On the evening of the 12th of July, I had the unique opportunity to attend a workshop on the captioned topic. The venue was the Museum of Science and Industry at Deansgate, Manchester.
This was a joint programme of many organisations led by the UK's top regulating body, the General Medical Council. Other organisers included the British Medical Association, the RCGP, the RCP, and others. The thrust of this event was to interact and formulate a blueprint of what professionalism means to doctors and other healthcare workers in modern times. There were discussions related to several aspects of this; they included talking about proper communication, having compassion in care, being ethical and responsible, being concerned about self-development (professionally and otherwise), being safe and having a paramount concern for safety in healthcare, being a team-worker and being resilient.
There was a keynote speaker, Prof. Jacky Hayden (@Hayden.Jacky), who spoke on several aspects of qualities of being a good health professional. Her talk was brief but it highlighted all the important issues and set the tone for the next programme - a series of group discussions. During these group discussions, a moderator from the GMC collected thoughts from the participants at each table on a specific aspect of the main theme. Thus, there were tables where, for example, communication was discussed; or, where the discussion related to patient safety, or, to doctors' advancement as scholars and innovators in their field. I enjoyed these group discussions tremendously. There were professionals from all walks of the medical field, right from junior doctors like me, to stalwarts like Pali Hungin, the president of the BMA, sharing ideas freely on all these topics. Each table sat for 20minutes, then we changed to another table, with another topic for brainstorming.
Supper was served after these discussions, and this was then followed by a panel discussion where the panellists took questions sent by participants. The entire discussion was very illuminating. One of the speakers was Dr Umesh Prabhu, (@DrUmeshPrabhu), a Paediatrician from Wigan. He is a highly innovative person who has made a mark on NHS through his work related to Patient Safety in Healthcare. Do look him up on Twitter.
To read more about this event, and the issues raised therein, do visit www.gooddoctors.co.uk.
Thank you.
P.S. For non-medicos, who are not interested in this post, I apologise sincerely.
This was a joint programme of many organisations led by the UK's top regulating body, the General Medical Council. Other organisers included the British Medical Association, the RCGP, the RCP, and others. The thrust of this event was to interact and formulate a blueprint of what professionalism means to doctors and other healthcare workers in modern times. There were discussions related to several aspects of this; they included talking about proper communication, having compassion in care, being ethical and responsible, being concerned about self-development (professionally and otherwise), being safe and having a paramount concern for safety in healthcare, being a team-worker and being resilient.
There was a keynote speaker, Prof. Jacky Hayden (@Hayden.Jacky), who spoke on several aspects of qualities of being a good health professional. Her talk was brief but it highlighted all the important issues and set the tone for the next programme - a series of group discussions. During these group discussions, a moderator from the GMC collected thoughts from the participants at each table on a specific aspect of the main theme. Thus, there were tables where, for example, communication was discussed; or, where the discussion related to patient safety, or, to doctors' advancement as scholars and innovators in their field. I enjoyed these group discussions tremendously. There were professionals from all walks of the medical field, right from junior doctors like me, to stalwarts like Pali Hungin, the president of the BMA, sharing ideas freely on all these topics. Each table sat for 20minutes, then we changed to another table, with another topic for brainstorming.
Supper was served after these discussions, and this was then followed by a panel discussion where the panellists took questions sent by participants. The entire discussion was very illuminating. One of the speakers was Dr Umesh Prabhu, (@DrUmeshPrabhu), a Paediatrician from Wigan. He is a highly innovative person who has made a mark on NHS through his work related to Patient Safety in Healthcare. Do look him up on Twitter.
To read more about this event, and the issues raised therein, do visit www.gooddoctors.co.uk.
Thank you.
P.S. For non-medicos, who are not interested in this post, I apologise sincerely.
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