General Practice Assessment

You will be assessed by:

1.   your GP Teacher, using explicit criteria [Word]
It is your responsibility to ensure your GP teacher completes your assessment form [Word].

2.   the Department
Your written work will be marked again by your course tutor who will then award an overall grade for the attachment  (A–E).

Summary of requirements to pass this course

By the end of this course you must have:

• fully attended the Department and ­practice-based sessions

• completed your Personal Learning Objectives [Word]

• completed all the set tasks:

In the practice

The consultation [Word]
Perform three surgeries of your own (with appropriate supervision and feedback)
We would also like you to gain experience of being ’on-call’ at least once.

Challenging aspects of a career in General Practice [Word] - interview GP teacher and other team members

Communication tasks [Word]
Draft a referral letter
Bring forward an appointment
Chase up a laboratory result/x-ray

Clinical portfolio [Word] (to be submitted on the final Friday)

Practice demography [Word]

Six brief reports on consultations

Case-Based Discussion (CBD) [Word] - Three CBDs based on the reports above

Clinical Observation Tool (COT) [Word] - One COT completed by your GP teacher

An audit [Word] - Either a mini-audit or a prize audit

Significant Event Analysis [Word] - Complete one SEA

Professionalism [Word] - An assessment by your GP teacher

You must submit your completed written work as listed here on the last Friday:

• GP teacher’s assessment form including professionalism
• minimum of 6 case reports
• review of your 3 CBDs
• a minimum of 1 COT assessment
• SEA
• Audit
• practice demography and team membership sheet

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