Welcome to the Essential Knowledge Update Programme





Essential Knowledge Updates (EKUs)

A six-monthly focused update on selected items of new and changing knowledge central to everyday practice.

Concise summarises on the latest information, with suggestions on how to improve your practice. Helping you to identify learning needs in your personal development plan
Revalidation

Revalidation ePortfolio users can automatically import evidence of completed EKUs and EKCs in to their CPD log!
Essential Knowledge
Update Podcasts
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Listen to the most important educational messages of an Update through the Essential Knowledge Update podcasts.

Access to the Updates & Challenges

The six-monthly Updates and Challenges are FREE to all RCGP Members, Associates in Training and GP Foundation members as part of the RCGP membership benefit package.

Non-members can purchase an annual subscription (two Updates and two Challenges). Please click here to purchase.


A FREE taster of the Essential Knowledge Update Programme can be accessed here.


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An informative and engaging learning tool
designed by GPs for GPs!

Essential Knowledge Challenge (EKC)

An online assessment that tests your understanding of the Update which you can take as many times as you like!

Answers to each Challenge are released six months after launch.
Certificates

Certificates are available for users to download following the completion of an Update or Challenge*.
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Essential Knowledge Challenge Benchmarking graphs enable you to compare your scores with others.



* Please note: following the release of the answers to a Challenge you will no longer be able to obtain a certificate for CPD credits however, you can still take the Challenge for self-directed learning purposes.

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