Key issues

Question 1

Harold shipman

Answer 1

GP in manchester
murdered 15 people (260 roughly believed)
was barred from doing jobs that describe medicine - opiates addiction.
consequences ;
less single GP practices - he could murder without being questioned.
Tighter drug regulations- control drugs and get large quantities of the drug
Tighter death certificants- cremate many patients with only 2 signs. all deaths are reported to coroners
GMC- more for the patient, acted in shipman benefit as he was still able to work despite being sus

Question 2

MMR

Answer 2

Wakefield found that there was a correlation between autism and the MMR vaccine. This caused a measles epidemic. vaccination fell by 19% after the report.

issues include
no other researchers can agree with him/ confirm results
wakefields was accused that he ignored laboratory data that conflicted with his hypothesis

Question 3

FY1 -2

Answer 3

Young doctors work in clinical settings to become familiar with the settings

Question 4

CT

Answer 4

Gives good basis for trainees on their area of interest.

CT1-CT3

Question 5

ST

Answer 5

specialist training

Question 6

Revalidation

Answer 6

the idea is to protect patients from poorly performing doctors, promises good public and individual health etc. this arose due to medical scandals

Question 7

suspension od revalidation

Answer 7

Shipman appeared like a good doctor and had a good rep. This also the fact that he kept up to date and he had no issue in being revalidated. The GMC scrapped it before it was placed

Question 8

revalidation at last

Answer 8

licensed doctors are linked to reponsible officer

licensed doctors need to maintain a portifoloio of their practices

participate in annual appraisals