IMT2 Flashcards
Tell us about your teaching experience
Experience (meded, grand round, informal) courses, feedback, why enjoyed, plans for future
Why do you enjoy teaching
Satisfaction, team bonding, consolidation
What are the qualities of a good teacher?
goals / plan / involve / encouragemnt / enthusiastic / adaptable / feedback. Personal experience
How do you know you are a good teacher?
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Which methods of teaching do you know?
1:1; didactic; small group; e-learning
You have been asked to organise weekly educational meetings for your colleagues. How do you approach this task?
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Tell us about feebcak youve recieved for your teaching?
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Tell us about a bad teaching experience
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What is a clinical audit?
Review of current health practice against agreed standards designed to ensure that as clinicians we provide the best level of care to our patients and that we constantly seek to improve our practice where it is not matching those standards. 1. Identify problem 2. Identify standard 3. Current practice 4. Assess conformity 5. Change 6. Re-audit
Tell us about an interesting audit you did
Tell us about your audit experience
Why are audits important?
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What are the problems associated with the audit process?
Local / retrospective / difficult change / prioritising audit questions.
What is the difference between audit and research
Audit: comparing against set standards
Research: creation of new knowledge to establish best practice
Tell us about your research experience
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Why is research important
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Do you think all trainees should do research
No: time/funding limited, some might not like it, moveing away from clinical duties,
Yes: everyone needs critical appraisal skills
What is EBM
Integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. Normal: combination of best available research evidence with own clinical judegement and expertice, taking into account patient values.
Different levels of evidence
1a. SR/MA of RCTs
1b. RCT
2a 1+ well designed control study w/o random
2b 1+ well designed e.g. cohort study
3. Comparative, correlation, case control studies
4. Expert opinion
What is clinical governance?
Quality assurance process designed to ensure standards of care are maintained and improved and that the NHS is accountable to the public.
VII pillars of clinical governance
Clinical effectiveness and research Audit Risk management Education and training Patient and public involvement Information & IT Staffing and staff management
