Main description:

Winner of the 'Primary Health Care' category in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2012!

Here's a snippet of what the judges said:

"This book is outstanding, original and will provoke the viewer of the DVDs and reader of the book (used in conjunction) to look at their CPD in a new way."

This book is designed to help GPs with reflective learning, appraisals and revalidation. To make this process more interesting, the authors have provided:

a range of videos to watch - they are meant to be humorous, but also address serious issues
poems to read - believe it or not, they can be useful
exercises to work through and thought-provoking questions to consider

These videos, poems and exercises make the whole area of professional development more accessible, more relevant, and a lot more fun (they've even thrown in a few jokes ...).

GPs all need to reflect on the way we practise and deal with our patients; they all have to undergo annual appraisals; and soon all GPs have to be revalidated. All these stages of continued development will be easier with this workbook.

Includes a DVD of 13 short films starring Dr Hairy (of YouTube fame). In his own inimitable (if somewhat irreverent) style, he tackles a wide range of topical issues.

Contents:

Preface

About the Authors

About the Book

Chapter 1

Video: Phoning the London Hospital

Exercise: Returning a faulty kettle

Poem: Dirge of Dead Sisters

Chapter 2

Video: Private charges

Exercise: Good clinic / bad clinic

Exercise: Leadership styles

Chapter 3

Video: Old-fashioned Medicine

Exercise: The consultation journey

Exercise: 'Everything worth doing is either illegal, immoral or fattening'

Chapter 4

Video: Dr Hairy's Address to the Nation

Exercise: EBM and VBM

Exercise: Five a day

Exercise: Creative thinking

Chapter 5

Video: Frank Talking (Part 1)

Exercise: Red flag game

Exercise: Heron's six interventions

Chapter 6

Video: Frank Talking (Part 2)

Exercise: Your values as a doctor and a person

Poem: The Last Words of My English Grandmother

Chapter 7

Video: Frank Talking (Part 3)

Poem: The Emperor of Ice-Cream

Exercise: 'Bramble Jelly'

Chapter 8

Video: Appraisal (Part 1)

Exercise: Mini-appraisal

Poem: The Poet Sings of the Wide North Sea

Chapter 9

Video: Appraisal (Part 2)

Exercise: Things you were told as a child / things you say to your children / sayings you live by

Exercise: 'Everyone I can think of who has died'

Chapter 10

Video: Appraisal (Part 3)

Exercise: Breaking bad news to the tennis player

Chapter 11

Video: Appraisal (Part 4)

Exercise: Learning into teaching / Marcus Aurelius

Poem: On the Death of Dr Robert Levet

Poem: This is Just to Say

Chapter 12

Video: Child Safety

Poem: Wife Beating

Poem: Red Suspenders

Extra video

'Dr Hairy in: Mentoring'