2.1.3 Shows respect for all patients.

Question 1

Assessor may ask you to show giving VCG to them as if they were a patient

Answer 1

Hi, I’ll be your practitioner for today. I am a pre reg optician & do have future assessments. Is it alright if I use this record to show to an assessor for the sake of those assessments to help support me in my future?

Question 2

Consent before:

Answer 2

• Ask consent before touching eyelids
• Autism - stick to structure, etc.
• Mental capacity act - when can px give consent etc,

Question 3

protected characteristics.

Answer 3

age
disability
gender reassignment
marriage and civil partnership
pregnancy and maternity
race
religion or belief
sex
sexual orientation.

Question 4

Involve patient in decisions & advice

Answer 4

by giving your advice and asking the patient what they’d like to do once you have shown the options e.g. advising first time varifocals or giving separate option of SVD + SVN. By giving the option, you are involving the patient.