Attwood / Curtis / Pitts Professional Development

A Guide for Primary Care
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7849-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, E-Book

Invaluable workbook to help GPs and practice staff meet therequirements of continuing professional development (cpd)
General practitioners, like all other health professionals, needto keep up-to-date with the latest developments in medicine andeducation. They also need to respond to changing technology andchanges in the delivery of care. The environment in which GPs workis extremely dynamic but this book helps to keep GPs up-to-datewith these advancements and with their professional skills.
The Chief Medical Officer in the UK has recommended that the keyto professional development is a Practice Professional DevelopmentPlan (PPDP) which, in turn, helps set objectives for individualGPs, the Personal Development Plan.
This workbook takes the mystery out of professional developmentby explaining how to use existing information to analyse strengthsand weaknesses, priorities and needs, and to develop a plan thatwill improve working life on all levels and leading ultimately toimproved patient care.
This book provides tangible methods for how to implement anabstract concept that is being foisted on busy professionals - amust read for every GP in the UK.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Attwood, Margareth

Curtis, Anthony

Pitts, John

While, Robin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: GETTING STARTED.
How to use this workbook .
The practice .
The patient.
The primary health care team .
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PART 2: WHERE DO WE START.
The practice professional development plan .
Developing the primary health care team.
Skill mix of the primary health care team.
Appraisal.
Audit and research.
The practice professional development plan (PPDP).
PART 3: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN .
Framework for personal development plans (PDP).
Methods of identifying educational needs.
Meeting educational and developmental needs .
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Personal development plan.
Appendix 1: Confidentiality declaration.
Appendix 2: Websites.
References and further reading.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Robin While MD, Jubilee Surgery, UK.
Mrs Margareth Attwood DMS MCIPD MIHM, National Office forSummative Assessment for General Practice Training, UK.