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This page was last amended: 08 Oktober 2009

   

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Journals

  • BMJ

  • Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin

  • British Journal of General Practice

  • British National Formulary

  • Professional Conduct and Discipline: Fitness to practice GMC Blue Book

  • Terms of Service for Doctors in General Practice

  • Immunisation against Infectious Diseases Green Book

  • Medical Evidence for Social security and SSP purposes DSS

 

Additional reading

  • New Contract

  • Update

  • Pulse/ GP/ Doctor

  • Medeconomics

  • Guidelines - summarising clinical guidelines for primary care

 Websites

The search engines available on your desktop are amazingly efficient so I’ve deliberately kept this list brief.

Onexamination.com is an online resource, provided by BMJ Group, that allows users to revise AKT questions. Click the logo above to access free complimentary AKT questions

www.gpnotebook.com An amazing searchable database for any condition you know nothing about!

GP Training.net Again a practice based site with a wealth of info

www.worcester.vts.com Covers the whole curriculum of general practice – know this and you’ve passed MRCGP

www.abersychan.demon.co.uk An excellent practice based local website

Books

General

  • Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine: Kurtz, Silverman & Weatherill

  • Complete nMRCGP Study Guide: Sarah Gear

  • nMRCGP Practice Questions: AKT: R Daniels

  • nMRCGP Practice Cases: CSA: Thakkar, Havelock and Barnes.

  • The nMRCGP Handbook: Bob Mortimer.

  • Bad Science: Ben Greenacre.

  • Skills for Communicating with Patients: Kurtz, Silverman & Weatherill

  • Practical General practice – Khot and Polmear

  • The Inner Consultation - Roger Neighbour

  • Evidence Based General Practice – Leone Ridsdale

  • Doctor’s Communication Handbook –Peter Tate

  • How to Read a Paper – Trish Greenhalgh

  • Hot topics - Ese Stacey

Area 1 Health and disease

  • Oxford Handbook of General Practice

  • The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness – Balint

  • Symptom Sorter - Hopcroft and Fort

Area 2

  • The Normal Child – Illingworth

  • From Birth to Five – Mary Sheridan

Area 3 Human Behaviour

  • Games People Play – Eric Berne

  • Health Behaviour Change – Rollnick, Mason and Butler

  • Skills for Communicating with Patients – Jonathan Silverman, Suzanne Kurtz and Julie Draper

Area 4 Medicine and Society

  • Follies and fallacies in Medicine – Skrabanek and Mc Cormick

Area 5 The Practice

  • Running a Practice – Jones, Bolden et al

  • Towards Better Practice – Martin, Moulds and Kerrigan

  • Employing Staff – Ellis

 

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