Severn and Wessex Association of Course and Programme Organisers

Educational Resources

SWACPO was dissolved in April 2007, when the Severn and Wessex Deanery split into two.

These web pages are kept as a record and resource.

SWACPO on-line study-guides

Swindon/Bath DRC's on-line resources - the index page for over 30 on-line study guides, GP Registrar preparation guides, plus their on-line resources for GP Trainers.

The first month - Bill Irish's super study guide for the first month as a GP Registrar.

Audit - Michael Harris has produced this study guide on audit, including advice on Summative Assessment.

Primary Care Research - this introduction to research is primarily aimed at GP Registrars.

Resources for GP Educators

SEAP - information about use of the SEAP form to assess quality in GPVTS SHO posts.

Education for Primary Care - "the green journal". It should be possible to use your membership number to get full-text access.

ERIC - the teacher's equivalent of med-line.

Best Evidence Medical Collaboration (BEME) - the medical teacher's equivalent of "Clinical Evidence", but limited stuff on it so far.

Yahoo Groups home page - an super way to set up an e-mail group for your trainer, SHO or GPR group; easy to set up and maintain.

Teaching Courses - a WACO guide to courses for GP Educators (downloadable MS Word document).

Association of Course Organisers - the national body representing the views of Course Organisers in Britain.

Medical Statistics Made Easy - information and an order form for our very own Michael Harris's book on medical statistics. It costs £12.99, and is written in the same, easy-to-follow format as this website. It is designed specifically for the MRCGP exam. The information may take a minute to download.

Assessment tools

DREEM - the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure, (Roff S et al, 1997, tailored for use on a DRC Spring 2003, by Bill Irish & Michael Harris). See the Swindon/Bath DREEM page for an example of it in use.

Admin

Wessex Deanery's General Practice Index - loads of useful stuff.

National Office for Summative Assessment - a well designed site.

The Royal College of General Practitioners - with links to the exam regulations and guidance.

Position documents

Study leave - guidance on essential courses and additional training which needs to be undertaken during the first 2 years of GP training as a hospital SHO.

On-line journals

bmj.com - electronic BMJ (British Medical Journal) - make sure your SHOs & GPRs know about the excellent "collected resources" section.

British Journal of General Practice - at last, most papers are available on-line.

Bandolier Home Page - loads of easily digestible info.

Evidence-Based Medicine - the online version of the book.

BNF - British National Formulary