Essential guide to generic skills
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Essential guide to generic skills
Blackwell/BMJ books, 2006
- : [pbk.]
Available at 6 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Clinical and Communication skills . 1 Professionalism.
2 The consultation.
3 Health promotion.
4 Clinical reasoning.
5 Communication with colleagues.
6 Medical records.
7 Prioritising time.
Part 2 Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare .
8 Capacity and consent.
9 The Mental Health Act and common law.
10 Confidentiality.
11 Death certification and the coroner.
12 Fitness to drive.
13 Adult and child protection.
14 Ethical principles in healthcare.
15 Advance directives.
16 End of life issues.
17 NHS complaints procedure.
Part 3 Clinical Governance and Patient Safety.
18 Why things go wrong.
19 Human factors.
20 Safe prescribing.
21 Infection control.
22 Use of evidence and guidelines.
23 Audit.
Part 4 Teaching and Training.
24 Learning about learning.
25 Teaching large groups.
26 Teaching small groups.
27 Presentations.
28 Teaching a skill.
29 How to give feedback.
30 How doctors are assessed.
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"