DOWNLOADS
- assessment sheet – female genital examination
- assessment sheet – cervical cytology
- assessment sheet – breast examination
- assessment sheet – male genital examination
- assessment sheet – rectal or prostate examination
- assessment sheet – testing for blood glucose
- assessment sheet – application of simple dressings
- how to do a breast examination
- how to do a female catheterisation
- how to do a male catherisation
- how to do a rectal examination
- how to do a testicular examination
- how to do blood glucose monitoring
- how to give i.m. injections
- how to do a urinalysis
- how to take a proper BP reading
- where to put the ECG leads on a patient
DOPS are designed to provide feedback on a number of prescribed procedural skills essential to the provision of good clinical care. There are mandatory procedures chosen because they are sufficiently important and/or technically demanding to warrant specific assessment. Trainees will be asked to undertake observed encounters during the three years with a different observer for each encounter.
MANDATORY DOPS
Each DOPS should represent a different procedure. There are 8 mandatory procedures that can be done at any time in training but must be signed off as competent by the time of your very last Educational Supervision meeting in ST3. Some of these procedures may be combined e.g. prostate and rectal examinations
OPTIONAL DOPS
There are 11 optional procedures which should be recorded, if undertaken: (remember, they are not compulsory, just optional)
WHO CAN ASSESS ME? (click to open me)
In hospital:
- Experienced SpRs
- Staff grades,
- Appropriate nursing staff
- Consultants
In GP posts:
- GP trainer
- Other GPs or
- Appropriate nurses
Be warned: do NOT use other GP trainees to assess you! You will be reprimanded if you do!