GMC Domains
- THE DOCTOR AS A SCHOLAR
- TD 8: APPLICATION OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES, METHOD AND KNOWLEDGE
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- Medical knowledge: PHYSIOLOGY (TD 8.2)
- Medical knowledge: BIOCHEMISTRY (inc. Metabolism) (TD 8.3)
- Medical knowledge: CELL BIOLOGY (TD 8.4)
- Medical knowledge: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY and GENETICS (TD 8.5, 8.6)
- Medical knowledge: PATHOLOGY (TD 8.7)
- Medical knowledge: CANCER
- Medical knowledge: IMMUNOLOGY and INFLAMMATION (TD 8.8)
- Medical knowledge: MICROBIOLOGY and INFECTION (TD 8.9)
- Medical knowledge: PHARMACOLOGY (TD 8.10)
- Medical knowledge: NUTRITION (TD 8.11)
- Medical knowledge: CLINICAL FEATURES of DISEASE (TD 8 b)
- TD 9: APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, METHOD AND KNOWLEDGE
- TD 10: APPLICATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE PRINCIPLES, METHOD AND KNOWLEDGE
- TD 11. PRINCIPLES, METHODS AND KNOWLEDGE OF POPULATION HEALTH
- TD 12; APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND APPROACHES TO MEDICAL RESEARCH
- TD 8: APPLICATION OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES, METHOD AND KNOWLEDGE
- THE DOCTOR AS A PRACTITIONER
- TD 13: CARRY OUT A CONSULTATION WITH A PATIENT
- TD 14: DIAGNOSE AND MANAGE CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS
- Clinical skills: INTERPRETING FINDINGS AND INITIAL ASSESSMENT (TD 14 a-b)
- Clinical skills: PLANNING AND INTERPRETING INVESTIGATIONS (TD 14 c-d)
- Clinical skills: MAKING A DIAGNOSIS and CLINICAL JUDGEMENT (TD 14 e-f)
- Clinical skills: FORMULATING A TREATMENT PLAN (TD 14 g)
- Clinical skills: SURGERY and ANAESTHETICS (TD 14 g)
- Clinical skills: SUPPORTING PATIENTS and IDENTIFYING ABUSE and NEGLECT (TD 14 h-i)
- Clinical Skills: CARE OF PATIENTS AND RELATIVES AT END OF LIFE (TD 14 j)
- TD 15: COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH PATIENTS AND COLLEAGUES
- TD 16: PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE IN MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
- TD 17: PRESCRIBE DRUGS SAFELY, EFFECTIVELY AND ECONOMICALLY
- TD 18: CARRY OUT PRACTICAL PROCEDURES SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY
- TD 19: USE INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY IN A MEDICAL CONTEXT
- THE DOCTOR AS A PROFESSIONAL
- TD 20: BEHAVE ACCORDING TO ETHICAL AND LEGAL PRINCIPLES
- TD 21: REFLECT, LEARN AND TEACH OTHERS
- TD 22: LEARN AND WORK EFFECTIVELY WITHIN A MULT-PROFESSIONAL TEAM
- TD 23: PROTECT PATIENTS AND IMPROVE CARE
- Professional issues: DUTIES OF A DOCTOR (TD 23 a-b)
- Professional issues: MEDICAL FRAMEWORK IN THE UK (TD 23 c)
- Professional issues: RISK MANAGEMENT and PATIENT SAFETY (TD 23 d)
- Professional issues: GOVERNANCE, QUALITY MATTERS and AUDIT (TD 23 e)
- Professional issues: PERSONAL ATTITUDES and SELF CARE (TD 23 f-j)
TD 21: REFLECT, LEARN AND TEACH OTHERS: Professional issues: LEARNING (TD 21 a-d)
Index
- Learning & Reflection (TD 21 a-c)
- Learning - General
- Reflection
- Continually and systematically reflect on practice and, whenever necessary, translate that reflection into action, using improvement techniques and audit appropriately − for example, by critically appraising the prescribing of others. (YR5intro)
- Reflect on their own learning in terms of personal and professional development (YR5intro)
- Attitudes to Learning
- Acquire, assess, apply and integrate new knowledge and learn to adapt to changing circumstances (Yr2intro)
- Establish the foundations for lifelong learning and continuing professional development, including a professional development portfolio containing, reflections, achievements and learning needs (YR5intro)
- Respond constructively to the outcomes of appraisals, performance reviews and assessments. (YR5intro)
- Be able to give examples of what is and is not plagiarism; know the consequences of plagiarising and implement procedures to avoid plagiarising
- Strengths and Limitations
- Recognise own personal and professional limits and seek help from colleagues and supervisors when necessary. (YR5intro)
- Be able to identify one's own learning needs
- Continues to recognise limitations of current personal understanding and capabilities, identifies areas needing refreshing or extending and uses research skills to address these areas and influence own practice
- Be able to adapt to the clinical learning environment and learn autonomously (YR3intro)
- Have the ability to manage own learning needs (Yr2intro)
- Is confident to practise as an FY1 Doctor
- Recognise personal and professional limits and seek help from colleagues and supervisors when necessary
- Using Information Technology (I.T.)
- Explain why you would search a database
- Be aware of the IT facilities across the College
- Confidently start applications on a PC, switch on; reboot; use username and password to connect to network; use mouse to point and click
- Recognise constituent parts of a URL address
- Know the difference between a citation, abstract and full text
- Know how to use internet searches to identify and explore health-related websites to identify current national guidelines relating to diabetes and obesity
- Know the structure of a bibliographic citation: author; title; source; pagination; year of publication
- Be able to start File Manager; confidently locate and open available software, eg, webmail, web browser, microsoft suite
- Carry out basics of print management - accounting for and adding print credit
- Be able to find and know the usefulness of a Library Database list
- Be informed about remote access; authentication and availability of wireless network
- Understand authentication (ie ATHENS personal usernames and passwords)
- Know the availability of three major databases for medics; have ability to find answers to problems eg using Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, NeLH
- Be aware of the need for evaluation of resources particularly web, authority, motivation, date, verification of evidence, bias etc (See BMA website - tips for professionals)
- Locate specific sites supporting the course; SMD Blackboard; QM Library Medical and Dental site
- Know how to use author, journal and subject facility; be able to apply Boolean oerators to search strategy AND/OR; be able to apply limits to search results; be able to combine search strategies
- Demonstrate the ability within the Web of Science, to use cited reference searching
- Be aware that search skills are transferable skills involving effective questioning and effective time-management
- Accept the need to comply with College regulations regarding IT, plagiarism and copyright
- Be able to display and email search results within a database
- Demonstrate the ability to navigate a web browser; scroll bar; back/forward/stop; home; URL box; hypertext links; bookmarks; go etc
