Compliance

Question 1

What are the 9 GDC principles?

Answer 1

1. Put patients interests first
2. Communicate effectively with patients
3. Obtain valid consent
4. Maintain and protect patients information
5. Have a clear and effective complaints procedure
6. Work with colleagues in a way that is in patients best interest
7. Maintain professional development
8. Raise concerns if a patient is at risk
9. Maintain professional behaviour

Question 2

What are the 7 areas of activity/pillars of clinical governance?

Answer 2

1. Clinical effectiveness and audit
2. Research
3. Risk management
4. Education and training
5. Patient and public involvement
6. Information management including data protection
7. Staff and staff management

Question 3

Research VS audit - what is the difference

Answer 3

Research
• designed to establish best practice
• involves testing a hypothesis and is designed to be replicated

Audit
• evaluate how real practice matches a standard and is specific to this group only

Question 4

What are the stages of the audit cycle ?

Answer 4

• identify the topic
• obtain the standards
• collect the data
• compare performance with standards
• implement change
• re audit

Question 5

What is Duty of Candour?

Answer 5

A duty to be open and hone at with patients when something goes wrong that appears to have caused or less to significant harm in the future

Question 6

What do Caldicott Principles relate to?

Answer 6

Fundamentals that organisation should follow to protect any information that would identify a patient

Question 7

What is Gillick Competence?

Answer 7

Deciding whether a child (under 16) is able to consent to their own medical treatment without the need for parental consent

Question 8

What is the Mental Capacity Act?

Answer 8

To protect people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care and treatment. It also applies to people over the age of 16

Question 9

What does GDC stand for?

Answer 9

General Dental Council

Question 10

What are two aims of the GDC?

Answer 10

• patient protection

* maintain public confidence in dentistry

Question 11

Who are the GDC?

Answer 11

• a regulatory body for dental professionals

* their strap line is “protecting patients regulating the profession”

Question 12

List 4 things that the GDC do:

Answer 12

• ensure professionals maintain knowledge and personal development
• set standards for education
• set standards for dental practices
• help patients with complaints
• registering DCPs
• working to strengthen patient protection

Question 13

What is the register list?

Answer 13

• provides information about dental professionals that is available for the public to view
• it is illegal to work clinically in the uk without being registered with the GDC
• it includes the following information
- status, reg number, reg type, date registered, date of current reg period, qualifications

Question 14

What should be discussed when talking consent from patient for orthodontic treatment?

Answer 14

• treatment proposed
• risks of treatment
• commitments
• compliance
• benefits of treatment
• consequences of refusing treatment
• alternatives

Question 15

Where can audit standards come from?

Answer 15

National
Regional
Local

Question 16

What are common methods of communication in practice?

Answer 16

Verbal 
Written 
Electronic
Body language
Patient notes

Question 17

What are reasons for importance of good communication?

Answer 17

• valid and informed consent
• patient understanding
• anxious patients
• those who do not speak English
• treatment plans
• prescriptions
• good records

Question 18

What are the IMI levels of photographic consent?

Answer 18

Medical record use only
Medical record and teaching use
One specific purspose