HCPC guidelines Flashcards

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what are the ethicial standards that relate to clinical practise?

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character, health, conduct performance and ethics, proficiency, continuous professional development, education and training, prescribing.

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what is character?

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this guideline requires that clinicians must have a character report from a friend longer than 3 years as well as not having a criminal record.

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what is the health standard?

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this ensures that the clinician does not let their health impact their work, and are obliged to report any changes with mental or physical well-being. they have checks every two years.

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what is the Conduct, performance and ethics standard?

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ensuring that the best interests of the patient is put before anything else. for example referring them to another clinician who may be more suitable in dealing with a problem they have.

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what is proficiency?

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ensuring that you practise is always of high skill and quality, this should be seen through out all practises at all times.

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what is training and education?

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ensuring that you have the minimum qualifications required to become a clinician.

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what is continuous professional development?

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going to training to keep up to date with new advancements and improving their practise and skill set.

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what is prescribing?

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this is the standard which ensures people are prescribing the correct prescriptions and safely.

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why may it be difficult to obtain to getting informed consent?

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because when dealing with mental health patients they may be unable to make a well-thought-through decision.

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what is the difficulty with the increased advancement in knowledge?

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it makes it difficult to keep up, therefore standards may become outdated quickly.

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