Competency information
Details
Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity, choice and confidentiality, and provide support to enable them to care for themselves.
Considerations
- Principles of patient-centred care.
- The rights of the patient with regard to consent for treatment and confidentiality of consultation and medical records.
- Key factors influencing dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality, including age, gender, culture and beliefs.
- Equality Act.
- Chaperone and patient/staff support for vulnerable patients.
- Correct positioning of the patient to ensure comfort, cooperation and optimal investigation results.
- The impact of incorrect positioning or non-cooperation on investigation results.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Obtain consent and make contemporaneous patient records from a range of patients referred to Reconstructive Science using a recognised structure and applying the principles of patient-centred care. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform a clinical examination, identifying clinical features and relating the clinical features to image data, recognising abnormalities of head neck and referring where appropriate. |