The universal GP Training website for everyone, not just Bradford.   Created in 2002 by Dr Ramesh Mehay

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THE BRADFORD VTS RCA WEBINARS

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6 hours of practical advice on the RCA delivered by Dr Ramesh Mehay of Bradford VTS.   As a result of some very successful and well-received webinars, these have been edited and are now available online.  

We strongly urge you to sign up to both Webinars as they cover different elements of the RCA.  

The information here has been obtained from continuous discussions with a group of real RCA examiners – who have revealed what they are looking for and what the good candidates do.  They’ve also highlighted things bad candidates do.  Information has also be collated from recent Deanery run RCA seminars.

Learn how to pass.   

TRAINING FOR TPDs, GP TRAINERS & GP TRAINEES

  • To make things easier to follow and digest, we have split them into a series of one-hour webinars. 
  • Webinars 1 & 2 focus on the 3 domains (DG, CM & IPS).  Webinars 3 & 4 look at the marking sheet in detail.
  • We have edited these videos so that “unfocussed chitter-chatter” is removed.
  • We have annotated the video clips to help emphasise and help you understand things.
  • There is a lot of other information in all four webinars – especially practical hints and tips.   
  • And there are demonstrations on how to do certain skills.
  • We strongly recommend watch all 4 webinars.    If you are unsure, at least consider watching webinar 1 & 2 first. 

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Data Gathering & InterPersonal SKILLS

2 x 1h sessions covering Data Gathering and InterPersonal Skills. Also covered are a number of practical tips and common questions from the audience.

Data Gathering & InterPersonal SKILLS

2 x 1 hour lessons
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CLINICAL MANAGEMENT & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

2 x 1h sessions covering Data Gathering and InterPersonal Skills. Also covered are a number of practical tips and common questions from the audience.

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

2 x 1 hour lessons
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THE MARKING SHEET - PART A

A 1h tutorial focusing on the RCA marking sheet. In particular, each of the subcomponents which make up the Data Gathering domain.

THE MARKING SHEET - PART A

1 hour lesson
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THE MARKING SHEET - PART B

A 1h tutorial focusing on the RCA marking sheet. In particular, each of the subcomponents which make up the Clinical Management and Interpersonal Skills domains.

THE MARKING SHEET - PART B

1 hour lesson
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How IT ALL STARTED
WHAT WE'RE ABOUT
WHO ARE WE FOR?

Bradford VTS was created by Dr. Ramesh Mehay, a Programme Director for Bradford GP Training Scheme back in 2001. Over the years, it has seen many permutations.  At the time, there were very few resources for GP trainees and their trainers so Bradford decided to create one FOR EVERYONE. 

So, we see Bradford VTS as  the INDEPENDENT vocational training scheme website providing a wealth of free medical resources for GP trainees, their trainers and TPDs everywhere and anywhere.  We also welcome other health professionals – as we know the site is used by both those qualified and in training – such as Associate Physicians, ANPs, Medical & Nursing Students. 

Our fundamental belief is to openly and freely share knowledge to help learn and develop with each other.  Feel free to use the information – as long as it is not for a commercial purpose.   

We have a wealth of downloadable resources and we also welcome copyright-free educational material from all our users to help build our rich resource (send to bradfordvts@gmail.com).

Our sections on (medical) COMMUNICATION SKILLS and (medical) TEACHING & LEARNING are perhaps the best and most comprehensive on the world wide web (see white-on-black menu header section on the homepage).

4th February 2024 

WHAT's HAPPENING?

Here are some updates planned over the next 6 months

  1. Updating the SCA exam pages with cases and videos.
  2. Clinical Specialty areas all being updated with current guidance and easy to understand diagrams and flow charts.
  3. Videos being created for some of the pages for those of you who prefer to watch than read.
  4. We’ve got some bradfordvts helpers to contribute and develop their own pages or areas of interest.  If you would like to be a bradfordvts helper, email me rameshmehay@googlemail.com
  5. We provide all of this for free. But it costs us money to run.  If you could kindly donate something, that would be great.  We do all of this for you.   Please hit the button below. xxx