Full Description
Clinical professionalism is a set of values, behaviours and relationships which underpins the public's trust in healthcare providers both as individuals and organisations. 'First, do no harm' is expressed most clearly today in the patient safety movement and the imperative for transparency and candour in the delivery of healthcare. Professional conduct is essential for safe and high quality clinical care.
The ABC of Clinical Professionalism considers recent evidence on how healthcare practitioners maintain professionalism including how values are developed and affected by the working environment, the challenges of maintaining personal and organisational resilience and the ethical and regulatory framework in which practice is conducted. Topics covered include:
Acquiring and developing professional values
Patient-centred care
Burnout and resilience
Confidentiality and social media
The culture of healthcare
Ensuring patient safety
Leadership and collaboration
Ethical and legal aspects of professionalism
Teaching and assessing professionalism
Regulation of healthcare professionals
The chapter authors come from a range of countries and have experience of working in multidisciplinary clinical teams, research, and in the training of future healthcare practitioners including their development as professionals.
Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Why Clinical Professionalism Matters 1
John Frain
2 Acquiring and Developing Professional Values 9
Sue Murphy Alison Greig and Anna Frain
3 Patient-Centred Care 17
Anna Frain and Andy Wearn
4 Burnout and Resilience 23
Clare Gerada
5 Confidentiality and Social Media 29
John Spandorfer
6 The Culture of Healthcare 35
Charlotte E. Rees and Lynn V. Monrouxe
7 Ensuring Patient Safety 41
Nicola Cooper
8 Leadership and Collaboration 47
Judy McKimm and Jill Thistlethwaite
9 Ethical and Legal Aspects of Professionalism 53
Andrew Papanikitas
10 Teaching and Assessing Professionalism 59
John C. McLachlan and Kathryn A. Robertson
11 Regulation of Healthcare Professionals 67
John Alcolado and Clare Sutherland
Recommended Books Articles and Websites 75
Index 77
