Val Wass - Böcker

It has been recognised by governments and healthcare organisations worldwide that for Universal Healthcare in pursuit of Health for All under the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved, effective primary care that is integrated, accessible, and affordable for everyone is essential.This practical guide is the first designed specifically to support those planning and conducting family medicine/primary care education within medical schools around the world. It offers medical educators a collection of concise easy to follow chapters, guiding the reader through the curriculum requirements with key references for further detail. Plain English and practical, deliverable advice, adaptable to different contexts, ensures the content is accessible to those educating medical students in any country, while the structure within sections ensures that family medicine doctors and educators can dip into chapters relevant to their roles, for example curriculum design for academic educators or teaching methods for those educating in clinical practice.Key Features■ The first “how-to” guide dedicated to effective integration of family medicine teaching into medical school curricula■ Offers a strong evidence-based framework for integrating family medicine into medical schools■ Wide in scope, for academics and educationalists at all levels and in all geographies, reflecting and embracing the experience and variation in family medicine across the globe to produce pragmatic and effective information on which medical schools can base change■ Step-by-step introduction to the processes of literature review (establishing the existing knowledge base), choosing a topic, research questions, and methodology, conducting research, and disseminating results■ Supported by the WONCA Working Party on EducationThe book is edited and authored by members of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Working Party on Education, which is ideally placed to offer a strong platform for medical schools to integrate family medicine whatever the local context, enabling all future doctors, whatever their career aspiration, to understand the importance of family medicine to health systems and holistic medicine and encourage family medicine doctors to inspire students to consider a career in the field.

It has been recognised by governments and healthcare organisations worldwide that for Universal Healthcare in pursuit of Health for All under the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved, effective primary care that is integrated, accessible, and affordable for everyone is essential.This practical guide is the first designed specifically to support those planning and conducting family medicine/primary care education within medical schools around the world. It offers medical educators a collection of concise easy to follow chapters, guiding the reader through the curriculum requirements with key references for further detail. Plain English and practical, deliverable advice, adaptable to different contexts, ensures the content is accessible to those educating medical students in any country, while the structure within sections ensures that family medicine doctors and educators can dip into chapters relevant to their roles, for example curriculum design for academic educators or teaching methods for those educating in clinical practice.Key Features■ The first “how-to” guide dedicated to effective integration of family medicine teaching into medical school curricula■ Offers a strong evidence-based framework for integrating family medicine into medical schools■ Wide in scope, for academics and educationalists at all levels and in all geographies, reflecting and embracing the experience and variation in family medicine across the globe to produce pragmatic and effective information on which medical schools can base change■ Step-by-step introduction to the processes of literature review (establishing the existing knowledge base), choosing a topic, research questions, and methodology, conducting research, and disseminating results■ Supported by the WONCA Working Party on EducationThe book is edited and authored by members of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Working Party on Education, which is ideally placed to offer a strong platform for medical schools to integrate family medicine whatever the local context, enabling all future doctors, whatever their career aspiration, to understand the importance of family medicine to health systems and holistic medicine and encourage family medicine doctors to inspire students to consider a career in the field.

Completely revised and including new additional material, the third edition of this best-selling revision guide provides candidates with a definitive, one-stop resource for the simulated consultation assessment (SCA) element of the MRCGP examination.All content has been fully updated to include the latest knowledge base, including the task boxes that focus reader attention on the different challenges presented by each station and the popular feature ‘One minute explanations for patients’, whilst maintaining the book’s tried-and-tested formula that was so successful in prior editions.Key Features:Stations organised as three full exams for realistic examination practiceIncreased content covering complexity, inclusivity and managing risk—all key areas that the SCA looks to assessReflects the latest practical details of the running of the SCA, including the pre-exam IT check process and operational considerations on the day, such as remote invigilationAdditional focus on consultation skills development, cultural awareness and managing uncertaintyWritten by an experienced author team that has extensive knowledge of both national and international primary care clinical skills assessment, the third edition of Get Through MRCGP: Simulated Consultation Assessment is essential reading for postgraduate candidates preparing for this challenging examination in the UK and internationally.