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The new general practice curriculum—Being a General Practitioner
Chairman of Council, RCGP
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The general practice curriculum was granted unconditional approval by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) in 2006. It is the first nationally approved curriculum for training general practitioners in the UK. It provides a new system for education, training and assessment, replacing the outdated Vocational Training Regulations and the dual assessment system of summative assessment as the licensing exam and the old college examination.
The curriculum is designed as a guide for the period of postgraduate medical education for general practice from the end of the foundation programme to completion
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