Gishen, Faye;
Johnson, Dominic;
(2024)
Twelve Tips for Optimising Medical Student Fitness to Practise.
MedEdPublish
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Abstract
Fitness to practise processes are in place to safeguard patient safety and maintain professional standards. This Twelve Tips article provides context to medical student fitness to practise in the UK and situates process under the regulator and the university. The Tips examine some of the dichotomies and pitfalls in an increasingly litigious field and provide operational recommendations. The authors draw on their experience across several medical schools and highlight some of the complexities at play. Fairness through diverse panel constituency, and education and training for panel members are highlighted. The potential impact of mental health diagnoses on outcomes is considered, alongside the need for support for practitioners involved in this high-stakes process. The tips outlined are broadly transferable to other regulated programmes nationally and internationally and link to postgraduate practice. The authors hope to ignite a dialogue in an area with limited benchmarking and literature.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Twelve Tips for Optimising Medical Student Fitness to Practise |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.mededpublish.org/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright: © 2024 Gishen F and Johnson D. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | fitness to practise, students, healthcare, professional standards |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > UCL Medical School |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192103 |
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