interview questions - academic Flashcards
tell us about your teaching experiance
Implementing sims
departmental presentations
undergraduate and postgraduate
good feedback
why do you enjoy teaching
adds variety
personal satisfaction
improves practice and enhances reflection
also good for me clinically and not
what are qualities of good teacher
mentor
able to be flexible and work as part of a team
provide honest and constructive feedback
take a holistic and humanistic approach
what is a clinical audit
improvement process that seeks to improve patient care through a systemic approach against specific criteria and guidelines.
Essentially its a structures way of seeing of what we are doing in practice matches up with guidelines and targets and allows us to reflect on that and make improvements.
steps include identifying an issue and a standard collect data and compare them implement change and recycle that
tell us about an interesting audit
I have worked on QI not audits where there went set standards but we made our own targets.
Consent forms one
why are audits important
they help identify problems and make improvements to target them improving patient care, speeding up process or making better use of resources
also evidences what is being done well highlighting to managers that you are providing a good service worth investing in
helps inform patients
what are issues associated with audits
they are usually a local process and not easily transferable
solutions to issues might not be straightforward and may not easily fit into the audit process and be quite lengthy
audits are often carried out by clinicaians and may be very junior so implementing change required may be difficult and not possible or take up a lot of time
what is the difference between audits and research
research provides new data and is involved in creating new best practice audits see if you are complying to what is considered best practice and aims to recycle data collection to assess if interventions have a positive impact on this
tell us about you research experiance
MSc did original research collecting data surrounding patient communication and making informative outputs
created a list of recommendations for patient communication as well as distributable material which is nowise by a regional charity and two separate trusts.
the results of this research were presented at an international conference.
I have also been involved in alteraturein my F2 year which was published In a peer reviewed journal BIDA
why is research important
Overall research is the foundation of clinical practice and advancements
On a trust wide basis it boosts reputation, is a draw for driven staff members and trainees, draws funding and allows patients to have access to latest advances
for a trainee
being involved in research early gives you fundamental skills like an awareness of statistical analysis and the ability to critically appraise evidence to ensure you are delivering true evidence based medicine
lots of trials and research are driven by clinicians so having that exposure even from a journal club means that when you are in the higher training positions you can be actively involved in medial advances
what is research governance
set of rules that govern the way research is conducted so that health and social care research is conducted well.
this involves
safety
competence of those involved in research
scientific and ethical conduct
patient/service user safety
integrity quality and transparency
what is good medical practice
An ethical framework for which any healthcare professional registered with the GMC abides by ensuring the highest quality care and practice is undertaken.
It has 4 main pillars
- research and skills
- patient partnership an communication
- trust and professionalism
- colleagues culture and safety
Overalll this aims to protect public healthcare and safety, increase trust in the profession and uphold ourself and our collguues to the standards needed to provide best possible care.
what is evidence based medicine
when practice and guidelines are based upon a solid background of research or best evidence to support those decisions and always considering patient values.
This evidence is usually sought after in a systematic review, critically appraising each piece of research to help guide your decision.
This can be used to make nation or trust wide guidelines but may also be used when patients you see in practice do not fit into your clinical guidelines so you must seek alternative information.
in EBM when does a clinician need to take into account their own experiance
patients are individual and may not fit into the boxes which are constructed for guidelines and in EBM.
Although crucial EBM doesn’t replace lived experiences by clinicians and the two should be used in conjunction to assure the best possible care
what is clinical governance
clinical governance is an umbrella term which applies to anything we do in clinical practice to improve the patient care provided and to hold the NHS accountable to the public
this involves
- research and ethics
-audit
- risk management
- education and training
-patient and public involvment
- information and IT use
- staffing
how have you played a role in clinical governence or good medical practice
take about anaesthetics audit
how it improved and enhances midwife skills
how I created guidelines and checklists for arterial line care
hw this ultimately trickles down into patient trust and obviously improves patient care
how the feedback from this from both anaesthetics, maternal care was fantastic and how they are wanting to roll a similar thing out with other projects.
who is in charge of clinical governence
ultimately its up to everyone to uphold this governance, trainees through audits and revalidation’s, by using platforms like DATIX to highlight areas of concern, to do surveys and questionnaires
however on a broader scale the trust chief executive and board are overall responsible to uphold and provide structures for everyone else to play their part and they have a legal responsibility to do so.
