Curriculum Structure

The relationship of the elements that make up the RCGP curriculum are as shown:

In addition to the curriculum statements, there is this Introduction and User Guide and a Glossary of Terms.

The statement 'Being a General Practitioner' is the Core Statement and provides a full description of the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours required of you as a GP in managing patients and their problems. It covers all aspects of general practice in general terms, including the key skills of dealing with uncertainty, managing the referral to secondary care and the ‘worried well’. It contains no clinical content outcomes.

The four Contextual Statements (statements 2.01 to 2.04) explore particular aspects of general practice in greater depth. They contain learning outcomes in the ‘Areas of Competence’ and ‘Essential Features’ relevant to their topic, but will not necessarily cover all of them. They demonstrate key points using case illustrations.

The Clinical Examples (statements 3.01 to 3.21) apply the competences in 'Being a General Practitioner' to organ-based conditions as in, for example, the statements on Care of People with Eye Problems or Care of People with Metabolic Problems, or to population groups, as in the statements on Care of Older Adults and Men’s Health. They follow a common template:

Key messages
Case illustration and questions for reflection
Learning outcomes
Learning strategies
Learning resources
Acknowledgements

Link to Core statement (pdf)

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Access the Clinical examples

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