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Term
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Explanation
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Useful Links
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ACO
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Association of Course Organisers
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ACO
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Advisor/Associate Director/AD/Associate
Postgraduate Dean
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Senior GP educationalists working under the Director and
supervising other GP educators.
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AKT
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Applied Knowledge Test: a summative assessment of the knowledge
base that underpins independent general practice within the United
Kingdom.
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RCGP/AKT
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Attachment
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The specific post within an educational programme.
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BJGP
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British Journal of General Practice: published by the RCGP
(Royal College of General Practitioners) and a major source for
clinical updating.
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RCGP/BJGP
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Blueprint
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Matrix mapping the curriculum competence areas against the
curriculum statements and the assessments.
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CbD
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Case-based Discussion: forms part of workplace based
assessment.
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RCGP/CbD
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CCT
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Certificate of Completion of Training
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PMETB/CCT
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CEGPR - Article 11
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Certificate confirming Eligibility for General Practice
Registration
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PMETB Article 11
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CESR – Article 14
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Certificate confirming Eligibility for Specialist
Registration
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PMETB Article 14
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CHS
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Child Health Surveillance
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Clinical Supervisor
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The clinical educator responsible for teaching and supervising
the GPStR in training in the individual
attachment. This may be a hospital clinical supervisor when the
GPStR is in a hospital attachment and a GP
trainer when in General Practice.
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CME
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Continuing Medical Education
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CNST
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Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts
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CNST
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CO
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Course Organiser: now renamed Programme Director in many
deaneries.
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COGPED
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Committee of General Practice Educators
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COGPED
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COPMeD
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Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans
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COPMeD
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COT
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Consultation Observation Tool: an assessment of consultation
skills using either observation of consultations or video.
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RCGP/COT
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CPD
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Continuing Professional Development
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CSA
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Clinical Skills Assessment: an assessment of a doctor's ability
to integrate and apply appropriate clinical, professional,
communication and practical skills in general practice.
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RCGP/CSA
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CSR
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Clinical Supervisors Report
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Curriculum
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A statement of the intended aims and objectives, content,
experiences, outcomes and processes of a programme, including a
description of the structure and expected methods of learning,
teaching, feedback and supervision. The curriculum should set out
what knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours the learner will
achieve.
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DCH
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Diploma in Child Health
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Deanery
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The regional unit of postgraduate medical education delivery,
supervised by a Postgraduate Dean.
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DEN
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Doctors Educational Need
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DH/DOH
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Department of Health (separate department for each UK
country).
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England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
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DOPS
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Direct Observation of Procedural Skills
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DPGPE
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Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education (may be
called the GP Dean). The senior doctor responsible for all
postgraduate GP education and training in a deanery.
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DRCOG
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Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Educational Programme
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See Training Programme
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Educational Contract
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The contract given to a GPStR at the start of a training post
which explains what particular educational training and experience
the post should give to the trainee.
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Educational Supervisor
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The clinical educator responsible for making sure a GPStR
receives appropriate training and experience, and their progress
through the full three year training programme.
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EURACT
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European Academy of Teachers in General Practice
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EURACT
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ePortfolio
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An electronic record of specialty training, updated and
accessible through the internet. It records details of achievement
in the AKT and CSA and documents all stages of training,
records evidence of WPBA reviews with educational supervisors
and the subsequent development as a General Practitioner.
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RCGP/ePortfolio
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Equivalent Experience
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GP training not undertaken to the format and content defined
by legislation: ceased to exist in Sept 2005 when
PMETB became the competent
authority.
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Formative Assessment
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The process of individual review of a GP Registrar's educational
and training needs at the commencement and during training, so that
the training addresses the issues necessary to achieve a CCT.
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F1 –F2
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Foundation year 1 (F1) and Foundation year 2 (F2) make up the
two-year Foundation Programme which all UK medical graduates are
required to undertake before progressing to specialty or GP
training.
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UK Foundation
Programme
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FP
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Family Planning
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Family Planning Association
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GMC
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General Medical Council
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GMC
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GMP
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Good Medical Practice
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GMC/GMP
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Gold Guide
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A guide for deaneries to all aspects of specialty training. Will
replace the previous orange and green guides.
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GPEC
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General Practice Education Committee – a deanery committee that
manages GP education and has representation from all levels of GP
educator and trainee.
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GPStR
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General Practice Specialty Registrar - junior doctor in any one
of three years of specialty training for general practice.
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IMG
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International Medical Graduate
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ITP
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Integrated / Innovative training post: more and more GPs
are training in these non standard and very relevant posts which
are generally based in general practice with day release to
outpatient clinics and community medicine.
