Patient-Centred Consulting for the MRCGP: using the RCGP competences to improve your consulting

Looking for a book that married effective consultation with all the RCGP competencies, then look no further! I have gone through lots of books written to aid in achieving effective consultations in General Practice, but none has been written with great precision and well targeted at its audience as this book. The author effectively went into details without at any point appeared boring in its quest to ensure the reader grasp the principles of effective communication, consultation and at the same time inherently and effortlessly becomes patient centred in his consultations. I still reference to this book on daily bases even after years of qualifying as a GP. I would deem myself selfish if I do not recommend this masterpiece to anybody both trainees and trainers who want to perfect the act of General practice consultation.

Massively helpful book for GP consultations for holistic treatment

very good book for CSA prep especially for people like me who never had communication skills as part of curriculum in Med school. The book is very precise, clear

Very good book. Need to read it early before GP surgery rotation. As this shapes your consultation way before CSA. Passed CSA first time around. Still using it after CSA and now recommending it to ST1 GP trainee.

Excellent book tailored specifically for the CSA exam

Extremely useful

I got to know about this book only a few weeks before my exam. I was able to alter my consultation pattern and noticed straight away that the techniques from the book worked very well. By remaining patient centred I noticed I did not need to worry about remembering to cover all bases; eg social history etc. By asking relevant open questions the patients usually gave the necessary information. Suffice to say that it worked also during the exams; helping me pass at first attempt as an IMG. I will highly recommend this book to all GP trainees; especially IMGs from early on in the training. In the process being patient centred will become second nature and the CSA exam will just be another day in the surgery (minus the exam nerves of course!).

Wow. This book will change the way that you prepare for the CSA exam. It takes a logical approach and ensures that you are able to remain naturally patient centred while covering the required competencies. The skills learnt can then be perfected during your typical day to day patient encounters.A refreshing new book for GP trainees. Bravo.