Contacts and Links

Other links:

http://www.rcgp.org.uk/exam/index.asp - all about the MRCGP exam

East of England Deanery - the Eastern Deanery general practice page, start here, this is where you apply for the scheme

LOCAL SITES RELEVANT TO GP TRAINING

Clinical Skills Unit - Cambridge - Yomi McEwen and Jonathan Silverman's website for all things related to teaching communication skills

Southend Hospital - Our local general hospital, where the SHO posts are based

NHS South Essex - PCT - Our local primary care trust covering Southend

USEFUL RESOURCES:

http://www.patient.co.uk/pils.asp - Lots of useful patient information leaflets to printout

http://www.rcgp.org.uk/ - Information about the nMRCGP exam

NHS Evidence - National Library for Health – has links to Bandolier, BNF, NICE, Cochrane, Prodigy etc

http://www.gp-training.net/ - Excellent teaching resources from Well Close surgery.

BMJ Learning - Up to date and evidence based learning resources on a large number of areas.

http://www.eoedeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?page_id=127 - Advice for GP trainers and GP registrars including GP Registrar appointment form and GP Registrar contract.

Basildon VTS - Useful downloads from Basildon VTS website.

http://www.rcgp.org.uk/default.aspx?page=1103 - Essex Faculty of RCGP

PODCASTS

BBC Radio 4 - Case Notes - Large number of wonderful half hour programmes to listen to on subjects in primary care.

http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts/ - Audio summaries of selected reviews from the Cochrane Library

http://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/subscribe/netcast.cfm - Summaries of Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/allinthemind.shtml - about ten half hour programmes to listen to on psychiatric subjects

ATHENS ACCOUNT

To get a NHS Athens account, username and password.

Register for free at:

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  • Access to hundreds of Journals and ebooks

  • Access to the worlds most comprehensive resources

  • Your own personal space to your favourite resources

  • A simpler way to repeat your searches

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CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE SUMMARIES WEBSITE

This is available without the need for a username and password.

Clinical Knowledge Summaries

The Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) are an online source of practical, evidence-based and up-to-date knowledge about the common conditions managed in primary and first contact care. CKS covers around 200 ‘top-level’ clinical topics on common acute and chronic illnesses and disease prevention, and provides information on how to manage more than 500 clinical situations or scenarios. Each topic is structured around real-life clinical questions about management, diagnosis, complications, prognosis, incidence/prevalence, risk factors and causes.