This fun and highly informative stage 3 course is packed with top “patient- and colleague-centred” tips and techniques, all based on real and approved GP consultation models.

How to master the prioritisation exercise including the difficult reflection section is discussed in detail. You must know all this to get through GPST Stage 3.

The course offers interactive practice sessions with feedback to get you through the highly competitive Stage 3 exam!

Stage 3 sample timetable:

9.00 Arrival and registration
9.30 Introduction: Format of the exam and changes for 2011, What the examiners want
10.00 Communication skills and knowledge base for the GPST3 simulation exercise: Patient-centred and colleague-centred consulting, How the examiners want you to consult, Key consultation models used in General Practice, Essential knowledge base required when speaking to patients, carers and colleagues
11.30 Break
11.45 Practice simulation exercise scenarios: Chances to role-play under exam conditions, Feedback to help refine your skills
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Further practice scenarios
14.45 Break
15.15 Written prioritisation exercise, theory and practice: Techniques and principles to guide you through the difficult prioritisation exercise component, How to impress the examiners in the reflective exercise, Practice scenarios
17.15 Questions and close