CPD & LEARNING
In this section we aim to bring together a wide range of resources to help meet your varied learning needs. You can also access the GP Curriculum Centre, where hundreds of articles are organised according to the RCGP curriculum, save your learning and notes in our free CPD Organiser, and test yourself at our new CPD website mycme.com.
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FEATURED CPD ACTIVITIES FROM MYCME.COM
GP Fact File: Post-herpetic neuralgia
This activity is a GP fact file covering the symptoms, risk factors and treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Probiotics
This activity discusses Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and probiotics.
Managing Gout
This pocket guide activity provides a guide to managing chronic, recurrent gout
Symptomatic treatment of arthritis
This MIMS musculoskeletal special supplement includes a series of articles looking at the symptomatic treatment of rheumatology diseases, with a focus on balancing the benefits and risks of treatment with NSAIDs.
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Managing Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
This activity provides a guide to diagnosing and managing obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
Skin Cancer: How to Differentiate Between Low-Risk and High-Risk Lesion
This webcast activity provides background to the diagnosis and management of skin cancer within primary care.
Insulin Therapy
This series of learning modules covers multiple aspects of insulin therapy and will enhance your disease awareness of diabetes.
Breakthrough Cancer Pain
This programme includes two video case studies on the use of sublingual fentanyl in breakthrough cancer pain (BTCP).
ARCHIVE OF CPD ARTICLES FROM GP
EARN 2.5 CPD CREDITS PER ARTICLE
Earn 2.5 credits for 2.5 hours of learning activity and reflection based on each of the articles below
Clinical Review - Postnatal depression
01 February 2012- CPD Article
By Dr Muffazal Rawala, specialist registrar in general adult psychiatry at South London and The Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London
Clinical Review - Heart failure
25 January 2012Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan, a cardiology specialty registrar in electrophysiology, North West Deanery, and British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellow.
Clinical Review - Eating disorders
18 January 2012Contributed by Dr Vibhav Shetty and Dr Dasha Nicholls, child and adolescent psychiatrists, Great Ormond Street Hospital feeding and eating disorders service, London.
Clinical Review - Mesenteric ischaemia
11 January 2012Contributed by Dr Kenneth Fung, CT1 doctor, London Deanery, and Mr Joseph Dawson, specialist registrar in vascular and general surgery, North East Thames Deanery
CPD ORGANISER
Earn CPD credits with GP newspaper
27 October 2011Specific articles in GP magazine and online are labelled with CPD credits to help GPs with learning requirements for revalidation.
How to use your free CPD Organiser on GPonline.com
21 February 2011Read this article to find out how to use the CPD Organiser for your continuing professional development and medical education. The CPD Organiser lets you add articles and pages from the internet, create notes, manage your learning in folders, claim C...
Adding external web pages to your CPD Organiser
20 April 2010Add any link from the internet to your CPD Organiser using a simple bookmark.
EARN 0.5 CPD CREDITS PER ARTICLE
Earn 0.5 credits for 30 minutes of learning activity and reflection based on each of the articles below
The Basics - Irritable bowel syndrome
01 February 2012Management of this common disorder should include dietary advice, writes Dr Zara Aziz.
Journals Watch - Osteoporosis, diabetes and BP
01 February 2012Too busy to read the journals? Let Dr Bryan Palmer bring you up to date on the latest research.
Journals Watch - Cellulitis and prostate biopsies
25 January 2012Not had time to read the journals? Let Dr Louise Newson bring you up to date on the latest research.
Appointment Systems - GPs' call-backs solve DNA problems
25 January 2012A Leicester practice achieved zero missed patient appointments one week last year.
LATEST NEWS ON REVALIDATION
Exclusive: GPs reject bid to make them fund remediation
09 January 2012More than two-thirds of GPs believe doctors who fail revalidation should not be forced to pay for their own remediation, a GP poll has revealed.
GMC warns introduction of revalidation not dependent on remediation
15 December 2011Revalidation should go ahead even if issues about who will carry out and pay for remediation have not been resolved, the GMC has said.
GPC will block revalidation unless remediation issues resolved
18 November 2011The GPC will block the implementation of revalidation unless the key issue of who will foot the bill for remediation has been resolved, the GPC chairman has warned.
GP TRAINING
GP Trainers - Assessing clinical observation tools COTs aim to assess and develop communication and interpersonal skills, says Dr Prashini Naidoo.
Medico-Legal - Duty to notify specified diseases The MDU's Dr Mike Devlin provides updated advice on how to deal with notifiable diseases.
Consultation Skills - Effective mental health consultations As demand continues to grow, Dr Martin Lindsay explains how to achieve more in consultations.
MRCGP - AKT practice questions Need help preparing for the applied knowledge test?
Consultation Skills - The somatising patient GPs can use strategies to help patients reattribute their explanations for ill health. By Dr Peter Tate
GP Trainers - Teaching medical students Planning lessons and varying teaching methods will help to engage students, says Dr Peter Washer
A Registrar Survival Guide - dealing with latecomers
01 December 2011Your surgery is running fairly smoothly, albeit you are 20 minutes behind. It appears that two patients have not attended, allowing you to catch up. A message appears from reception informing you that the two 'non-attenders' have arrived, apologised ...
GP Training - Academic general practice
01 December 2011Academia can provide a rewarding change from clinical practice, says Dr Mareeni Raymond.
Pictorial Case Study: dermatosis papulosa nigra
25 November 2011The case: This 48-year-old patient had been aware of a number of small, brown papules on the upper part of her chest ever since her teenage years. They had gradually spread and increased in number. The lesions were completely symptomless, but recentl...
Medico-legal - Patients' records after death
24 November 2011Relatives often request details from GPs about deceased patients, says MPS adviser Dr Rachel Birch.
Consultation Skills - Managing teenage pregnancies
17 November 2011GPs are the link between the services involved in caring for pregnant teenagers. By Dr Gillian Jenkins
New online resource for patients with learning disabilities
10 November 2011The new charity website easyhealth.org.uk has digitalised hundreds of health leaflets for patients with learning disabilities and is a great resource for GPs, says Dr Tom Coffey.
MRCGP: CSA practice case - Patient with insomnia
10 November 2011To be used individually or in a study group with someone playing the doctor, patient and assessor. Dr Prashini Naidoo provides this CSA practice case.
A Registrar Survival Guide - Two-week referral
03 November 2011GPs have a crucial role in the detection of cancer, and one of the most important tools for this is the 'two-week referral' guideline.
Consultation Skills - Demonstrating professionalism
03 November 2011Professional skills, such as calmness under pressure, are attained through training.
Pictorial Case Study - Sister Mary Joseph nodules
27 October 2011Contributed by Dr Gwen Lewis, a GP in Windsor, Berkshire.
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