About the General Practice programme
Welcome to the e-GP website. From here you can access the e-GP online elearning resource for NHS General Practitioners and doctors undertaking specialty training for UK general practice, jointly developed by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and Health Education England elearning for healthcare.
The e-GP resource provides a programme of elearning modules covering the RCGP curriculum. Each module is made up of reflective and interactive elearning sessions that enhance GP training and support preparation for appraisal and revalidation.
You can view a list of e-GP sessions currently available using the Download button below.
An introduction to e-GP
e-GP Project Aims
The e-GP project is creating an elearning resource that:
- Facilitates the delivery of the RCGP curriculum at the national, local and individual learner level
- Provides relevant, comprehensive and accessible learning content for GPs working in the UK NHS
- Embodies adult learning principles and supports a blended approach to learning
- Supports GP Specialty Registrars to achieve certification to practise as independent General Practitioners
- Supports GPs in continual professional development (CPD) and revalidation
e-GP Content
Over the past two years, the e-GP programme has been extensively updated to ensure the content remains current and contemporary, and continues to underpin the RCGP curriculum.
Sample session
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Closing the Consultation
This session explores the ways in which GPs effectively and appropriately close the consultation.
View the feedback
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Dr Clare Etherington
One of the most useful aspects of e-GP is that...
Dr Clare Etherington
One of the most useful aspects of e-GP is that it covers the whole GP curriculum. Trainees can sample the elearning sessions across a range of topics and do not necessarily need to go through every single session of every single module.
I think it is really useful for specialty trainees who have not covered certain topics in their training, such as ‘genetics’ or ‘learning disability’, to be able to work their way through the sessions on these topics. It is then easy to add the completed session as an entry on their ePortfolio. Study groups preparing for the nMRCGP assessments are able to share out some of the sessions between them and then feedback the key information to one another.
Each session of elearning gives about the right quantity of information to discuss in a tutorial. It is very convenient to have GP-related information on a topic grouped into a single session, and to be able to access the links without having to spend a lot of time ‘Googling’. The mix of words, pictures, videos and self-testing exercises makes the sessions easy to read and appealing to people with different learning styles.
I also like the fact that some sessions are written by well-known GP figures and others are written by GPs who have only recently been through the new exam process themselves.
Dr Clare Etherington
General Practitioner in London
GP Trainer and Tutor
nMRCGP Clinical Skills Assessment Examiner
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Dr Clare Taylor
I find e-GP to be an easily accessible resource...
Dr Clare Taylor
I find e-GP to be an easily accessible resource which covers many areas of the RCGP curriculum. It allows me to target my learning around areas of the curriculum I feel less confident in such as adolescent health or end of life care.
With each elearning session stating the approximate amount of time it will take to complete I can plan my learning time effectively around other commitments in the busy working week.
Providing evidence of completion of each elearning session either by a certificate to print out or a direct link to my ePortfolio is very helpful.
e-GP is an excellent tool to address specific learning needs highlighted in my learning log or to address areas for development identified in my PDP.
Dr Clare Taylor
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Dr Moontarin Ansar
I was intrigued by the idea of e-GP at the beginning...
Dr Moontarin Ansar
I was intrigued by the idea of e-GP at the beginning of my registrar (ST3) year and after exploring it in more detail, I realised it is a useful way to supplement learning, being easily accessible 24 hours a day. The content is up to date and the sources are reliable. New modules are added regularly and there appears to be something for everyone.
Given the vast amount of medical information on the web, it is useful to have websites created by the profession for the profession. It is reassuring to know that modules are written by some of the leaders in the field such as Roger Neighbour MBE, a past President of the RCGP.
Some modules are aimed at trainees and others for experienced GPs. The modules are useful tools to refresh one’s memory or help to aid new learning on various topics. It is nice to have easy access in one forum to many modules covering subjects as the Consultation Model, to others focusing on Clinical Management or Genetics in Primary Care.
e-GP also allows trainees to log their learning on their e-portfolio helping trainees become better doctors and reflect on their learning. All trainees are automatically registered for free access to e-GP and I would encourage everyone to use it.
Dr Moontarin Ansar
GP Trainee and RCGP Associates in Training Representative for the East of Scotland Deanery
e-GP Team
Alan Ryan
National Programme Director, HEE elearning for healthcare
Dirk Pilat
e-GP Clinical Lead, RCGP
Simon Ashmore
Director of Professional Development and Standards, RCGPAnnemarie O'Dwyer
e-GP Project Manager, RCGP
Louise Newson
e-GP Project Champion, RCGP
Neha Baj
Senior Project Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge: Suchita Shah, Sally Higginbottom, Jenny Bedford, Matthew Castleden, Barbara Noble, Khyati Bakhai and Richard Stones, who have contributed greatly to the e-GP Review Project.
e-GP Editorial Team
The e-GP editorial team include the Clinical Lead and Module Editors.
Each e-GP module is led by one or more Module Editors who are responsible for overseeing the development of clinical content for all the elearning sessions.
Click on the editorial team member’s name to see their biography.
- Dirk Pilat – e-GP Clinical Lead
- Deborah Saltman – Evaluation Editor
- Rupal Shah – Managing Editor (Clinical Management)
- Justin Allen – 1 Being a GP
- Adam Fraser & Roger Neighbour – 2 The GP Consultation
- Christine Johnson – 3.2 Patient Safety & Managing Editor (Clinical Management)
- Paramjit Gill – 3.4 Promoting Equality and Valuing Diversity
- Veronica Wilkie – 3.5 Evidence-Based Practice
- Peter Farndon – 6 Genetics in Primary Care
- Alison MacIsaac – 8 Children and Young People
- Julie Ayres & Clare Etherington – 10.1 Women’s Health
- Philippa Matthews & Alison Swain – 11 Sexual Health
- Chantal Simon – 12b Palliative Care & Managing Editor (Patient Groups)
- Matt Hoghton – 14 Learning Disabilities
- Stella Hornby – 15.5 Eye Problems
- Elspeth Wise – 15.9a Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Problems
- Monica Fletcher – 15.8 Respiratory Problems
- Raj Ramachandram – 15.8 Respiratory Problems
- Judith Rees – Physical Examinations Video Module
How to access
In order to access the e-GP programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.
To view the e-GP programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.
To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the e-GP programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
How to license
In the event that you do not qualify for free access to the e-GP programme, you are able to license access through eIntegrity, a community-interest company established for this purpose.
You can check whether or not you qualify for free access by clicking on the ‘Register’ button above.
For more information on the licensing options available for the e-GP programme, please visit the Integrity website.
More information
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.