Online help for trainees on good medical practice

26 November 2010

CARTOONS and interactive quizzes have been posted online by the General Medical Council in a bid to help students learn about good practice.

Trainee doctors can test their knowledge in a quiz or take on the role of a medical school to work out real-life dilemmas. The GMC has created the interactive Medical students: Professional Values in Action to bring its guidance to life and show how it would be applied in day-to-day situations.

The GMC’s Professor Trudie Roberts said: “This is a great way for medical students to understand the professional standards expected from all doctors. Parts of GMC guidance have been transformed into real-life scenarios and though the site is not designed to replace the guidance, it is there to increase students’ understanding, stimulate further interest and in turn, better equip the doctors of tomorrow.”

In one scenario on the site, medical students are asked to decide how best to respond to the receptionist of a busy GP surgery who has asked them to perform a cervical smear on a patient. Another dilemma asks them to choose whether or not to declare a previous caution for shoplifting when applying for registration.

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