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This post is about ARCP in core medical training.  This is my personal experience and it may vary from deanery to deanery and specialty to specialty. If you have any questions regarding this, it is best to contact your deanery or educational supervisor. I got an outcome 1 in my core medical training year 1.  FAQs What is ARCP? ARCP stands for annual review of competence progression. It basically assesses the competencies of a trainee doctor. It ensures that the doctor is at par with a certain level of training which is required at his/her level. Is it just for core medical training? No, this is for every level of training. Foundation training: http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/curriculum-eportfolio/foundation-ARCP Core medical training and specialty training: https://www.jrcptb.org.uk/training-certification/arcp-decision-aids What happens in the ARCP? The programme directors of the deanery go through the e portfolio of the trainee doctors and give an outco...

This blog is all about post delivery care of your baby. The feeling of the addition of another member in your family hits you when you come home with your baby. However this journey can be very easy (and enjoyable) if you pre-plan this. Things to pre-plan before the delivery: 1. Have some additional person to help around. It will be tough for the mother initially, especially if she has had a C section. In order to do this, you need to plan in advance and get a visa for whoever you want to be with you through this (it is usually the female parents mother who has been through all of this and the female partner will be more comfortable with her). It is best that the additional person stays for at least a few weeks. 2. Get the major shopping out of the way when the female partner is able to walk comfortably ( ie usually at the beginning of the 3rd trimester). You may have made a list of things to get but you realize that you need so many other things when you go to the store. 3. Cook foo...