The Situational Judgement Test at a Glance

The Situational Judgement Test at a Glance

von: Frances Varian, Lara Cartwright

Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN: 9781118490969 , 96 Seiten

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The Situational Judgement Test at a Glance


 

Title page

5

Copyright page

6

Contents

7

Preface

8

Acknowledgements

9

List of Contributors

10

List of Abbreviations

11

1: Introduction

13

Personality

13

Professionalism

13

Pressures and prioritisation

14

Effective communication and patient focus

14

Teamwork

15

2: Professionalism

16

What is integrity?

16

Social networking

16

Understanding confidentiality

17

The DVLA

17

Patients involved in serious crime

18

Confidentiality and the under eighteens

20

Questioning professionalism

22

3: Pressures and prioritising

24

Probity

24

Ward rounds

24

Patient discharge

25

Prescribing

27

Consent

28

Learning and career development

30

Informal opportunities

30

Procedural

31

Prioritisation

31

Bleeps

33

4: Effective communication

35

Five principles for good communication

35

Written communication

36

Record-keeping

36

Blood forms

37

Clinical coding

37

Death certificates

37

Cremation forms

38

Verbal communication

38

Working with interpreters

38

Working with disability

39

Communicating personal views

41

Communicating with relatives

41

Breaking bad news

42

5: Patient focus

44

Being the best for your patients

44

Patient advocacy

44

Respecting personal beliefs

46

Tricky decisions involving treatment: consent without capacity

47

End of Life care

47

Difficult patients

48

6: Effective teamwork

50

Understanding teamwork

50

Understanding your role

51

Effective handovers

52

Understanding your colleagues’ roles

53

The nursing team

53

The consultant

54

The radiology department

54

SBAR

55

Professional conflicts

55

Seeking support

56

The foundation school

56

7: SJT practice material

58

How do I approach the SJT questions?

58

SJT example questions

58

8: Answers

68

Beyond this book

88

9: References

90

Index

92