... Doctors Nurses COVID-19 Funding: No funding was received for this work. Cases of patient harm with high media exposure, involving increasing numbers of affected individuals, have been making headlines globally. Healthcare, as a highly regulated and complex environment, requires...

...David O'Brien; Steven Pengelly; Anthony Lambert Purpose This study aims to quantify the provision of blood result logons to new Foundation 1 (F1) doctors in a large teaching hospital over the course of two years, with the audit used to bring about improvement over this time. Design/methodology...

...S.W. Mercer; D.J. Murphy Purpose The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure is a validated tool for assessing the patients' perception of the doctors' communication in primary care. The present study aims to evaluate the potential usefulness of the CARE Measure in secondary care...

... on the IR consultant psychiatrists and discussing their experiences of the overall recruitment process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Recruitment Consultants Psychiatry Doctors Globalization National Health Service The department of health (DH) launched a global...

... and leadership competency framework. This will apply to all doctors in training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and post‐registration. Design/methodology/approach A literature review and consultation approach has been adopted. By interviewing appropriate stakeholders from medical professional...

... to revalidation and appraisal including primary sources from the Department of Health, the GMC, Fifth report of the Shipman Inquiry and published journal articles. Findings – Local clinical governance will be a significant part of the route to re‐licensing for the vast majority of doctors working in the NHS...

...Jonathan Haslam; Jane Cowan; Stephen C. Trumble; Mark L. O'Brien; Matthew O'Brien; Bronwyn Hartwig Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in patients' satisfaction after their doctor has participated in a brief educational intervention on medicolegal risk management. Design...

.... Design/methodology/approach Relevant sections of the curriculum are examined and reproduced within the article, along with the authors' reflections on theoretical and practical implications of its content, as applicable to current National Health Service (NHS) training of doctors. Areas of agreement...

...G.M. Bashir; R. Henderson; K. Henderson Purpose To formulate an effective teaching prog ramme in the principles of clinical effectiveness for junior doctors, with simultaneous participation in a clinical audit project during their six‐month period of employment. Design/methodology/approach...

...Thomas Plochg; Niek S. Klazinga Purpose To explore theoretically the reasons for the modest uptake of clinical governance practices by taking the literature on the origin of tensions between doctors and managers as the starting‐point. Design/methodology/approach The approaches of doctors...

... al., 2001 ; Craig et al., 1999 ; Diamond et al., 1998 ; Kearns et al., 2001 ; Wachter et al., 1998 ; Meltzer et al., 2002 ; Auerbach et al., 2002). Medical facilities Patient care Doctors © Emerald Group Publishing...

...Jane Cowan From April 2004 doctors’ letters will be copied to patients. This article examines the potential benefits and pitfalls of the initiative. The issues are discussed from both the health professional’s and the patient’s perspective, with particular reference to consent and confidentiality...

... introduce systems and develop cultures and systems which make this easier. Although this has been considered hypothetically, what happens in real situations and what the outcomes are for those individuals actually reporting has not been studied. This study is built on an earlier pilot of 228 doctors...

...M.J.M.H. (Kiki) Lombarts; N.S. (Niek) Klazinga To deepen our insight into the Dutch system of visitatie, a doctors‐led and ‐owned external peer review mechanism through site visits, a process evaluation was performed. The study focussed on the practice‐specific recommendations...

... government in the excellent “reference guide to consent for examination or treatment” during the same year (Department of Health, 2001a). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Document handling Plastic surgery Risk management Doctors Nurses Patients The study took place in a district general...

...: education, motivation, and facilitation. This article reviews the success of these methods. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Doctors Continuing professional development Motivation Traditional continuing medical education (CME), which generally includes lectures and other passive means...

...Jane Cowan The article discusses some of the clinical negligence problems and risk management issues arising from training of health professionals (predominantly junior hospital doctors) in practical procedures. There continue to be incidents, claims and complaints in the NHS arising from...