RCGP Substance Misuse and Associated Health

RCGP Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse - PART 2

 

Join the thousands of GPs, pharmacists, nurses, drugs workers and expert patients who have completed training with RCGP Substance Misuse and Associated Health and are now passionately working at a senior level in their services providing quality treatment to drug users. 

 

You will be able to support local colleagues in the care of drug users and have the confidence to use your knowledge and expertise to facilitate local training and education sessions that support learning for a range of professional groups whose role involves caring for substance misusers

 

By the end of the course you will have developed competencies relevant to and suitable for providing interventions at a primary care with a "special interest" level, as outlined in the Department of Health Clinical Guidelines Drug misuse and dependence – UK guidelines on clinical management 2007 (DH 2007). Your newly acquired skills will have provided you with sound lifelong learning habits by using research evidence to inform practice.

 

Applications 2012

This certificate course is run on an annual basis, from February to November. 
 
The application process for 2012 is now closed. 
 
Please download the following application pack below:
 
Guidance on Minimum Entry Requirements
Candidate Information Sheet
 
 
For further information please contact drugmisuse-enquiries@rcgp.org.uk
 

Information for Candidates

More information is available for candidates on the Certificate course.

This section includes guides and examples of good practice for audits (as part of the course assessment), copies of presentations from the regional master classes, the handbook and portfolio from the course.

 

Part 2 2011 Pass Results

Please select the following link for the 2011 pass results.

 

Regional Masterclass Presentations

Can be found on the Blog Spot

http://rcgpsmupart2.blogspot.com/

 

 

Further Information

You can download further information on Part 1 and 2 courses (word).  Alternatively, contact a member of the programme team and we can send out a hard copy of the leaflet.

 

London Substance Misuse Blog by Dr Matt Young

Dr Matt Young one of our tutors has taken the plunge and created a blog spot.

You can find very useful information at the link below

http://rcgplondondrugtraining.blogspot.com/