ST 3 Dr Rhiannon Starks Sept 2014 Plan

ST 3 • 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 ST 1/2

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 eportfolio

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

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CSA • Prepare well and there shouldn’t be too many surprisesdo 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-gptraining. co. uk/csa-case-scenarios-writtenby-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/csapractise-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 opinionvery 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!