A resource for appraisers and appraisees in the Northern Region and elsewhere, collated to help provide the educational needs determined by appraisal in primary care.
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The 3 resource areas
- Courses available in the Northern Deanery
- Human resources
- Resources and tools
The localities
- Cleveland
- North Cumbria
- Durham
- Newcastle
- Northumberland
The categories
| AUDIT & NEEDS ASSESMENT | ||
| Needs Assessment | Learning how to identify needs | |
| Learning style | ||
| Doing needs identified | ||
| Audit | Learning audit skills | |
| Clinical/process audit | ||
| Relationships with patients | ||
| Relationships with colleagues | ||
| GENERIC MEDICAL SKILLS | ||
| Coping/life choices | Problems | |
| Solutions | ||
| Keeping up-to-date | General aspirations | |
| Specific plans | ||
| Emergencies/Resuscitation | CPR | |
| Advanced resuscitation | ||
| Emergency care | ||
| The Consultation | General aspirations | |
| Specifics | ||
| Prescribing/therapeutics | ||
| IT | General learning aspirations | |
| Putting IT into practice | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| Others | ||
| SPECIFIC CLINICAL AREAS | ||
| Psychiatry/Substance abuse | General psychiatry | |
| Substance abuse | ||
| Diabetes | General aspirations | |
| Specifics | ||
| ENT | ||
| Cardiology.HT/Cerebovascular | Acute cardiac | |
| ECGs | ||
| HF | ||
| Hypertension | ||
| IHD | ||
| Other | ||
| Gynae/Reproduction/GUM | Contraception general | |
| IUCDs | ||
| Gynae | ||
| Menopause | ||
| Men's sexual health | ||
| Other | ||
| Pregnancy | ||
| STD | ||
| Rheumatology/Orthopaedics | General rheumatology | |
| Injections | ||
| Other | ||
| Sports | ||
| Dermatology | General aspirations | |
| Specific problems | ||
| Paediatrics | CHS | |
| Other | ||
| Eyes | General aspirations | |
| Specifics | ||
| Palliative care | General aspirations | |
| Specifics | ||
| Chest disease | Asthma | |
| COPD | ||
| Others | ||
| Neurology | Epilepsy | |
| General aspirations | ||
| Parkinson's | ||
| Various specific clinical areas | ||
| MANAGEMENT | ||
| Management - implementing contract/NFS | General | |
| Specifics | ||
| Management - learning management skills | Leadership | |
| Other skills | ||
| Management - changes in organisation/structure | Educational/development meetings | |
| Working with other professionals | ||
| Premises | ||
| QTD | ||
| Access | ||
| Management - other | ||
| EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT | ||
| Appraisal | ||
| Teaching and training | Educators | |
| VT | ||
| Students | ||
| Others | ||
| UNCLASSIFIED | ||
| Unclassified | Unstated needs from assessment | |
| Greater NHS | ||
General resources
-
Coaching for Change consultancy and
www.coachingforchange.co.uk website - Skills based communication training