Amar Rughani is a full-time GP in Sheffield where he works in a large multiple-training practice, experiencing the realities of patient care and contributing to the learning of today's GP trainees.

As an educator, he is an Associate Postgraduate Dean in the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, where his lead roles are in the assessment of performance, appraisal and continuing professional development.

Nationally, he is a senior RCGP Examiner and was part of a group that designed and implemented the nMRCGP.

Currently, he is RCGP Blueprint clinical lead, responsible for ensuring that the separate elements of the exam work coherently. He also helped to produce the GP curriculum and is part of the RCGP group that is developing the curriculum further.

Using these perspectives, he writes for the 'Crammer's corner' section of InnovAiT (the RCGP Journal for trainees) to inform, educate and hopefully reduce anxiety in those who are worried about the exam!

Contents ?
See the contents of the book, which cover the 12 professional competency areas of the nMRCGP
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How can ‘Becoming a GP’ help me?
The GP licensing exam, the nMRCGP, is based on a series of specified competencies developed from the GP curriculum. ‘Becoming a GP’ describes each of these behaviors in detail, putting them into the context of a GPs working life with advice on how these behaviors can be achieved. It also describes various stages in the development of the competencies...More