General Medical Council

About: General Medical Council is a government organization based out in London, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Health care & Public health. The organization has 69 authors who have published 111 publications receiving 1663 citations. The organization is also known as: GMC.

Preliminary benchmarking of appropriate sanctions for lapses in undergraduate professionalism in the health professions

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the extent of consensus between faculty and students in order to benchmark appropriate sanctions for first-time offences with no mitigating factors in the area of Academic Probity by quota sampling in one cohort of medical, nursing and dental students in a Scottish university.Methods: This study reports administration of a web-based preliminary inventory derived from the international research literature to a target population of health professions staff and students. This study was conducted at Scottish University College of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Midwifery.Subjects: 57 faculty and 689 students in the College in first quarter of 2009 participated in this study.Results: 50% of medical students, 26% of dental students, 22% of nursing students and 27% of midwifery students responded; 22% of faculty responded. Administration of a preliminary 41-item inventory to 57 faculty and 689 students from a Scottish College of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Midwifery has allowed us...

Barriers for domestic violence screening in primary health care centers

Abstract: Backgrounds Violence against women is an important public health problem that draws attention of a wide spectrum of clinicians However, multiple barriers undermine the efforts of primary health care workers to screen battered women Objectives Reveal barriers that might impede screening of women for domestic violence and compare the list of barriers of physicians and nurses Methods An observational cross-sectional study was carried out in primary health care centers located in two randomly selected health regions in Kuwait The study involved all available physicians (210) and nurses (464) in the selected centers The overall response rate was 543% A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection Results Barriers related to the battered woman herself topped the list of ranks for both physicians (929 ± 197%) and nurses (859 ± 176%), P = 002, followed by women culture in general (895 ± 172% for physician and 838 + 208% for nurses, P = 038), then health administration barriers (787 ± 224% for physician and 725 ± 264% for nurses, P = 004) Barriers related to the examiner appeared at the bottom of the list (678 ± 269% for physician and 699 ± 286% for nurses, P = 001) Conclusion Medical staff face major barriers in screening for domestic violence against women in the primary health care centers Specifically tailored programs are required to enhance both knowledge and skills of the health care staff about the screening process Infrastructure and physical environment needs modification to facilitate screening of women

Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019

Abstract: Anaesthetists are thought to be at increased risk of suicide amongst the medical profession. The aims of the following guidelines are: increase awareness of suicide and associated vulnerabilities, risk factors and precipitants; to emphasise safe ways to respond to individuals in distress, both for them and for colleagues working alongside them; and to support individuals, departments and organisations in coping with a suicide.

Confidentiality--a decrepit concept? Discussion paper.

Abstract: It has been suggested by Siegler (1982) that 'The principle of medical confidentiality described in medical codes of ethics... has become old, worn-out and useless; it is a decrepit concept'. Is he right? In the Louvre in Paris one may find a stone pillar on which is inscribed the code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon in the 18th century BC. This code, which sought to integrate Sumerian and Semitic traditions, included the first clear rules on medical practice. Surgeons were both rewarded and punished by results, depending upon the social status of the patient; e.g. 'If the doctor, in opening an abscess, shall kill the patient, his hands shall be cut off'. If, however, the patient was a slave, the doctor was obliged simply to replace his victim. Confidentiality did not feature. Indeed, the Greek historian Herodotus in his 'History' states that it was the custom in Babylon to lay the sick in the street so that anyone passing by might offer advice. Alternative medicine? Certainly no concern with medical records. Happily, Hammurabi was subsequently superseded by Hippocrates who was content to rely upon an appeal for correct conduct, without threat of punishment. Hippocrates' code for such it was was substantially endorsed in 1948 by the Declaration of Geneva, which was most recently amended in 1983 (World Medical Association 1983). It is noteworthy how relevant this code remains today. What principles did it advocate?

Clinical prioritisation questions: A novel assessment tool to encourage tolerance of uncertainty?

Abstract: Uncertainty is a common and increasingly acknowledged problem in clinical practice. Current single best answer (SBA) style assessments test areas where there is one correct answer, and as the appro...