Clinical Supervision

The RCGP has developed a new, competency based training curriculum for GPs. It covers all three years of specialty training, including placements in hospital posts as well as in general practice. The curriculum is presented in a series of statements. The first of these, “Being a General Practitioner”, is an overall, integrated statement of the competencies required for general practice. Clusters of statements covering the general practice consultation, personal and professional responsibilities, management and the care of particular groups of patients, such as children or the acutely ill, follow this initial statement. Then there are ten statements covering the clinical management of various disease areas.

Most hospital posts which GP Specialty Registrars (GPStRs) experience will support a number of learning outcomes derived from “Being a General Practitioner” as well as more specific skills and knowledge. In planning the training programme for a GPStR, clinical supervisors will want to bear in mind that the new curriculum is focused more strongly than in the past on the knowledge, skills and competences that are required in general practice.

Clinical supervison in hospital has a more interactive role than ever.Not only with contribution of assessments -CBDs and mini CEX as training progresses ,as well as minla CSR report and ongoing engagement and reading of eportfolio.