The ConsultMentor Blog
Practical guidance for GP registrars: consultation skills, SCA preparation, reflective practice and thoughtful ways to improve with feedback.
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Handling Professional and Ethical Dilemmas in a Consultation
SCA Preparation Professional and Ethical Dilemmas Confidentiality, capacity, and competing duties: how to handle the consultations with no clean answer, calmly and safely. Some consultations test your clinical…
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Consulting Across Cultural and Language Difference
SCA Preparation Consulting Across Cultural and Language Difference How to consult well across language barriers and differing health beliefs — a core skill, and a real driver of…
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Getting the Most From Your Educational Supervisor
SCA Preparation Getting the Most From Your Educational Supervisor How to come prepared, ask better questions, and use your ES sessions to actually improve. Your Educational Supervisor is…
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Supporting a Registrar Who Is Struggling With Consultation Skills
For Trainers & Supervisors Supporting a Struggling Registrar Where to start when a registrar is struggling with consultations: diagnosing the real problem and building a focused, confidence-protecting plan.…
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What Trainers Wish Registrars Knew Before the SCA
For Trainers & Supervisors What Trainers Wish Registrars Knew After years of supervising registrars through the clinical exam, the same lessons come up again and again. Here they…
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Consulting About Medically Unexplained Symptoms
SCA Preparation Medically Unexplained Symptoms How to validate the patient, avoid the investigation trap, and explain without dismissing — one of the most delicate consultations in general practice.…
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Consulting Well With the Frequent Attender
SCA Preparation Consulting Well With the Frequent Attender One of general practice’s hardest consultations — how to stay curious rather than dismissive, and what the exam is really…
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Telephone and Remote Consultation Skills for the SCA
SCA Preparation Telephone and Remote Consultation Skills The SCA is a remote exam, and much of general practice happens by phone. How to gather information, build rapport, and…
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Where Are You in Your Training? Matching Practice to Your Stage
SCA Preparation Where Are You in Your Training? How you should practise depends on your stage: building style and confidence first, structured coverage across the curriculum later. Registrars…