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JCPTGP
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Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training in General Practice.
PMETB took over the functions of the
JCPTGP on 30 September 2005.
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MADEL
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Medical and Dental Education Levy – funding held by DPGPEs to pay
for GP training.
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Mini-Cex
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Mini-Clinical Evaluation eXercise is a 15 minute snapshot of
doctor/patient interaction. It is designed to assess the clinical
skills attitudes and behaviours of trainees.
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RCGP/Mini-CEX
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MMC
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Modernising Medical Careers
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MMC
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MCQ
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Multiple Choice Question
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MTAS
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Medical Training Application Service
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MTAS
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MS
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Minor Surgery
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MSF
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Multi-Source Feedback
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NACT
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National Association of Clinical Tutors
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NACT
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NHS
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National Health Service (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland)
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England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
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NHS Appraisal
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A yearly one to one conversation between a doctor and a
nominated appraiser, which encourages continuing personal and
professional development over the coming year, which helps in the
formation of a personal development plan.
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NHSE
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National Health Service Executive (England)
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nMRCGP
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The new assessment system for UK trained doctors wishing to
obtain a CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training)
in General Practice. Satisfactory completion of the scheme
will allow entrance to the General Medical Council's GP Register
and confer eligibility for membership of the Royal College of
General Practitioners (MRCGP). It
has three components, AKT, CSA and WPBA.
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NOSA
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National Office for Summative Assessment
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NOSA
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NPSA
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National Patient Safety Agency
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NPSA
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PCO
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Primary Care Organisation: the body administering GP services in
a particular locality, and purchasing secondary care. In England
they are Trusts, different titles in Scotland Wales and NI.
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PEP/PLP
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Personal Education Plan/Personal Learning Plan: the programme of
personal training and education for a particular GP Registrar in a
practice, based on the educational needs identified by formative assessment.
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PGMDE
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Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education
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PHCT
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Primary Health Care Team: usually the core group of health
professionals (doctors, health visitors, district nurses, midwives
etc) in a particular practice.
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PLAB
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The Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board. Most medical
graduates from outside the EU must take the PLAB test before they
can be granted registration. Some overseas doctors are exempt from
this test. The PLAB is administered by the GMC.
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GMC/PLAB
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PMETB
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Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board
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PMETB
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PMQ
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Primary Medical Qualification
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Postgraduate Dean
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The senior doctor responsible for all postgraduate medical
education and training in hospital and general practice in a
particular deanery.
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Prescribed Experience
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GP training undertaken according to a format and content defined
by legislation.
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Programme Director
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That person responsible for designing and maintaining
fit-for-purpose educational experiences for trainees within a
specific geographical area of a deanery (VTS).
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PSQ
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Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire
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PUN
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Patient Unmet Need
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RITA
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Record of In-Training Assessment: the record of the process of
annual assessment managed by the Postgraduate Deans. This is being
replaced by an ePortfolio for GP Specialty Registrars.
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Scheme
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All GP training provided by a deanery
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School
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Organisations, including medical schools, the local deanery,
trusts (acute, mental health and PCOs) and others (e.g. hospices) that
offer doctors training in a range of different settings and
clinical environments. GP Schools exist in some English deaneries
but these structures are undergoing change.
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ST1,2,3
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Specialty Training year 1, 2, 3
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STC
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Specialist Training Committee. A committee of the postgraduate
dean which has delegated to it many of the dean's duties in the
specialty in question.
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Summative Assessment
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The combination of examination and assessment processes that
examine a GP Registrar's suitability to carry out independent
practice at the end of the Vocational Training period. This is
being phased out and will be replaced with nMRCGP.
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NOSA
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Trainee
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A registered doctor in specialty training
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Trainer
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A GP who has undergone a training and selection process for
teaching and has been appointed by the deanery.
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Training Programme
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The training experience of an individual trainee
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UKCEA
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UK Conference of Postgraduate Education Advisors in General
Practice
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UKCEA
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VTR1
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Statement of satisfactory completion of a period of training as
a GP Registrar; currently being phased out and replaced by the
ePortfolio for recording workplace based assessment.
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VTR2
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Statement of satisfactory completion of a period of training in
an educationally approved post.
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VTS
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Vocational Training Scheme: it is likely that each Deanery will
have several Vocational Training Schemes that together make up the
Deanery Scheme
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WONCA
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World Organisation of Family Doctors
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Wonca
WONCA/Europe
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WPBA
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Work Place Based Assessment : one of the three components of the
nMRCGP.
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RCGP/WPBA
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WTE
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Whole Time Equivalent: amount of training required by a doctor
who is training flexibly. It is the equivalent of what is required
if working full time.
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