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Gruffydd-Jones K. Accreditation and appraisal of the general practitioner with a special interest in respiratory medicine. Prim Care Resp J 2003;12(4):107-107. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
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Gruffydd-Jones K
Accreditation and appraisal of the general practitioner with a special interest in respiratory medicine
(2003) Prim Care Resp J 12 (4), pp. 107-107.
Article web page: http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/live_article_view.php?article=276&journal=14&art_app=YES
PDF url: http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/vol12_4/0107_0107grufjones.pdf
Abstract:
Volume 12, Issue 2
The General Practice Airways
Group (GPIAG), in conjunction with other respiratory-interested organisations
and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), has drawn up a framework
of core activities and competencies for General Practitioners with a Special
interest (GPwSI) in Respiratory Medicine . This is available on the Department
of Health website (http://www.gpwsi.org/frameworks.htm) and published, with
editorial comment in a previous edition of this journal.1,2 A series
of proposals have been drawn up by the GPIAG education sub-committee which
further define : a) the accreditation b) the appraisal and mentoring of the
GpwSI together with c) proposals for a common curriculum for a Diploma in
Primary Care Respiratory Medicine.
Figure 1 outlines the proposed pathway of accreditation and appraisal of a
potential GPwSI. together with the place of the various discussion documents.
The proposals are specifically intended for General Practitioners with Special
Interest in Respiratory Medicine , but can be easily adapted for nurse
practitioners and could form the model for accreditation/appraisal of primary
care specialists in other disease areas.
The GPIAG has proposed that the preferred route to accreditation is via a
Diploma or MSc in Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. The key features of such a
Diploma courses would be the acquisition and testing of :
a) generic skills e.g critical appraisal skills and
b) specialist clinical skills. The Curriculum document gives advice about the
latter.
It is accepted that accreditation by Diploma may not be practicable for all and
an alternative system of accreditation is proposed, involving submission of a
specialist professional portfolio to a centrally nominated accreditation panel
drawn from primary and secondary care.
A model for appraisal has been drawn up using the current Department-of-Health
appraisal form, outlining specialist rather than generalist experience. The
appraiser would be drawn from local primary or secondary care, according to the
particular role of the individual GPwSI. On-going mentoring could be provided by
other GPwSI's and co-ordinated by the GPIAG.
The documents are published on the GPIAG website (www.gpiag.org) on which
feedback comments can be made. n
References
1. Gruffydd-Jones K. The Framework for General practitioners with a Special
Interest in respiratory medicine. Prim Care Resp J 2003;12(2) :35.
2. General Practitioners with a special Interest in respiratory medicine .
Report of a working party of the General Practice Airways Group and the Royal
College of General Practitioners, Prim Care Resp Journal 2003;12(2):38-41.
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