Essential General Practice Update
Welcome to our first pilot of the Essential General Practice
(EGP) update programme. Our first EGP Update consists of 20
items. Most should be relevant to your practice – wherever
you practise in the UK, whatever stage of your career you’re at, or
if you work as a GP partner/principal or salaried GP or locum in an
inner city or rural practice.
We appreciate you helping us to trial this pilot programme.
Before you start on the 20 EGP Update items, read through the
introduction section. You might want to look at the introductory
section which presents the 20 clinical scenarios and self
assessment questions to test your knowledge of the areas covered in
this EGP Update programme. Then you could focus down on the EGP
Update items where you have the most learning needs if you prefer,
rather than working through the contents of the whole
programme.’
Please click on introduction below to learn more.
Contents:
What is EGP Update about?
Working through EGP Update
Contents of the EGP Update
Internal RCGP resources
External resources
The self assessment section
Learning Tools
EGP Update Items:
Opioids for Chronic Lower Back
Pain
Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment
of chronic asthma in children under the age of 12 years
Urinary tract
infection in children
Deep Vein Thrombosis
The Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007
(England and Wales)
Ezetimibe for the Treatment of Primary
(Heterozygous-Familial and Non-Familial)
Hypercholesterolaemia
Secondary Prevention in Primary and
Secondary Care for Patients Following a Myocardial Infarction
(MI)
Atopic eczema in children: management of
atopic eczema in children from birth up to the age of 12
years
The Assessment of Pain in Older
People
Bronchiolitis in Infants
Management of Cervical Cancer
Feverish illness in children: assessment
and initial management in children younger than five years
The prevention, testing, treatment and
management of hepatitis C in primary care
Varenicline for Smoking
Cessation
The prevention, diagnosis and referral of
melanoma of the skin
Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic
encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)
Suicide prevention in older
people
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
(Menorrhagia)
Adolescent depression
Drug Misuse and Dependence
Authors
Professor Ruth Chambers
Dr Elizabeth Mearns
Acknowledgements
Professor Nigel Sparrow - Chairman PDB Group
Dr Chris Price & the PDB Virtual Group
Information Services
Professor Sean Hilton - Chairman EGP Steering Group
EGP Steering Group
Education and Professional Development Department
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EGP 1 May 2008