Medical professionalism matters. #gooddoctors

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1 Medical professionalism matters #gooddoctors

2 Professor Terence Stephenson DM, FRCPCH, FRCP, FRACP, FRCPI, FRCS, FHKAP, FRCGP, FRCA, FCAI, FRCS Edin, FRCOG, FAcadMEd, FRCP Edin Chair General Medical Council (UK) Nuffield Professor of Child Health, Institute of Child Health, UCL Former Chair, UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Past President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

3 Our partners This programme has been developed by the GMC in partnership with an advisory group:

4 The doctor as a scholar #gooddoctors

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6 The doctor as a scholar #gooddoctors

7 Professor Patrick Johnston Vice Chancellor, Queen s University Belfast

8 Professor Peter Maxwell NI Training Programme Director, Renal Medicine Dr Gerry Gormley GP and Academic at the Centre for Medical Education, Queen s University Belfast

9 The doctor as a scholar #gooddoctors

10 Who are we? 1. Patient or carer / relative 2. Consultant 3. GP 4. Doctor in training 5. SAS/other doctor 6. Medical student 7. Medical educator / trainer 8. Employer (inc. RO) 9. Other health professional 10. Other 0% 37% 14% 20% 12% 2% 11% 0% 2% 2%

11 I understand what a doctor as a scholar looks like in practice? 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree 18% 64% 13% 3% 1%

12 I have enough time in my work to pursue scholarly activities? 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree 2% 13% 18% 38% 28%

13 Doctors today are less compassionate than 20 years ago. Do you? 1. Agree it s the product of too little time, increasing patient demand and expectations 2. Agree it s the product of pressure on organisational performance and management demands 3. Agree the way we train doctors removes much of the idealism and compassion that attracted them to medicine in the first place 4. Disagree whatever the pressures, compassion still motivates the vast majority of doctors 5. Not sure 15% 16% 14% 49% 5%

14 If I were to raise a serious concern in my institution I would be 1. Reasonably confident that I would be supported by clinical and other leaders 2. Unsure as to whether I would be supported by clinical and other leaders 39% 30% 3. Not at all confident that I would be supported by clinical and other leaders 27% 4. Not sure 4%

15 If I were struggling to cope as a result of pressures on the service, I am confident that I could ask for and receive help without being penalised in any way. 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree 3% 22% 21% 35% 18%

16 Don Berwick said the NHS should continually and forever be reducing patient harm by embracing wholeheartedly an ethic of learning. How far is the health system achieving that? 1. Huge progress has been made, though obviously more to do 2. Some progress has been made, a great deal more to do 3. No more than rhetoric, system does not yet realise the extent of change required 4. I don t agree that s the way to go about it 5. Not sure 1% 47% 45% 4% 3%

17 Medicine is a tough career; we need doctors trained to be resilient and better capable to deal with adversity. Do you? 1. Agree current selection and undergraduate programmes do not produce students who are adequately prepared for a challenging career 2. Agree but most of the problems lie in the organisations in which or with which doctors have to work 3. Disagree doctors are already resilient the focus should instead be on providing proper levels of support for hard pressed practitioners 4. Disagree resilience comes largely from experience 5. Not sure 23% 40% 26% 9% 1%

18 Table discussions We would like each table to cover: Being a scholar Plus one or two of the following topics: Mentorship Innovation and leadership Research

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20 The doctor as a scholar #gooddoctors

21 Question Time Panel Professor Patrick Johnston Vice Chancellor, Queen s University Belfast Professor Peter Maxwell NI Training Programme Director, Renal Medicine Professor Terence Stephenson Chair, General Medical Council Dr Gerry Gormley GP and Academic at the Centre for Medical Education, Queen s University Belfast Dr Cathy Jack Medical Director, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Dr Aidan Bannon FY1 Doctor, Antrim Area Hospital

22 Niall Dickson Chief Executive and Registrar, General Medical Council

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24 Thank you #gooddoctors