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Essential guide to generic skills / Nicola Cooper, Kirsty Forrest, Paul Cramp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Nicola.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care--Great Britain.
- Medical care.
- Clinical competence--Great Britain.
- Clinical competence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Essential Guide to Generic Skills; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; Part I Clinical and Communication Skills; Chapter 1 Professionalism; Chapter 2 The consultation; Chapter 3 Health promotion; Chapter 4 Clinical reasoning; Chapter 5 Communication with colleagues; Chapter 6 Medical records; Chapter 7 Prioritising time; Part II Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare; Chapter 8 Capacity and consent; Chapter 9 The Mental Health Act and common law; Chapter 10 Confidentiality; Chapter 11 Death certification and the coroner
- Chapter 12 Fitness to driveChapter 13 Adult and child protection; Chapter 14 Ethical principles in healthcare; Chapter 15 Advance directives; Chapter 16 End of life issues; Chapter 17 NHS complaints procedure; Part III Clinical Governance and Patient Safety; Chapter 18 Why things go wrong; Chapter 19 Human factors; Chapter 20 Safe prescribing; Chapter 21 Infection control; Chapter 22 Use of evidence and guidelines; Chapter 23 Audit; Part IV Teaching and Training; Chapter 24 Learning about learning; Chapter 25 Teaching large groups; Chapter 26 Teaching small groups; Chapter 27 Presentations
- Chapter 28 Teaching a skillChapter 29 How to give feedback; Chapter 30 How doctors are assessed; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611321192
- 9781281321190
- 1281321192
- 9780470757925
- 0470757922
- 9780470757918
- 0470757914
- OCLC:
- 476170650
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