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The CfAP ePortfolio route is the retrospective pathway for experienced practitioners to gain formal ACP recognition. Understanding requirements prevents wasted effort.

A portfolio career combines clinical GP sessions with non-clinical or specialist roles. The key is starting during training and building deliberately after CCT. The risk is fragmen...

The post-CCT landscape is broader than most trainees realise. Partnership, salaried, locum, portfolio career, GPwER, academic GP, medical education, and clinical leadership are all...

The 13 RCGP capabilities define what a competent GP looks like. Understanding them is the framework for your professional development — not just an administrative requirement for p...

The August 2025 curriculum update is an evolution, not a revolution. Three-year training structure, assessment package, and evidence requirements are unchanged. What changed: updat...

Returning to clinical training after a break requires deliberate knowledge refreshment and confidence rebuilding. A 4-week re-entry plan combining adaptive revision, guideline refr...

ARCP requirements for LTFT trainees should be adjusted proportionally to WTE — but interpretation varies by deanery. Proactive discussion with ES and TPD about expected evidence le...

IMGs often face financial constraints alongside exam preparation. A robust free MRCGP preparation stack exists — it covers clinical knowledge and AKT comprehensively, with the main...

Locum GPs need a portable, self-contained toolkit — nothing is provided by the practice. Heidi Health's portability makes it the default locum scribe. iatroX's free clinical toolki...

The toolkit shift from trainee to NQP is significant — exam revision tools become irrelevant, clinical reference becomes more important, AI scribes become essential, and CPD tools ...

The final six months are administrative as much as clinical. Missing a single requirement — performers list, safeguarding evidence, Form R — can delay CCT. This checklist covers ev...

ST3 is where everything converges — SCA preparation, AKT (if not passed), portfolio completion, and CCT application. The trainees who struggle are those who don't plan the sequenci...