Nicola Cooper & Kirsty Forrest 
Essential Guide to Generic Skills [PDF ebook] 

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor

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