PMHP Flashcards
GDC standards
Put patients interests first
Raise concerns if patients are at risk
Obtain valid consent
Coomunicate effectively with patients
Clear and effective complaints procedure
Maintain, develop and work within abilities
Maintain and protect pt info
Work with colleagues in a way that puts patients interests first
Make sure personal behaviours maintain confidence in you and dental profession
Socio-econmic factors
income
housing
crime
employment
access to healthcare
education
health satus
Capacity
ability to make decision
able to understand decision
able to retain decision
able to communicate decision
Protected Charactersitcs
age
gender
disability
marriage
race
relgion
sexual orientation
gender reassingment
pregnancy
4 pillars of ethics
Justice
Beneficence
Pt autonomy
non malifienance
Consent must be
valid
informed
voluntary
not manipulated
not cocerced
with capacity
Internal lotus of control
own resposibility
External lotus of control
to do with luck
Fluoride given in
milk
water - 1ppm
salt
varnishes - 22600ppm
gels - 12300ppm
toothpaste
mouthwash - 225ppm <7years no
<0.3ppm in water tablets
0-6 mnonths - 0,g
6-3years - 0.25mg
3-6years - 0.50mg
+6 years 0 1mg
<0.6ppm in water tablets
0-6months = 0mg
6-3 years = 0mg
3-6years = 0.25mg
6+ years = 0.50 mg
What is clinical goverance
a systemic approach to maintaining and improving the qulaity of patient care within a healtchare system
6 dffierent areas of clincal governace
openess
clinical audit
clinical effectivness
research and devlopment
risk mangement
education and training
Dimensions of clincal governance
Person centred
Safe
Efficient
Effective
Equitable
Safe
Veriable hours of CPD
100 hours
What are mandotory CPD sections
medical emergencies
decontamination
radiology and radiation protection
Extra areas of CPD sections
complaints handling
oral cancer - early detection
Legal and ethical
7 steps of critical incident review
identify event
collect and collate info
set up meeting and discuss
make and undertake structure analysis
implement changes and monitor
write up significant event anaylsis
seek external feedback
What is a clinical audit
quality improvement process that improves pt care and outcomes through sytstmeic review of care against criteria
Clinical audit cycle
identify problem or issue
set criteria and standards
observe current practice
compare performance with standards
identify changes ad implement
repeat audit at set intervals
What does a clincial audit observe gaps in
knowledge
attitude
protocol
trianing
learnining
Prevalence
measure of individuals with a disease at a time (devlopment of a hypothesis)
Incidence
number of new diseases developing over a time
Confounding vairiables
particular type of extranesous variable that has been left uncontrolled
Null hypothesis
general statement suggesting no statistical significance in set of data
Absolute risk difference
overlap 0 = unsufficient evidence