Essential Guide to Generic Skills (Blackwell's Essentials)

This is a vital text to help you with the competency assessment in the UK Foundation Programme giving practical advice in an easy to follow format.

It advises new doctors on note-keeping, time management/organisation, communicating with colleagues, the structure of the NHS, and how to deal with the ethical and legal issues they face when on-call.

Also looks at emotional intelligence, learning styles or how different personality types can work together more effectively.