

Lothian Eye Health Network

Lothian Eye Health Network

A useful resource for those working in Lothian Health Board practices to get Ophthalmology curriculum coverage

Guidance for Use of Recorded Patient Consultations

Please click here for GDPR guidance on the use of recorded patient consultations.

 

Recorded Consultation Consent Form