status, household poverty, Assess the patient’s ability to access various employment status and social capital in services in the health and social system and offer Use appropriate methods of ethical taking a medical history appropriate assistance reasoning to come to a balanced decision complex and conflicting Assess the patient’s ability to access Help to empower patients and negotiate complex issues are involved various services in the health and social systems to improve health and welfare including, system and appropriate assistance where appropriate, the right to work Accept uncertainty Help to empower patients and negotiate 4 Where values and perceptions of health and Be aware of one’s own behaviour and complex systems to improve health and health promotion conflict, facilitate balanced and how it might impact on patients’ health welfare including, where appropriate, the mutually respectful decision-making issues right to work Identify and communicate effectively with Adopt assessments and interventions Where values and perceptions of health influential decision-makers/ facilitators of change. that are inclusive, respectful of and health promotion conflict, facilitate diversity and patient-centred. balanced and mutually respectful Advanced communication skills 3 decision-making Communicate effectively with patients from Identify and communicate effectively with diverse backgrounds and with special influential decision-makers/ facilitators of communication needs, such as the need for change. interpreters etc GMC. Valuing Inequality and discrimination/ Communicate effectively and respectfully with diversity guide. GMC stigmatising parents, carers etc. website. Understand the implications of disability Accessing information and services 1 discrimination legislation for healthcare Be able to access and make use of appropriate Recognise how health systems can 3 population, demographic, socio-economic and discriminate against patients from diverse health data backgrounds, and how to work to minimise this discrimination. For example Conduct an assessment of community health in respect of age, gender, race, culture, needs, and where appropriate apply these in disability, spirituality, religion, and practice. sexuality Health promotion and disease prevention 1,3
status, household poverty, employment status and social capital in taking a medical history Assess the patient’s ability to access various services in the health and social system and appropriate assistance Help to empower patients and negotiate complex systems to improve health and welfare including, where appropriate, the right to work Where values and perceptions of health and health promotion conflict, facilitate balanced and mutually respectful decision-making Identify and communicate effectively with influential decision-makers/ facilitators of change. Inequality and discrimination/ stigmatising Understand the implications of disability discrimination legislation for healthcare Recognise how health systems can discriminate against patients from diverse backgrounds, and how to work to minimise this discrimination. For example in respect of age, gender, race, culture, disability, spirituality, religion, and sexuality Health promotion and disease prevention 4 3 1,3 Assess the patient’s ability to access various services in the health and social system and offer appropriate assistance Help to empower patients and negotiate complex systems to improve health and welfare including, where appropriate, the right to work Where values and perceptions of health and health promotion conflict, facilitate balanced and mutually respectful decision-making Identify and communicate effectively with influential decision-makers/ facilitators of change. Advanced communication skills Communicate effectively with patients from diverse backgrounds and with special communication needs, such as the need for interpreters etc Communicate effectively and respectfully with parents, carers etc. Accessing information and services Be able to access and make use of appropriate population, demographic, socio-economic and health data Conduct an assessment of community health needs, and where appropriate apply these in practice. 3 1 Use appropriate methods of ethical reasoning to come to a balanced decision complex and conflicting issues are involved Accept uncertainty Be aware of one’s own behaviour and how it might impact on patients’ health issues Adopt assessments and interventions that are inclusive, respectful of diversity and patient-centred. GMC. Valuing diversity guide. GMC website.
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