ST3

• Dr Rhiannon Starks• Sept 2014

Plan! (wall planner/diary overview?)

• Read early on RCGP website- training>MRCGP exam….read early what both involve, all sorts of advice, what to wear, what you need to take, format etc, WHEN TO APPLY

• Look on e-portfolio- what do you need to do? Is your trainer going to be away at a crucial time? Sabbatical? Get assessments done early so you can concentrate on exams/shaving time off consultations. Get DOPS out the way if not already done in ST1/2

Change management

• Start early!• What interests you? Or annoys you? How could

you improve it? • You lead the project but don’t have to do it all

yourself e.g. use IT bod etc if needed• Read the marking scheme for the project so you

can put the ‘buzz words’ in to explain what you learnt/key concepts

• I wrote up a word file about my project then attached to a filled in entry as ‘audit/project’ on e-portfolio

OOH

• Start early and book/plan so not last minute rush, paid really well to do so relatively few OOH

• Range of bases evening weekend mobile TC• 3-4 trainers• I did a nightshift (counts as two, really

interesting, would recommend)• 12 is minimum I did 14• Deanery OOH/palliative day last year, also local

VTS OOH session with tel triage

Exams- AKT

• Passmedicine- questions +++! Bank of over 2000 also ‘knowledge tutor’ quick fire facts for common q’s e.g. drugs in pregnany, flying rules. Can also set a mini exam e.g. 100 q’s & time it

• Flying and driving rules seem important part (pass medicine, also DVLA PDF if you google search if any clarification needed)

• 10% stats! Can learn basics from passmedicine questions

stats

CSA

• Prepare well and there shouldn’t be too many surprises- do as many cases as you can, see as many patients as you can, video yourself in surgery

• Start early- find a good supportive group, have dinner for the first session to break the barrier/set how you want to tackle things/when to meet

• 1 doctor 1 patient 1-2 examiner (or others preparing next case)

• If unsure of clinical mgt could set homework to report back next time in bullet points on management of something e.g. snoring or get someone on gpnotebook etc after case

• Make it fun- housekeeping, snacks, plan a post CSA social, post results social, book the exam with a friend

CSA resources 1

• MRCGP full of good advice/marking domains

• Pennine GP training- my ‘bread and butter’ free many excellent cases to print with marking scheme, some consultation models http://www.pennine-gp-training.co.uk/csa-case-scenarios-written-by-our-gpsts-for-their-csa-work-groups.htm

CSA resources 2

• http://www.csaprep.co.uk/csa-cases (some free cases)

• http://www.bradfordvts.co.uk/mrcgp/csa/csa-practise-cases/ (free cases)

• http://www.csacases.com/ (one of our group subscribed to this in the last month of revision (£40/month) and we shared the cost and used this which has 52 cases to perform mini mock CSA (7 cases) which we wouldn’t have seen before and can do quickly in a row as all in one place

CSA resources 3

Deanery CSA day

• BEST deanery teaching across all 3 years in my opinion- very encouraging

• Benchmark self against others (useful to do as get comfortable in own group- could also consider swapping in groups for a session locally)

• I put it off as I was scared I wouldn’t be up to scratch but very encouraging/helpful/constructive. Did mine about 3.5 weeks before exam and others in group did same day but in different groups- debriefed what we needed to work on individually in car on way home

• ??? ‘professional’ CSA courses

GOOD LUCK!