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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-practitioners-vocational-training-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-practitioners-vocational-training-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/13",
  "legislation_title": "Medical Practitioners (Vocational Training) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-practitioners-vocational-training-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Competencies to be tested by Summative Assessment",
  "text": "The competencies to be tested by summative assessment are:\n1 factual medical knowledge which is sufficient to enable the practitioner to perform the duties of a general practitioner;\n2 the ability to apply factual medical knowledge to the management of problems presented by patients in general practice;\n3 effective communication, both orally and in writing;\n4 the ability to consult satisfactorily with general practice patients;\n5 the ability to review and critically analyse the practitioner’s own working practices and manage any necessary changes appropriately;\n6 clinical skills; and\n7 the ability to synthesise all of the above competencies and apply them appropriately in a general practice setting.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 in operation at 30.1.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/13/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:25:38.372941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}