Succeeding in the GPST Stage 3 Selection Centre: Practice Questions for GPST / GPVTS Stage 2 Selection 2nd Edition BPP Learning Media MediPass Series: Amazon.co.uk: Nicole Corriette, Hamed Khan Chirag Metha Matt Green Gayathri Rabindra: Books

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"Succeeding in the GPST Stage 3 Selection Centre" is an in-depth guide to help doctors fully prepare for the different tasks that comprise this stage of the GPST Selection process. This up-to-date resource provides detailed explanation of the aims of each of the tasks you will be faced with, what they entail and the various principles that can be employed to increase your chances of success. In this book, which has been written by experts with firsthand experience in this assessment, the following are addressed: detailed description of the consultation and prioritisation tasks and how to approach them; cross reference to the person specification and mark scheme - describing what the selectors are looking for, and the different ways to approach the tasks; ten practice scenarios for each of the tasks to reinforce your learning together with detailed discussion of possible answers for each scenario; Personal Perspectives - with tips from individuals who have successfully completed the selection process; and, discussion of the key concepts and terms that you will be faced with including amongst others significant event analysis and GP contracts. Written by GPs who have first-hand experience of the process, this guide is a must have resource for any doctor serious about succeeding in their application to the GPST training scheme. "I have tried courses and other books and did not pass last year for GPVTS Stage 3. This time I practised the scenarios in this book with friends and made it through. It not only tells you how to say things but gives you real examples of what to say in the real exam and what to write in the prioritisation exercises. My honest opinion now is that courses are a waste of time. Use this book and practise all the examples with three other friends and you'll know what I mean". (Amazon reader review). "I have found the book best guidance for Stage 3 GP assessment. It contains valuable information about the assessment and many examples of all the 3 parts of the exam". (Amazon reader review).

About the Author

Gayathri Rabindra, MBBS, MA Gayathri Rabindra gained her pharmacology degree from Cambridge University and completed her medical degree at Royal Free and University College Medical School. She is currently a GP ST1 on the Sidcup Vocational Training Scheme, having successfully gained a place in the London deanery. She is also involved in delivering GPST courses. Dr Nicole Corriette BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG, DCH After winning numerous awards at UCL Nicole completed her MRCGP with a distinction overall and was nominated for the Fraser Rose medal by the RCGP. She is currently a partner in a large practice where she is the practice teaching lead and also has experience in delivering GPST courses. Hamed Khan MBBS Hamed Khan graduated in 2006 from Barts and The London Medical School. After completing an Academic Medical Education Foundation Programme, he started a GP Vocational Training Scheme in South London. He has extensive experience of teaching medical undergraduates, and has published in various journals. Currently he is the Lead for Education on the London Deanery GP Trainee Committee. Chirag Mehta Chirag is currently a GP ST3 working in the West Midlands Deanery and has passed his AKT and CSA exams for the nMRCGP. He has already published the book 'Succeeding in the nMRCGP AKT' and has also helped co-author a book for medical students on core clinical cases. Matt Green, BSc (Hons), MPhil Since 2005 Matt has been supporting doctors to progress their career through providing application and interview advice together with helping doctors to develop their non-clinical skills including leadership, management, teaching and communication.

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Useful but will need to seek out additional material 14 Feb 2012

By Marie

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I have found this book useful in preparing for the Stage 3 Selection Centre but have to say I am completely baffled at some of the other reviews here - initially I thought I must be reading a different book or have another edition but on comparison of ISBN numbers they are the same. The page numbers match up so I don't seem to have received a dud copy with bits missing.

The blurb on the back of this book says 'detailed descriptions of the consultation and prioritisation tasks, and how to approach them'. Several of the Amazon user reviews here also say that they found this book contained advice on how to approach the prioritisation and group tasks. However, having just read this book from cover to cover and flicked through it again several times just to be sure, I can safely say there is nothing about the prioritisation or group tasks in this book, AT ALL!

Chapter 1 contains a few pages of introductory material on what to expect on the day at the Selection Centre. Chapter 2 is called Important Topics in General Practice and covers some general areas to be aware of before the Selection Centre. Chapter 3 contains advice on how to approach the consultation tasks and has 10 very detailed mock scenarios. And that is all there is to this book!

To be fair, the mock scenarios, mark schemes, patient briefs and general guidance are very good and will certainly be very useful to my preparation. I just feel disappointed that there is no material on the prioritisation task and I will therefore have to seek other resources to help me with this aspect of the Selection Centre day.

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Check it has Chapter 4 before you buy 5 Mar 2012

By brian

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For some reason, when I bought this recent edition of the book it did not contain the very valuable chapter on the prioritization exercise. The previous edition I'd got from the library did. My advice is - double check that the book you are buying contains the prioritization exercise chapter (Chapter 4 of this edition).

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excellent 30 April 2011

By sj

This book is excellent....I was sharing my friends and when I ordered this book i didnt realise that its coming from USA! so i ended up getting mine day after my exam!,.however made good use of my friends and found the book to be excellent.,,..couldnt have passed and ended up on a London GPST post without it! a must buy for the exam

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