GPR

GPR Reading List

Practical General Practice

these are books giving you an insight to the non-clinical aspects of General Practice; an area not to be underestimated and an important part of the MRCGP. Doctors these days are expected to be good managers too.

• Oxford Registrar Pocket Guide (Oxford Series)
• Making Sense of General Practice (Ellis)
• Running a Practice (Bolden et al)
• Churchill’s Pocketbook of General Practice
• Management in Practice (Oxford Series)
• The Screening Handbook (Fry)
• Local Regional Guidelines
• nGMS contract

Minor Surgery

• Atlas of Minor Surgery (Cracknell)
• Joint & Soft Tissue Injection (Silver)
• Practice Tips (Murtagh)

For the Doctor’s Bag

• Emergencies in General Practice (Moulds)
• Handbook of Emergencies in General Practice (Lawrence et al)
• What to do in a Paediatric Emergency (Higginson, Montgomery & Munro, BMJ)
• A-Z Pocketbook of Symptom Control (Peter Kaye)
• Psychotropic Drug Directory (Stephen Bazire)

Reference Books

These are books that should be available in your surgery room for reference

• BNF or MIMS
• Dermatology Atlas (access to one of many)

General Medical textbook for reference. eg:

• Merck Manual
• Clinical Medicine (Kumar & Clarke)
• Oxford Handbook of Medicine (Hope et al)
• Immunisation Against Infectious Disease (DASS)
• Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive
• Health Information for Overseas Travel (DoH)

Communication Books

Few will have time to read all these. Just choose 1-3 books but be aware of the others (especially for the MRCGP)

• The Inner Consultation (Neighbour)
• The Doctor’s Communication Handbook(Tate)
• The New Consultation: an approach to learning and teaching (Pendleton & Schofield)
• The Doctor, His Patient and the illness (Balint)
• Doctors talking to Patients (Byrne & Long)
• Games People Play (Berne)
• Teaching interpersonal skills (Burnard)
• The Dr-Patient Relationship (Brown & Freeling)
• Six minutes for the Patient (Balint & Norell)
• Relating to the Relatives: breaking bad news – communication and support (Brewin & Sparshott)
• The Fifteen Minute Hour: applied psychotherapy for the primary care physician (Stuart et al)
• Skills for Communicating with patients (Silverman et al)
• Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine (Silverman et al)
• Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics (Malan)
• The Doctor, the Patient and the Group (Balint)
• How to Break Bad News (Buckman)
• Talking Sense (Asher)
• Talking with Patients (Myerscough & Ford)
• The Official Doctor-Patient Handbook (Duckworth Publications)
• What are you feeling, Doctor? (Salinsky & Sackin)
• The Consultation Toolkit (Drucquer & Hutchinson)

Clinical Books

Clinical Books

Geriatric Medicine

• Geriatric Problems in General Practice (Wilcock, Oxford Series)

ENT

• ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat

Eyes

• What shall I do? (Kasky & Daly)
• The Unquiet Eye (Bron)
• The Eye in General Practice (Jackson & Finley)

General Practice

• Practical General Practice (Khot & Polmear)

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

• Contraception: your questions answered (Guillebaud)
• Womens Problems in General Practice (McPherson & Anderson, Oxford Series)
• Modern Obstetrics in General Practice (Oxford)

Medicine

• Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine

Paeds

• What to do in a Paediatric Emergency (Higginson, Montgomery & Munro, BMJ)
• Child Health Surveillance Handbook (Hall)
• Toddler Taming (Green)
• The Normal Child (Illingworth)
• From Birth to Five Years (Mary Sheridon)
• ABC of One to Seven
• Manual of Child Development (Lingam & Harvey)

Palliative Care

• A-Z Pocketbook of Symptom Control (Peter Kaye)
• Living with Dying (Saunders)
• Domiciliary Terminal Care (Doyle)

Psychiatry

• A Guide to Psychiatry in Primary Care (Casey)
• Psychotropic Drug Directory (Stephen Bazire)

nMRCGP

nMRCGP

• nMRCGP Practice Papers: Applied Knowledge Test (Rob Daniels)
• Cases and Concepts for the new MRCGP: Clinical Skills Assessment and Case-based Discussion: CSA and CbD: CSA and CbD for the NMRCGP (P. Naidoo)
• NMRCGP(R): Practice Questions: Applied Knowledge Test (R. Daniels)
• The Complete NMRCGP Study Guide (Masterpass) (Sarah Gear)
• NMRCGP Practice Cases: Clinical Skills Assessment (Raj Thakkar, Peter Havelock, Alice Barnes)
• NMRCGP Applied Knowledge Test Study Guide: Sample Questions and Explanatory Answers (Masterpass) (Aalia Khan, Ramsey Jabbour, Almas Rehman)
• EMQs for the NMRCGP Applied Knowledge Test: With Answers Discussed (Masterpass) (Hayley Dawson, Anna Trigell)
• My First nMRCGP Book (Penny Moore, Simon Curtis)
• CSA Summary Cards for the nMRCGP (Nuzhet A-Ali, Ese Stacey)
• CSA Scenarios for the new MRCGP (Thomas Das)
• Get Through New MRCGP: Clinical Skills Assessment (Get Through Series) (Bruno Rushforth, Val Wass)
• Consultation Skills for the New MRCGP: Practice Cases for CSA and COT (plus DVD) (Prashini Naidoo)
• Applied Knowledge Test for the New MRCGP: Questions and Answers for the AKT (Nuzhet A-Ali)
• The Condensed Curriculum Guide: for GP training and the new MRCGP (Ben Riley, Jayne Haynes, Steve Field)
• Get Through New MRCGP: Applied Knowledge Test (Una F. Coales)
• Hot Topics in General Practice (for the new MRCGP) (Julian Kilburn)
• Oxford Handbook of General Practice (Chantal Simon, Hazel Everitt, Tony Kendrick)
• The new MRCGP Handbook for General Practice (Bob Mortimer)
• Practical General Practice: Guidelines for Effective Clinical Management (Alex Khot, Andrew Polmear)
• Medical Statistics Made Easy (Harris,Taylor)
• Hot Topics in General Practice 8th Edition (Julian Kilburn)
• Symptom Sorter (Keith Hopcroft and Vincent Forte)
• New MRCGP in a Box (M. Punukollu)
• The Complete MRCGP Study Guide (Sarah Gear)
• Preparation and Revision for the DRCOG (DRCOG Study Guides) (Janice Rymer, Gregory Davis, Adam Rodin, Michael Chapman)
• MRCGP: New MCQ Module (Get Through Series) (Una Coales)
• The nMRCGP Handbook (2nd edition) (Bob Mortimer)
• Telephone Consultations in Primary Care: A Practical Guide (Tony Males)

Journals

Journals

• BMJ
  most GP’s either scan or read the relevant sections regularly
• BJGP
  worth scanning, esp for MRCGP

Bulletins

• Drugs & Therapeutic Bulletin (DTB)
• MeReC Bulletin
  valued by many GP’s. Succinct & Authoritative
• Guidelines (Medendium)
  Published twice per year. up to date collection of guidelines. especially good for MRCGP takers.

Magazines

• Pulse
• GP
• Doctor
  Each has its own followers. Pick one to read regularly.

Smaller Magazines

• Training Update
• Practitioner
  Often contain useful clinical review and up to date information. They also have a registrar section and hot tips for the MRCGP. Worth scanning for content.