Communicating Quality and Safety in Health Care
Communicating Quality and Safety in Health Care

Author: Rick Iedema

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1316425533

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In response to the growing emphasis on clinicians' capacity to practise effective communication, Communicating Quality and Safety in Health Care provides real-time communication scenarios and interprofessional case studies. The book engages healthcare trainees from across medicine, nursing and allied health services in a comprehensive and probing discussion of the communication demands that confront today's healthcare teams. This book explains the role of communication in mental health, emergency medicine, intensive care and a wide range of other health service and community care contexts. It emphasises the ways in which patients and clinicians communicate, and how clinicians communicate with one another. The case studies explain why and how communication is critical to good care and healing. Each chapter analyses real-life practice situations, encourages the learner to ask probing questions about these situations and sets out the principal components and strategies of good communication.

Vivas and Communication Skills in Surgery
Vivas and Communication Skills in Surgery

Author: Kathryn McCarthy

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 9780443073427

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The viva component of the MRCS examination is traditionally the most feared and elusive part of the whole exam. Contained within the syllabus of core and system modules there are favourite examination topics which are more commonly asked than others. This new book covers all these popular subjects and illustrates them with sample viva-style questions. The answers give the candidate guidance on how to respond to these effectively and on what is required to pass the exam. This new book has been written to aid any candidate in preparing to sit a surgical viva, and will be of value to MRCS candidates as well as students for undergraduate surgical finals and surgical registrars prior to the exit examination. Covers the six major subject areas of the MRCS viva exam: applied surgical anatomy, operative surgery, clinical pathology, principles of surgery, applied physiology, and critical care. Includes coverage of the new communication skills section, designed to test the candidate's ability to communicate with patients and supply information to colleagues. Provides over 160 viva topics with subsidiary questions in the style of the exam. Targets the hardest part of the exam which has the lowest pass rate.

ENT Vivas: A Guide to Passing the Intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) Viva Examination
ENT Vivas: A Guide to Passing the Intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) Viva Examination

Author: Adnan Darr

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1000623017

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This clear and concise text covers all the assessable aspects of the ENT curriculum for the FRCS. Although technique and presentation of knowledge will no doubt be attained through viva practice, the comprehensive content ensures that all candidates have the relevant knowledge not only to succeed, but also to excel in their viva examination. Covering both the theoretical and clinical aspects of the examination, as well as other equally critical aspects, including communication skills, clinical examination and miscellaneous sections, this handbook is a high yield revision aid for all surgical trainees in the early stages of their Otolaryngology careers, and simultaneously acts as an emergency information source for those cross-covering the specialty. ENT and Otorhinolaryngology surgical trainees and Residents will find the scope of this guide highly relevant to obtain FRCS accreditation or equivalent.

A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers E-Book
A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers E-Book

Author: John Dent

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0702054674

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This Fourth Edition of the highly praised Practical Guide for Medical Teachers provides a bridge between the theoretical aspects of medical education and the delivery of enthusiastic and effective teaching in basic science and clinical medicine. Healthcare professionals are committed teachers and this book is a practical guide to help them maximise their performance. Practical Guide for Medical Teachers charts the steady rise of global interest in medical education in a concise format. This is a highly practical book with useful "Tips" throughout the text. The continual emergence of new topics which are of interest to teachers in all healthcare disciplines is recognised in this new edition with seven new chapters: The hidden curriculum; Team based learning; Patient safety; Assessment of attitudes and professionalism; Medical education leadership; Medical education research; and How to manage a medical college An enlarged group of 73 authors from 14 countries provide both an international perspective and a multiprofessional approach to topics of interest to all healthcare teachers.

How To Survive Your Viva: Defending A Thesis In An Oral Examination
How To Survive Your Viva: Defending A Thesis In An Oral Examination

Author: Murray, Rowena

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0335233821

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A handbook to help students prepare for vivas. It presents real examples of questions and strategies for answering them; case studies of where vivas can go right or wrong; planning tools and a preparation framework; and verbal strategies to do justice to the thesis.

Assessment in Medical Education and Training
Assessment in Medical Education and Training

Author: Neil Jackson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-07-14

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1000621243

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This work contains a foreword by Dame Lesley Southgate, President, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. Assessment is a key method of improving standards as well as establishing competency. However, despite major developments in the assessment of clinical competence in the last two decades, there is still more bad practice and ignorance of significant issues in this area than any other aspect of medical higher education. This book comprehensively covers all aspects of assessment. It considers current and future policy and practice, including the Modernising Medical Careers training programme; it promotes a system incorporating more meaningful assessments, rather than just 'tests' of knowledge and skill. "Assessment in Medical Education and Training" will be useful to everyone involved in healthcare education, including tutors, trainers, clinical supervisors and assessors in both primary and secondary care. It will also be important reading for consultants and general practitioners with responsibility for registrars, and healthcare education policy makers and shapers. 'Acquisition of knowledge and skills is not sufficient alone; we need to be able to apply the knowledge, skills and strategies learnt, and in turn these can be the appropriate targets of assessment. There is a movement away from traditional, multiple-choice tests to assessments that include a wide variety of methods and so provide for more meaningful assessments which can better capture significant outcomes in order to assure their future success.' - Neil Jackson, Alex Jamieson and Anwar Khan, in the Introduction. 'This thoughtful, provocative and eclectic book is published at a time of enormous change in the content, structure and quality assurance of postgraduate medical education in the United Kingdom. The reader will be challenged and stimulated by the variety of views and emphases. Essential.' - Dame Lesley Southgate, in the Foreword.

Comprehensive Textbook of Surgery
Comprehensive Textbook of Surgery

Author: Dinesh Vyas

Publisher: JP Medical Ltd

Published: 2012-07-20

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9350250527

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This textbook is a comprehensive guide to the field of surgery. Written for medical students, surgery residents and surgeons, in an easy to understand format, it is an invaluable resource offering practical advice on basic and new surgical diseases, options for diagnosis and treatment, and the management of complications. With contributions from recognised experts in the UK, USA and Asia, this book covers surgical-related issues of diseases in all parts of the body, with chapters on cardiology, renal and infectious diseases, obstetrics and gynaecology, and gastrointestinal conditions; emphasising the importance of trauma management and care. Also included is an introduction to the use of radiology, moving towards less invasive diagnosis and treatment with ultrasound machines. Key Features Comprehensive guide to the field of surgery covering diseases in all parts of the body Easy to understand format offers practical advice for students, residents and surgeons Includes discussion on the use of radiology for less invasive diagnosis and treatment Recognised author and editor team from the UK, USA and Asia More than 200 colour images, illustrations and charts

Principles of Surgical Management
Principles of Surgical Management

Author: Clive Quick

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13:

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This book is aimed at all trainees in surgery, and emphasizes the principles of diagnosis and management based on a knowledge of basic science and applied physiology. From a working diagnosis, the book leads the reader through investigation and assessment, operative procedures, post-operative care, to prevention and treatment of complications.