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Starting in ST3

Milestones for your Year in General Practice

Written by Dr Tracey Collins

Overall Objectives for ST3 Year based in General Practice

Pass Deanery Annual Review of Competency Progress Panel final review and achieve nMRCGP and Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) by:
- Satisfactory completion of 30 and 36 month review with your Educational Supervisor
- Assessments completed
- Pass in Applied Knowledge Test
- Pass in Clinical Skills Assessment
- Competency in Out of Hours Training
- Eight Point Audit
- Significant Event Analysis - (SEA) one every four months
- Complete KSS Leadership Module - Leadership is now in all the specialty curricula and KSS strongly supports the teaching of leadership skills. It is expected that all ST3 trainees will undertake leadership activities and receive a formative assessment of their leadership competencies during the course of the year. This will be documented at ARCP.
- CPR and AED training
- Submission of learning log that shows educational activity across the GP Curriculum (2 entries per week minimum)
Growing knowledge base that is relevant to GP Curriculum:
- Use RCGP Curriculum Map
- Ensure learning log reflects required knowledge base
Acquire Core Clinical Skills:
- Become familiar with skills section of e-portfolio
- Use DOPS (Direct Observed Procedure Skills) assessments
- Make sure foundation programme DOPS complete
Develop Competency in 12 GP professional competency areas
- Regular tutorial with GP Trainer
- Regular feedback on and assessment of performance
- Joint surgeries with Trainer
- Exposure to whole Primary Health Care Team
- Multi Source Feedback from clinical and non clinical staff
- Feedback from patients
- Audit
- Significant event analysis
Attend Deanery VTS Scheme:
Weekly attendance at VTS half day teaching at St Peter's
Training in Out of Hours:
- CPR and AED training
- Attend 72 hours of supervised training sessions
- Deemed competent in providing out of hours service by evidence of above