SCA Preparation Getting the Most From Your Feedback Feedback only helps if you act on it — how to read it properly, spot patterns across cases, and share a progress report with your Educational Supervisor. Feedback is only as useful as what you do with it. Plenty of registrars read their score, feel briefly pleased […]
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SCA Preparation Building Consultation Stamina Most registrars practise two or three cases at a time. Building the stamina to consult well across a full run is what prepares you for the SCA — and a real surgery. Watch how most registrars practise and you will notice a pattern. They sit down, do two or three
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SCA Preparation How Many Cases Should You Practise? There is no magic number. What matters is competency, not volume — and knowing how to judge when a case is properly learned. One of the most common questions we hear from registrars is also one of the hardest to answer well: how many cases do I
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Free Tools Why Timing Matters By Faiz Ismail A free SCA timer with subtle audio cues to help you pace your consultations — for exam practice, peer practice, and real surgery. Ask any registrar what trips them up in the SCA and timing comes up again and again. You explore the history beautifully, build real
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Consultation skills & SCA preparation How Many Times Should You Practise a Case? By Faiz Ismail Practical, trainer-informed guidance for improving GP consultations through deliberate practice, reflection and useful feedback. This is one of the questions our registrars ask most often, and the honest answer is: it depends on the feedback. Not a satisfying answer,
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Consultation skills & SCA preparation What's AI Consultation Practice Like? An Honest Overview By Faiz Ismail Practical, trainer-informed guidance for improving GP consultations through deliberate practice, reflection and useful feedback. AI consultation practice has become a regular topic in GP trainee conversations. If you’re curious but haven’t tried it — or if you’re sceptical —
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Consultation skills & SCA preparation SCA Preparation Options Compared: What's Worth Your Time By Faiz Ismail Practical, trainer-informed guidance for improving GP consultations through deliberate practice, reflection and useful feedback. There are more SCA preparation resources available now than ever. The challenge isn’t finding them — it’s deciding which combination actually works for how you
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Consultation skills & SCA preparation Understanding the Three Consultation Domains: A Guide for GP Registrars By Faiz Ismail Practical, trainer-informed guidance for improving GP consultations through deliberate practice, reflection and useful feedback. Whether you’re preparing for the SCA or just trying to consult better in surgery, the three assessment domains offer a useful framework for
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Consultation skills & SCA preparation Seven Consultation Habits Worth Fixing By Faiz Ismail Practical, trainer-informed guidance for improving GP consultations through deliberate practice, reflection and useful feedback. We all have habits in consultations — some helpful, some less so. These are the ones we see most often in our registrars, and they’re worth thinking about
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Consultation skills & SCA preparation Getting Better at GP Consultations: A Practical Guide By Faiz Ismail Practical, trainer-informed guidance for improving GP consultations through deliberate practice, reflection and useful feedback. We’re both GP trainers, and we’ve watched hundreds of registrars develop their consultation skills over the years. Some arrive as naturals. Most don’t — they
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