Activities
in Basic Training
General
Objectives
Objectives Relating
to Attitudes
During Basic Training, you should continue to assimilate the following
attitudes that are considered fundamental for medical practice.
Attitudes Towards
Patients
- Awareness that the child is a dependent being
- Awareness that the child must always be considered in the context
of family community and environment
- Empathy with and understanding of both child and parents requiring
different levels of communication
- Awareness that paediatrics cannot be practised in isolation and must
involve an understanding of child health in the community
- Awareness that advocacy for children and youth is a core responsibility
in paediatrics
- Awareness of the psychosocial as well as the biological factors in
the assessment and management of a child
- Consideration of the interests of the child, caregivers and the community
as paramount, with these interests never subservient to your own pecuniary
or professional interest
- The ability to establish a positive relationship with all children
in order to ease illness and suffering, and to facilitate the transfer
of information important to the management and prevention of disease
- Sensitivity in performing any sort of examination. It is important
to explain to the child or young person why an intimate examination
is necessary and what the examination will involve. The child should
have privacy to dress and undress
- An appreciation of the need to recognise when a clinical problem exceeds
the capacity of the individual to deal with it safely and effectively,
and to refer children for help from others when this occurs
- A desire to work effectively, and as a team member with other health
care professionals.
Personal Attitudes
- A respect for every human being, with an appreciation of the diversity
of human background, culture and opportunities
- The development of a non-discriminatory attitude when dealing with
children and young people from different and diverse social backgrounds
and a non-judgemental attitude to the character, behaviour or beliefs
of patients, and a lack of prejudice in dealing with all ethnic, religious
and cultural groups
- Honesty and compassion in dealing with all aspects of medical practice
- Flexibility and willingness to adjust appropriately to changing circumstances
- An appreciation of your responsibility to maintain standards of medical
practice at the highest possible level by continuing medical education
throughout your medical career
- An appreciation of the logical use of guidelines, texts, literature
and related sources
- An appreciation of the complexity of ethical issues related to human
life and death and the allocation of resources
- Critical appraisal of medical publications
- The habit and principle of self-education and monitoring your own
performance in order to continuously update and refresh knowledge and
skills during training and as a lifelong commitment to continuing education
- The habit of relating appropriately to colleagues, including nurses
and professions allied to medicine and a desire to work effectively
as a team member with other health care professionals
- A desire to achieve the optimal therapeutic response with an awareness
of the need for cost-effectiveness so as to derive maximum benefit from
the available resources.
Social Attitudes
- Understanding the social and governmental aspects of health care provision
- Understanding the cost-effectiveness of individual forms of care
- Understanding the moral and ethical implications of various forms
of patient care
- Understanding the adverse environmental factors and illnesses that
may have implications for health and health service provision.
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