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A
AiT
Associate in Training
AKT
Applied Knowledge Test – part of the MRCGP
ARCP
Annual review of competency progression. This formal review takes place each year for every trainee and will generate one of a number of outcomes. A satisfactory outcome permits progress to the next year, and the final satisfactory outcome allows the CCT to be obtained.
Associate GP Dean
A member of the main GP School Team. Patch Associate Deans are the next level of support for all the GP Training Programme Directors and GP Trainers in the patch, which is normally the east or west of each county.
C
CBD
Case Based Discussion
CCG
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in England CCGs are clinically led groups that include all of the GP groups in their geographical area. The aim is to give GPs and other clinicians the power to influence commissioning decisions for their patients.
CCT
Certificate of completion of training. This will be issued to you by the GMC at the end of your training, provided you have successfully completed the assessments and been signed off in your final ARCP.
CEGPR
Certificate of Eligibility for the GP Register. This is the alternative certificate given to GPStRs who have completed their training using evidence from posts that are not part of a full GP training programme. This will not apply to GPStRs who are doing a full three year training programme.
CEP
Clinical Examination and Procedural Skill – a newly introduced (2015) work place based assessment that will replace DOPs in August 2015.
CEX
Clinical Evaluation Exercise – see miniCEX
Clinical Supervisor
This is normally a hospital consultant who will be responsible for ensuring the appropriateness of GP experience in any Hospital Specialty Post for the trainee (particularly with reference to patient safety and level of competence) and for facilitating the workplace-based assessments for the trainees. In GP Placement the GP Trainer will combine the roles of Clinical Supervisor (CS) and Educational Supervisor (ES).
COT
Consultation Observation Tool
CS
Clinical Supervisor
CSA
Clinical Skills Assessment – part of the MRCPG
CSR
Clinical Supervisors Report
D
DOPS
Direct Observation of Procedural Skills
E
Educational Supervisor
Each trainee has a nominated Educational Supervisor (ES) who will support their learning progress through their three year programme (including both hospital posts and GP posts) and monitor and sign off their learning in the ePortfolio. This is often, but not always, the same GP Trainer throughout the three years. Additional Educational Supervisors may be provided by the GP School when there is an identified need for the trainee.
ES
Educational Supervisor
G
GMC
General Medical Council. This is the statutory competent authority that determines the way that all Postgraduate Medical Specialty training is carried out in the UK. The GMC awards GPStRs with a CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training), or a CEGPR (Certificate of Eligibility for the GP Register).
GPST
General Practice Specialty Training
GPStR
General Practice Specialty Training Registrar
H
HEKSS
Health Education Kent Surrey Sussex (formerly KSS Deanery)
I
ITP
Integrated Training Post. (These posts are GP based posts that include sessions each week in a specialty department, community clinic, or Primary Care Trust).
L
LFG
Local Faculty Group
LTFT
Less than full-time training
M
mini-CEX
Mini – Clinical Evaluation Exercise
MRCGP
Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Membership is gained by successfully completing a three year programme of assessments in the workplace (WPBA) and two final external assessments (AKT and CSA).
MSF
Multi Source Feedback
N
NRO
National Office for GP Recruitment
O
OOH
Out of Hours
P
PD
Programme Director
PDP
Personal Development Plan
PMETB
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
Programme Director
The GP training programmes in each locality are supported by a team of Programme Directors. These are normally GP Trainers who have undergone further educational development for this role. Some schemes have individuals who are not doctors but have a university role and particular expertise in medical education. The Programme Directors support not only the group of GPStRs in that locality but also the group of GP Trainers
linked to that locality
PSQ
Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire
R
RCGP
Royal College of General Practitioners. The College defines the MRCGP which all GPStRs need to have successfully completed in order to proceed to be registered on the specialist register of the GMC.
S
ST1
Specialty Training years one, two or three. ST1 and ST2 incorporate hospital placement and some GP Placement. The ST3 year is spent entirely in GP.
ST2
Specialty Training years one, two or three. ST1 and ST2 incorporate hospital placement and some GP Placement. The ST3 year is spent entirely in GP.
ST3
Specialty Training years one, two or three. ST1 and ST2 incorporate hospital placement and some GP Placement. The ST3 year is spent entirely in GP.
W
WPBA
Workplace Based Assessments