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 Essential qualifications and personal qualities...
Pursuing a career in general practice involves a further three years of
GP specialist training. For further details see The Training
Programme. The
end point of this training is the successful completion of nMRCGP and the
issuing of a CCT by Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board. (See
www.pmetb.org.uk).
The personal qualities required to be a good GP include:
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Ability to care about patients and their relatives |
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A commitment to providing high quality care |
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An awareness of one's own limitations |
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An ability to seek help when appropriate |
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Commitment to keeping up to date and improving quality of one's own
performance |
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Appreciation of the value of team work |
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Clinical competence |
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Organisational ability |
The personal skills assessed in the recruitment and selection process
to measure the qualities outlined are:
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- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise:
Capacity to apply sound
clinical knowledge & awareness to full investigation of problems
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| PERSONAL
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- Empathy & Sensitivity:
Capacity & motivation to take in
others’ perspectives & to treat others with understanding
- Communication Skills:
Capacity to
adjust behaviour & language as appropriate to needs of differing
situations
- Conceptual Thinking & Problem Solving:
Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible
mind
- Coping with Pressure:
Capacity to
recognise own limitations and develop appropriate coping mechanisms
- Organisation & Planning:
Capacity
to organise information/time effectively in a planned manner
- Managing Others & Team Involvement:
Capacity to work effectively in partnership with others
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Qualities
of a GP