Essential Guide to Generic Skills

by Cooper, Nicola; Forrest, Kirsty; Cramp, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781405139731
• ISBN10: 1405139730
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-06
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Dr Nicola Cooper, MRCP, Specialist Registrar in General Internal Medicine and Care of the Elderly, Yorkshire, UK

Dr Kirsty Forrest, FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Yorkshire, UK

Dr Paul Cramp, MRCP FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Yorkshire, UK

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Disclaimer	p. xii
Clinical and Communication Skills
Professionalism	p. 3
The consultation	p. 12
Health promotion	p. 22
Clinical reasoning	p. 29
Communication with colleagues	p. 40
Medical records	p. 48
Prioritising time	p. 57
Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare
Capacity and consent	p. 65
The Mental Health Act and common law	p. 76
Confidentiality	p. 83
Death certification and the coroner	p. 88
Fitness to drive	p. 94
Adult and child protection	p. 100
Ethical principles in healthcare	p. 107
Advance directives	p. 112
End of life issues	p. 117
NHS complaints procedure	p. 123
Clinical Governance and Patient Safety
Why things go wrong	p. 129
Human factors	p. 139
Safe prescribing	p. 147
Infection control	p. 154
Use of evidence and guidelines	p. 163
Audit	p. 174
Teaching and Training
Learning about learning	p. 183
Teaching large groups	p. 193
Teaching small groups	p. 199
Presentations	p. 207
Teaching a skill	p. 215
How to give feedback	p. 221
How doctors are assessed	p. 226
Index	p. 237
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