Competence and Excellence in Medical Practice
Whether you’re gearing up to run the RACGP written exam races soon, or pacing your study for next year, it’s worth considering your training approach. No-one wants a false-step or start’ (which is a synonym for fail) which I explored in a previous blog. Repeated false starts can result in disqualification so it’s important to […]
If you’re studying for the RACGP OSCE, you’ve already done the hard yards in passing the written exams. You have the “Knows” and “Knows How” of Miller’s Pyramid, so now it’s time for the does. But don’t forget that Miller’s pyramid can also be seen as a prism, incorporating knowledge, skills and attitudes – and
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Doctor’s are very clever human beings – so why do we struggle with assessment, and in particular, why do we feel that it doesn’t measure our clinical practice accurately? The answer lies in Johari’s window which is a framework to understand the ‘self’. Understanding the RACGP curriculum is the KEY to looking through Johari’s window.
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It is a wonderful experience when you are listening to a speaker and the ‘switch flicks on’. It might be the way they are speaking, the knowledge they are conveying, and/or the contribution of other participants that connects all the circuits together to light up your cognition. I had such an experience this week during
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We often underestimate the influence that our environment has on our decision-making. This week, in the middle of an education session, I was interrupted by the ‘clicking’ of a little gecko. He was lurking outside my study window, feasting on the myriad of insects inhabiting my fernery. And then there was some different clicking. It
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So on Saturday there is a big game – yes finally the Rugby League year is commencing with the Auckland 9’s – and then there is the other game of strategy to exhibit knowledge (aka the AKT and KFP), and with a pretty good winning incentive at the end. Over Christmas I had the honor (and
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