The following associated assessment criteria apply across all Exit Level Outcomes:
Use problem-solving techniques, which draw on her or his multi-faceted knowledge, in order to arrive at a diagnosis for a patient and recommend appropriate management.
Communicate efficiently and effectively with laboratory staff, other health care workers, the patient and the community, e.g. to interpret patient results and suggest appropriate further action.
Advice on appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
Recommend appropriate immunisation and prophylactic requirements.
Use the instruments, equipment and information technology necessary for the practice of specialist skills in the branch studied competently and responsibly.
Interpret laboratory results competently.
Select appropriate diagnostic methods
Implement quality control in the laboratory.
Demonstrate the ability to undertake all aspects of laboratory management and safety.
Participate in epidemiological surveillance projects and act upon results.
Act as a consultant on hospital infection control and prevention projects.
Demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and skills to public health issues of importance.
Show research mastery through the production of a research report which demonstrates skills including the ability to evaluate research, review literature, design and perform a study, collect data, perform and interpret statistical analyses on data, interpret results and draw conclusions.
Conduct all research with due regard for the moral, legal and ethical accountability and requirements of the profession.
Practise Evidence-Based Medicine by critically evaluating published literature in the field and applies it in practice.
Show respect for patients and colleagues without prejudice, with an understanding and appreciation of their diversities of background and opportunity, language and culture.
Demonstrate an awareness, through actions or in writing, of the moral, legal and ethical responsibilities involved in individual patient care and the provision of care to populations.
Consider both the impact of health care on the environment as well as the impact of the environment on health.
Strive to improve patient care, to reduce inequalities in health care delivery, to optimise the use of health care resources in our society and uses his or her professional capabilities to contribute to the community as well as to individual patient welfare by the practice of this branch of specialist medicine.
Teach, through practice at the specialist level, the application of knowledge from the basic to an advanced level to other professionals including scientists, support and technical staff and staff in other disciplines.
Communicate this knowledge by teaching undergraduates and supervising more junior colleagues in the speciality.
Use appropriate strategies to learn what will prepare him or her for continued professional development throughout life, both as a specialist doctor and as a responsible citizen.
Acknowledge responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) in order to keep up to date with new developments and to maintain accreditation and meet statutory CPD requirements.
Identify personal limitations and develops the capacity of self- audit and participates in the peer review process, showing a willingness to seek help when necessary.
Integrated Assessment:
Integrated Assessment is performed continuously through the evaluation of performance in clinical practice. Further, the research report that the learner submits is used in the integrated assessment of research mastery.
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