The official guide to the new RCGP Curriculum and the nMRCGP for all trainee GPs, trainers and educators.

The Condensed Curriculum Guide is the official and essential companion to the new RCGP Curriculum for Specialty Training for General Practice, covering the knowledge, skills and attitudes that every GP specialty registrar must now master to become an effective doctor in general practice.

This invaluable book:

* makes the curriculum accessible by condensing it into its core educational material, providing practical guidance on how to learn and teach it.

* explains how to successfully complete the nMRGGP, providing essential information on how the new assessments work and practical advice on how candidates can best prepare.

* summarises each of the 32 curriculum statements and identifies the key knowledge and skills required for each area of general practice.

* provides a comprehensive checklist for those learning or teaching the GP curriculum.

* takes a pragmatic approach, pointing readers towards useful sources of information and giving useful tips on learning in everyday practice situations.

* offers invaluable advice on learning all aspects of general practice, including:

- the core competences of being a GP
- the consultation
- professional and ethical standards
- evidence-based medicine
- patient safety
- practice management
- the diagnosis and treatment of everyday clinical problems in primary care.

"General practice needs this book. But much more importantly and indirectly, so do our patients. After all, high quality General Practice is of vital importance to patients everywhere. GPs really do make a difference."
Professor David Haslam - President, RCGP

* GP Specialty Registrars
* Associates in Training
* GP Trainers / Tutors
* Course Organisers
* VTS Programme Directors
* GP Educators

Written by a team of authors who have an in-depth knowledge of the new curriculum from a trainee and trainer's perspective: Ben Riley and Jayne Haynes are recently trained GPs who understand the daily realities of learning general practice and know how to succeed at assessments (both successfully achieving MRCGP distinctions). Professor Steve Field is leader of the RCGP's Professional Development Board and spearheaded the introduction of the RCGP curriculum for specialty training.

Part 1 - The Curriculum Guide

1. Introducing the curriculum
2. Understanding the curriculum
3. Learning the curriculum
4. Teaching the curriculum
5. Succeeding at the nMRCGP

Part 2 - The Condensed Curriculum

6. The core competences
7. The essential knowledge
8. Appendix 1: curriculum domains grid for planning learning activities
9. Appendix 2: common GP topics mapped to the relevant curriculum statements.