The consultation hill: a new model to aid teaching consultation skills.

摘要

Teaching consultation skills in general practice has always been a challenge. A particular area that doctors in training' consistently seem to struggle with is in regularly completing high quality consultations in 10 minutes. It has always been important that a GP Registrar at the end of their training year can consult at 10-minute intervals. Ten minutes is the mean rate of consultation most practices will expect a locum, salaried doctor or new partner to consult at and is the fundamental tool of a GP's trade.