Transcript professional values 8-09

Professional values
Our roles and responsibilities
as GPs
Why do this session?
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nMRCGP competencies
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Working with colleagues and in teams
Maintaining an ethical approach
Fitness to practice
RCGP curriculum chapter 3 – personal
and professional responsibilities
What roles does a GP have?
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Think as widely as possible
member of a
profession
clinician
person
agent/shaper
of policy
family
doctor
patient’s
advocate
gatekeeper
researcher
teacher
reflective
practitioner
GP’s role
resource
allocator
handler of
information
team
member
learner
business
person
manager
employer
colleague
employee
partner
team
leader
Self principles and
values
Family
Patients
Who are we
responsible to?
Colleagues
and team
Society as a
whole
NHS
4 ethical principles
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Beneficence - doing good
Non maleficence - not doing harm
Justice - fairness (distributive justice)
Respect for autonomy - decision should
be informed, competent, not coerced
4 moral theories
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Virtue - innate character attributes
Duties - rules of moral conduct
Utility - the greatest good of the greatest
number
Rights - people are intrinsically entitled to
certain things/services
GMC - duties of a doctor
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Make care of every patient
your first concern
Treat every patient politely
and considerately
Respect patients’ dignity
and privacy
Listen to patients and
respect their views
Give patients info in a way
they can understand
Respect their rights to be
fully involved in decisions
about their care
Keep your knowledge and
skills up to date
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Recognise limits of your
professional competence
Be honest and trustworthy
Respect and protect
confidential information
Don’t let personal beliefs
prejudice patients’ care
Act quickly to protect
patients if you believe you
or a colleague may be unfit
to practise
Avoid abusing your position
as a doctor
Work with colleagues in
ways that best serve
patients’ interests
The good general practitioner
RCGP, 1985
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Awareness of your own values, beliefs and attitudes and how
they affect your work
Recognition of the social, cultural and organisational factors
affecting their work
Possession and application of ethical principles
Tolerance, respect and flexibility in response to the ideas of
others
Willingness to submit work to review by peers and to give and
receive criticism
Ability to maintain own physical and mental health
Awareness of factors influencing relationship between their
personal and professional life
Willingness to accept responsibility for patients and
colleagues in the practice
RCGP curriculum chapter 3 –
personal and professional responsibilities
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Clinical governance
Patient safety
Clinical ethics and values-based practice
Promoting equality and valuing diversity
Evidence based practice
Research and academic activity
Teaching, mentoring and clinical
supervision
Some other sources of
guidance
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Law (e g access to medical records,
fitness to drive, consent issues, Mental
Health Act, employment law, Human
Rights Act, Mental Capacity Act)
Contractual (Terms and Conditions of
Service, agreements with PCT, practice
agreements, contracts of employment)
Scenarios for discussion
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You may not all agree on an answer
There often isn’t a right answer
Learn to think both broadly and deeply
about the issues raised
And find a framework to support your
thinking