Demonstrating Your Competence: V. 5

Content: Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 Preface
 About the authors
 Chapter 1 Making the link: personal development plans, appraisal and revalidation
 The nexus of personal development plans, appraisal and revalidation
 Your personal development plan
 The context of appraisal and revalidation
 Demonstrating the standards of your practice
 Preparing your portfolio
 Chapter 2 Practical ways to identify your learning and service needs as part of the documentation of your competence and performance
 Setting standards to show that you are competent Identify your learning needs --
how you can find out if you need to be better at doing your jobIdentify your service needs --
how you can find out if there are gaps in services or how you deliver care
 Set priorities: how you match what's needed with what's possible
 Chapter 3 Demonstrating common components of good quality healthcare
 Consent
 Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery: consent
 Confidentiality
 Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery: confidentiality Learning from complaintsCollecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery: complaints
 Chapter 4 Providing high-quality care as a general practitioner with special clinical interest in drug misuse
 Deciding to provide a service for drug abusers
 The new role as a GP with a special interest
 What is a GPwSI?
 What would a GPwSI in drug misuse do?
 What skills and experience should I have?
 How can I obtain these skills and experience?
 How can I demonstrate that I have the necessary competencies to work as a GPwSI?
 What about appraisal? What about continuing professional development?What if I want to continue my training and become a specialist?
 Conclusion
 Chapter 5 Illegal drug abuse
 What issues you should cover
 Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery
 Chapter 6 Alcohol problems
 What issues you should cover
 Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery
 Chapter 7 Common arthritis problems
 Rheumatoid arthritis
 Osteoarthritis Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service deliveryChapter 8 Osteoporosis
 What issues you should cover
 Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery
 Chapter 9 Back pain
 Acute low back pain
 Chronic non-specific low back pain
 Collecting data to demonstrate your learning, competence, performance and standards of service delivery
 Chapter 10 Palliative care
 What issues you should cover