GENERAL PRACTICE

RCGP Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners - Version 3.0 (18th January 2010)
The Royal College of General Practitioners has updated it's revalidation guide. The key changes include:

• Adoption of the use of the phrase “supporting information” in place of “evidence”, in keeping with other relevant organisations
• Adjustment of the timelines to reflect the fact that the Early Adopters programme (in which the first doctors will revalidate) will now start in the year 2011/12
• The possibility of GPs submitting a quality improvement project in the place of a second clinical audit
• Reference to the revalidation of GPs in training
• Simplification of the Learning Credits (Supporting information area 6)
• A refinement of the definition of activities included in extended practice (Supporting information area 13)
• Emphasis of the discretion that will be required by Responsible Officers for assessing supporting information for revalidation.

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