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Associates in training committee—past, present and hopes for the future
Chair of AiT Committee
E-mail: clarejtaylor@doctors.org.uk
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The new MRCGP examination (nMRCGP) was introduced in August 2007 coinciding with the publication of the first RCGP comprehensive curriculum for general practice. Prior to this MRCGP was purely optional, with summative assessment being enough to register as a general practitioner (GP). The nMRCGP comprises an Applied Knowledge Test, Clinical Skills Assessment and Workplace-based Assessments. This new style of assessment hopes to test not only knowledge and competence but also performance and action meaning GPs qualifying today not only have to prove they know what to do but can actually do it in day-to-day clinical practice.
The consequence of these changes is that all GP trainees in the UK have contact with the RCGP and most will choose to become an ‘Associate in Training’ or ‘AiT’. With so many more trainees as associates of the college it was felt appropriate to form an AiT Committee to represent the views and
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Present |
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Five-year training
The Next RCGP Conference, Glasgow, 5–7 November 2009
Examinations—costs and improvements
Newly qualified GPs
International
Local faculty engagement
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Hopes for the future |
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