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The RCGP Curriculum Introduction and User Guide


 

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) curriculum defines the learning outcomes for the specialty of general practice and describes the competences you require to practise medicine as a general practitioner in the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom. Although primarily aimed at the start of independent work as a general practitioner, it must also prepare the doctor for a professional life of development and change.

 

This guide is designed to help you understand how the curriculum works and how to get the best from it. 

 

Use the sidebar or the links below to access more detailed information. You are advised to explore this guide thoroughly before going on to the contextual statements or clinical examples.

 

 

Background What is the curriculum? Curriculum structure Competences
Assessment Using the curriculum Changes since 2007 Core statement