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Names: Cooper, Nicola, editor. | Frain, Anna, editor. | Frain, John (John Patrick James), editor.
Title: ABC of clinical professionalism / [edited] by Nicola Cooper, Anna Frain, John Frain.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2017. | Series: ABC series | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017033964 (print) | LCCN 2017035045 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119266686 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119266693 (epub) | ISBN 9781119266662 (paper)
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Contributors
John Alcolado DM, BM(Hons), FRCP Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
Nicola Cooper MBChB, FAcadMEd, FRCPE, FRACP Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Division of Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
Anna Frain MBChB, MRCGP, PGCert (Med Ed) Division of Health Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
John Frain MBChB, MSc, FRCGP, DGM, DCH, DRCOG, PgDipCard Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
Clare Gerada MBE, FRCGP, FRCPsych Medical Director Practitioner Health Programme, Riverside Medical Centre, London, UK
Alison Greig BHK, BSc (PT), PhD Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Canada
Judy McKimm MBA, MA(Ed), BA(Hons), PGDip(HSW), SFHEA, FAcadMed Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, UK
John McLachlan PhD School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK
Lynn V. Monrouxe PhD, CPsychol, FAcadMEd Chang Gung Medical Education Research Center (CG-MERC), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
Sue Murphy BHSc (PT), Med Department of Physical Therapy,University of British Columbia, Canada
Andrew Papanikitas MBBS, BSc(Hons), MA(Lond), DCH, DHMSA, DPMSA, PhD Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
Charlotte E. Rees PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, FRCP(Edin) Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia
Kathryn A. Robertson BSc, MSc, MBBS Northern Deanery, Durham University, Durham, UK
John Spandorfer MD Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, USA
Clare Sutherland RGN, RN (Child), Dip MSc Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK
Jill Thistlethwaite BSc, MBBS, PhD, MMEd, FRCGP, FRACGP, FHEA University of Technology Sydney and School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia
Andy Wearn MBChB, MMedSc, MRCGP Clinical Skills Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Preface
Too often in describing the human condition we emphasise only the negative, dwelling at length on the lapses made by each of us. However, it is our human condition that also inspires us to acquire knowledge, to study and to collaborate in order to provide healthcare for others. We can all expect to be patients at some time in our lives. Clinical professionalism is rooted in understanding this and in empathising with our patients in the manner of our conduct, our application of knowledge and skills, and our ability to self-care and maintain our resilience.
Clinical professionalism is about the relationship between individual practitioners and patients, but also within and between teams, healthcare providers and professional bodies. Medical knowledge and technological resources have never been greater. The patient safety movement and human factors training support professionals in providing patients with ever- improving standards of healthcare. At the same time, rates of burnout and even suicide are rising among healthcare workers. The healthcare professional is also a person who requires the support of patients, colleagues and organisations in ensuring personal and professional well-being. Ultimately, this is about safe patient care.
This book is intended as an introduction to clinical professionalism for healthcare students and practitioners, a summary of the evidence currently available and an outline of a possible course on professional values in healthcare. The topics covered, while not exhaustive, reflect those of our own clinical practice in the UK's National Health Service, as well as the requirements of our own students.
Issues of clinical professionalism are strikingly similar the world over, and while local situations benefit from local solutions it has been helpful to converse with colleagues internationally and to gain a global perspective on the challenges for clinical professionalism in our time. This book has emerged from those conversations. We are immensely grateful to have had the participation of so many experts in this field – clinicians, researchers, teachers – from so many countries.
Nicola Cooper, Anna Frain and John Frain
April 2017
