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Evaluation of the leadership and management training of Royal Navy GPs
  1. Sarah Elizabeth Crouch1,
  2. R Booth2 and
  3. T J Holland3
  1. 1DPHC, HMS Sultan, Gosport, UK
  2. 2Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Yeovil, UK
  3. 3Academic Department of Military General Practice, RCDM, Birmingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sarah Elizabeth Crouch; sarah.crouch678{at}mod.gov.uk

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Royal Navy (RN) General Practice Specialty Trainees (GPSTs) conduct most of their training in the National Health Service (NHS), qualifying as general practitioners (GPs) under the national training scheme, governed by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGPs) curriculum. This pathway does not prepare them for the extended roles of Military General Practice1, especially operational requirements.2 The RCGP has acknowledged the additional learning needs of NHS GPs whilst establishing in practice, leading to the First5 scheme, offering support during the first 5 years after qualification.3 During this period a key deficit for both NHS and Defence GPs (DGPs) is leadership and management skills.4 5 …

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  • Contributors SEC is the main contributing author with TJH supervising the submission. RB supervised the original research project.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.