Personal and Practice Development Plans in Primary Care: A Practical Guide to Getting Started

If this is how you feel, then this is the book for you! Developing your own PLP should be a quick and easy way to identify your learning needs, and a rewarding experience as you see your portfolio grow through your educational year. This book is written bytwo experienced authors who fully understand the need for a direct, no-nonsense approach. The first part provides you with the basic principles from which to launch your own PLP. The second part, based on the successful Update Toolkit 2000, provides a step-by-step guide to the PLP framework with full explanations of how to complete each step.

This book will also help those with responsibility for developing Practice Development Plans. A framework is provided for the PDP along with advice on how to incorporate your individual PLPs into this, and it also addresses the team issues that you will face.

Remember, your plan is a living document, and this book is intended as a companion as you continually review your needs and those of your practice.

A straightforward step-by-step guide to developing your own PDP or PPDP

The focus is on getting you started through worked examples and practical tips

Ther authors help you to understand the need for a PDP or PPDP and how it will help you meet your practice needs at the same time

Having identified your learning needs, this essential guide gives advice on how to address those needs throughout the year

To save you time, all of the plan frameworks are available on-line for you to download and complete

Derek Gallen is Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education for Oxford Deanery, Oxford; and GP, Wellingborough Surgery, Northants, UK.