The other side of confidentiality
Situations may sometimes arise where your duty of confidentiality to a patient is challenged.
Summer 2017
Summer 2017
Summer 2017
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How do I assess a patient's capacity?
How to assess a patient's capacity and their ability to make decisions regarding their own treatment.
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Electives in extreme environments
How to plan and prepare for an extreme elective.
Can I accept gifts from patients?
Is it ever acceptable to receive gifts and offers of hospitality from patients or other third parties?
A consent dilemma
Obtaining consent for taking blood from a patient poses a dilemma for a medical student on placement.
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What is remediation?
If your behaviour or academic standards are called into question by your medical school, follow this guidance in your remediation.
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Get published
Write for Notes, explore your ideas and see your name in print.
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Make the most of your shadowing placement
Get the most out of your shadowing placement in preparation for your first days as a foundation doctor.
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My elective: Maryland, USA
Dev Priya Singhvi travelled to Bethesda, Maryland for a paediatric elective at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Centre.
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Practice makes perfect: SJT Preparation
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Verifying and certifying death
Hints for completing medical certificates of cause of death (MCCDs) and cremation forms.