Watching You, Watching Me

Consultation skills and summative assessment in general practice
Second Edition

John Skelton, Steve Field, Phil Hammond and Connie Wiskin

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'Summative assessment is now a legal requirement for all doctors finishing vocational training for general practice.  By using this tape a GP Registrar will know exactly what is involved in the videotape component of summative assessment and the level of consulting ability required to pass.  The tape is, however, more than a guide to summative assessment.  It is also an excellent tool for learning about he consultation.   Seeing a doctor actually identifying a patient's concern is worth ten readings of 'how to consult' books.  I would recommend this package to GP registrars, trainer and course organisers both for summative assessment purposes and for the wider area of teaching consulting skills'.

From the Foreword by Stuart Murray, Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education, West of Scotland

Contents

The package is a training resource for general practice trainers and registrars designed to assist them in:

  • addressing the issues surrounding the teaching, understanding, practice ands assessment of consultation skills in general practice
  • preparing for the summative assessment of minimal consultation competence that is now a compulsory part of vocational training

The package is designed to be used by a trainer and registrar working together, and by course organisers for small group teaching.

The package comprises two video tapes and large format workbook.

Video 1 covers the technical pitfalls of video recording and provides a range of consultations containing obvious failures, mediocrity and clear passes.

Video 2 contains examples of consultations covering more of the problems commonly found in analysing summative assessment video submissions.  They are based on 'real-life' consultations and reflect a spread of registrars' abilities.

The workbook complements the videos and is designed to be as flexible as possible.

These videos are co-productions of The Interactive Skills Unit of the Department of General Practice at The University of Birmingham, and the West Midlands Postgraduate General Practice Education Unit.